Mr Tung\'s family education

International public opinion says, People\'s Republic of China Hong Kong S.A.R. first Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee hwa is a generation ship King Tung Chao Yung \"underline a Pearl\". So, what kind of family education does Tung Chee-hwa has been? One sentence summary and that is pure patriotism and tough and pragmatic education of arduous struggle.

First, the country name

Woo Ming Tung Chao Yung wrote himself is: \"live to be meaningful sth To Chinese people proud to create heaven and Earth. ”

On May 29, 1937, was born in Shanghai, Mr Tung Chee Hwa. At that time, Tung Chao Yung is already engaged in shipping merchant. However, he deeply understand, Japanese invaders after the seizure of three eastern provinces and in the North China offensive, tragic trampling of Japanese cruel oppression of the vast land of China, the Chinese nation is in crisis, guopojiawang, and dire straits. As one of the Chinese patriotic industrialist, in the head when he not including yourself go all out, also cannot but hope in the next generation, so it give baby born children named \"Tung Chee-hwa\", hoped that he would like their motto \"to Chinese are proud to create heaven and Earth. ”

In order to enhance this sustenance, Tung Chao Yung in two birthday Tung Chee-Hwa, and wrote on the back of the photograph \"welcome the new era of the great light\" Word, sincere to serve the heart of the condensation of two generations together.

Second, to connect the father national industrial Ban Dian built a solid foundation

Tung Chao Yung in Shanghai, providing the shipping industry, after a hard struggle, finally created a base in Hong Kong, with 12 million tons--of the great ocean-going sea Kingdom \"OOCL\". At this point, Tung Chao Yung is a world-class celebrity, is one one of the richest man in Hong Kong, but is very strict requirements for their children, without pride.

Tung Chao Yung has 2 children and 3 women, according to family tradition, two sons is a family business succession, while the eldest son of Tung Chee-hwa is to focus on training object. To this end, the Tung Chee-Hwa, special to the other four brothers and sisters, not into aristocratic schools, but a Chinese school, so that the adults engaged in the cause of the Chinese nation.

Chinese middle schools of Tung Chee-hwa in the age of 13, 19, admitted to United Kingdom mechanical Department of the University of Liverpool. This during, Tung Chao Yung has became has millions assets of world level ship King, but on Tung Chee-hwa is does not to he world level rich home children of treatment, no Tung Chee-Hwa with other rich home children than advanced car, and than hand stinginess, and than wearing fashionable, but requirements Tung Chee-hwa had simple of life, to self-discipline, and since good, and self, and General students as take bus or riding bike round and campus and home Zhijian, to to mind with in learning Shang, to graduated Hou to strong of expertise tube good national industrial.

Tung Chao Yung knows that only a basic knowledge of advanced, there is no good practical skills, also cannot achieve much. So, after he graduated from the University, Tung Chao Yung and sent him to the United States to wage – General Motors most grass-roots to become a regular staff member. At this time, Tung Chao Yung ask son \"little China, can you see why I should let you into the \' universal \'? ”

Tung Chee-Hwa said, \"Dad, I understand. Because \' General \' is the world\'s largest car company, its President aerfudelei·silong the creation of the modern business management principles, first of all, I would like to also apply to our international shipping enterprise. I want to believe, I \' General \' can learn many things. ”

To more deeply understand his son to \"generic\" purpose and meaning, Tung Chao Yung emphasized again that \"little China, I do not doubt that you are a man of ideals, but I worry that you don\'t have enough hard spirit. You don\'t think they have to rely on, you must take the initiative to find hard to eat, temper their will to accept the challenges of life, so you must exercise your, starting from the bottom. Only the first to be an ordinary staff member, it possible to understand what should I treat you in the future the following staff members. After that, you can fully take into account the experience of others, start a new business to lay a good foundation for the future. ”

Mr Tung understood father arrangement, in the United States hard, solid dry for 4 years, good dad Ban Dian has built a solid foundation of national industry.

Third, not forgetting \"we Chinese\"

The early 60 \'s, United States social set off a violent wave of racial discrimination. Some ethnic Chinese are the effects of adverse political climate, appear inferiority, even dare to say they are Chinese, and lied that the Japanese or the Singapore people, and some got \"green card\" in Chinese, in front of their brethren, superior hair look.

At that time, the Tung Chee-hwa is United States, which also hit him. So easy to live and work, he asked his father stepped in to his Office on a \"green card\". Tung Chao Yung after listening to, the United States reality very angry, and son earnestly: \"no matter what nationality we are Chinese. Individuals not as, no matter what nationality, no one can afford it. \"Tung Chee-Hwa, is pleased to accept the teachings of father, decided to: hold head to do their thing, shall not be a\" green card. ”

Son of Tung Chao Yung education cannot forget \"We also are

Chinese \", and he himself is acting. As the business dealings of a dozen years, Tung Chao Yung and United States elite established a close relationship. But when a few former Presidents Carter, Reagan, Nixon, Ford and asked him to go after dinner, advised him to join the United States when the nationality, but he politely declined. United Kingdom\'s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles are Tung Chao Yung have had good relations, also had like Americans lobbied Tung Chao Yung joined the British, and to grant a Peerage and \"JP\" title, but he politely declined each. Is so, his friends made it clear that: \"took the foreigners \' passports, foreigners are still regard you as a Chinese, why not go directly to the identity of the Chinese, what are the achievements in the future, are Chinese. ”

It is the father of education and influence, when the father died after President Bush to United States naturalization to Tung Chee-Hwa issued invitations on behalf of the Government, Tung Chee-Hwa, as in father, politely declined. For two he remember his father\'s teachings: \"we are the Chinese\", \"Chinese are proud to create heaven and Earth\".