香港著名慈善家田家炳離世

Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist, Tin Ka-ping, has died today at the age of 99, his foundation said.

田家炳基金會(huì)發(fā)布訃告，香港實(shí)業(yè)家和慈善家田家炳今日辭世，享年99歲。

Born in 1919 in Dabu County, Guangdong, Tin headed to Vietnam and established a porcelain clay business in 1935.

田家炳于1919年出生在廣東省大埔縣。他于1935年前往越南，成立了一家瓷土公司。

Escaping from Japanese occupation, he started his business in rubber industry in Indonesia in 1939 and later became a prominent industrialist.

為逃日占，田家炳于1939年開始在印尼經(jīng)營(yíng)橡膠行業(yè)，隨后成為一名著名的實(shí)業(yè)家。

In 1958, he moved to Hong Kong with his family for his children have education in a traditional Chinese environment, according to the foundation.

據(jù)該基金會(huì)介紹，為了讓子女在傳統(tǒng)中國(guó)環(huán)境下接受教育，他于1958年舉家遷至香港。

The Tin Ka Ping Foundation, founded in 1982, strives to support the education sector and other charitable endeavors in the Greater China Region.

田家炳基金會(huì)于1982年成立，旨在在大中華地區(qū)支持教育和其他慈善事業(yè)。

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor expressed her “deep sorrow” at Tin’s death, and hailed his contribution to the promotion of education, culture, medical and social welfare in Hong Kong and the mainland.

香港行政長(zhǎng)官林鄭月娥對(duì)田家炳的辭世表達(dá)了哀思。她贊賞了田家炳對(duì)香港和大陸教育、文化、醫(yī)療和社會(huì)保障所做的貢獻(xiàn)。

“On behalf of the Hong Kong special administrative region, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to his family,” Lam said.

林鄭月娥表示：“我代表香港特別行政區(qū)向田家炳的家人表達(dá)最深切的慰問。”