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Personal Details

Name	:	His Excellency Ambassador Hotung,
		Eric Edward C.B.E

Credential	:	The Ambassador at Large of the
		Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
		for Economic Affairs, International
		Trade and Investments

Date of Birth	:	June 8th 1926

Name of Spouse	:	Patricia Anne née Shea
		(Married January l7th 1959)

Parents	:	Edward Sai Kim Hotung
		(son of Sir Robert Hotung)
		Mordia Alice, née 0' Shea

Children	:	Five Sons and Three Daughters

Nationality	:	British (Anglo-Chinese)

Educational Details

1936 / 47. Francis Xavier College Shanghai, Georgetown University
Washington DC (BSS) (Lester Boxing), NY Inst of Finance NYC.

Career

	Security Analyst Henry Hentz & Co NY -- 1951
	Admin Assistant to Director Pacific Area Foreign Distributors Division, General Motors -- 1953-58
	Director Hong Kong & Kowloon Entertainment Co. -- 1958
	Member Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Gold & Silver Exchange -- 1958
	Chairman Hotung International Ltd. -- 1960
	Area President 1961, Commissioner 1966 ~ St. John Ambulance
	Founder of the Hotung Institute for International Studies Ltd -- 1962
	Founder Chairman Hong Kong Development Ltd and Cosmopolitan Properties & Securities Ltd. -- 1970
	Special Advisor on Chinese affairs: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC -- 1975
	Honorary Life Member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong -- 1977
	Trustee Marine Military Academy Harlingen Texas -- 1978
	Vice President Operation Drake -- 1979
	Honorary Member Scientific Exploration Soc -- 1980
	Member of Kissinger's International Counselors - 1982
	Honorary Member of the 22nd Airborne Regiment, USA -- 1983
	Vice President Operation Raleigh -- 1984
	Life Member Hong Kong Arts Center -- 1984
	Life Member Royal Philharmonic Orchestra -- 1984
	Friend of St. George's Chapel Windsor -- 1984
	Honorary Member 22nd Special Air Service Regiment -- 1985
	Director US National Committee on US-China Relations -- 1986
	Director Soong Ching Ling Foundation for Children -- 1987
	Founder Hotung Institute of International Relations -- 1987
	US Senate China Trade Caucus "in the decade ahead" --1987
	Patron Hotung Secondary School (for girls) -- 1988
	Economic and Financial Advisor to Tianjin Government of China -- 1990
	Chairman Non-Combatants Pacific War 1937-45 Association Inc. -- 1994
	Trustee Spirit of Normandy International Appeal -- 1994
	Honorary member of the Normandy Veterans Association -- 1994
	Commander of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem -- 1995 (Order of St. John -- 1966)
	Patron, The Royal British Legion, The Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen's Association and The World War II Veterans Association -- 1998
	Financial Advisor to the Municipal Government of Xuzhou -- 1999
	Advisor to the Wai Hai Operation Research Association Museum --1999
	Special Economic and Financial Advisor to CNRT (The National Council of Timorese Resistance), East Timor -- 1999
	Member of the Advisory Council of the Board of Fundacao Luso-American, Lisboa -- 2000
	Trustee of The Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers (SARDA), Hong Kong -- 2000
	Board of Directors of Community Chest, Hong Kong -- 2000
	Member of Chancellor's Court of Benefactor, University of Oxford, UK -- 2000
	Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors -- 2000
	Trustee of The Spirit of Normandy Trust -- 2000
	Ambassador at Large of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste -- 2002
	Chairman of China AIDS Fund, Inc. -- 2004
	Member of Frank Hogan Society, Georgetown University -- 2005
	Honorary Vice President of the Scientific Exploration Society -- 2005