Kwok Cheng

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Biography

born near Tung Guan, Canton, China. on Chinese calendar first month, 15th day. (Yuen siu flower festival) his mom name was Mok Fook Tin, his father passed away when Kwok was little. Kwok, in Chinese, means country/nation. His Mom asked Kwok to move to Hong Kong when he was 15, after his brother died at some altercation/flight incident. Kwok had been working as driving teacher, truck driver, taxi driver. one time a customer left his purse in Kwok's taxi, with lots of money in it. Kwok followed the address to find the customer, and returned the purse with all the money in it. his friend told him "you could have kept the money and dropped off the purse in a postal mail box", Kwok replied "No, people may need the money for emergency use". After years of hard working and barely make the living with a family of 8(his mom, wife, and five children). Kwok was able to save up enough money and buy a house with installments at year 1973 or 1974. Kwok passed away with liver Cancer at age 63. Forty years later, the medical industry has developed medicine that can cure Hepatitis C, a major cause of liver cancer.

Sources

• Personal recollection of events witnessed by E Cheng as remembered 30 Jul 2020.