Beyond Gaming: Macau Entrepreneurs

A Business World Beyond Gaming

Mention Macau's economy and most think first of gaming; yet its business community also includes entrepreneurs who built their footing across diversified industries.

Liu Chak Wan廖澤雲 · Liu Chak WanLiu Chak Wan is a Macao industrialist — Chairman of the Kangze Group, Chairman of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Foundation Executive Committee, and a leader of the Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association. Born in 1950 in Hong Kong's New Territories with ancestry in Yongding, Fujian, he graduated from Hong Kong Baptist College in English (1974), then moved to Macao to run his father-in-law's trading firm, expanding from garments and trading into public transport (New Era Public Bus), technology, property and finance — earning a reputation as a businessman who "reinvents himself every decade." His most public undertaking is the co-founding of MUST in 2000, where he long served as University Supervisor and Foundation chairman. He has sat on the CPPCC National Committee (8th–13th terms), served on its Standing Committee (11th–12th), and been a member of the Macao SAR Executive Council since 1999.Read profile → has been active in finance and association affairs, long involved in Macau's public and chamber-of-commerce work; developed interests in real estate and diversified enterprise while holding numerous association posts; and is a veteran of Macau's business community, long engaged in local development and association work.