Cheong Eak Chong (1888 – 13 February 1984; traditional Chinese: 鍾奕莊; simplified Chinese: 钟奕庄; pinyin: Zhōng Yìzhuāng, a courtesy name), or, under his given name, Zhong Mingxuan (traditional Chinese: 鍾銘選; simplified Chinese: 钟铭选), was a Chinese-Singaporean real estate tycoon of She minority ethnic descent. He was born in Anxi County in Fujian in 1888, but left China in 1921 for Singapore. He began his business career there as a goldsmith, later diversifying into finance and opening a bank with offices in Shanghai. After the Second World War, he focused his investments in the real estate and tourism industries in Singapore and Hong Kong, establishing a property empire whose eventual flagship was the Hong Fok Corporation. Throughout his career, Cheong contributed to poverty relief and develop