Cheung Chi Kong

Biography

Cheung Chi-kong was born in 1970 in Hong Kong. His family origin was Kaiping, Guangdong. At his birth his family was living at Man Yuen Building of Ferry Street. His parents set up a sidewalk stall outside Jan Jan Tea House, at the corner of Canton Street and Nanking Street. At 5 Cheung stayed with his parents at the stall. He had studied at Canton Road Government Primary School. When he was a small child, he was allowed to move around on Canton Road, Nanking Street, Reclamation Street and Ning Po Street. In early 1980s, the stall of Cheung’s Parents moved to the Yaumatei Jade Market. From 1986 to 1989 he spent the summers learning at his father’s jade factory in Guangzhou, following his father to purchase raw stones at Yunnan. In 1990 upon his graduation Cheung joined the trade. He helped at his parents’ stall at the Jade Market. In recent years he had taken over the family business and revamped the model of operation to a thru-train model: handling all processes from purchasing raw stones, design and production. He was born, grew up, worked and married in Yaumatei, and had developed a love to the community.