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Visible Chinese is a guide to individuals at the forefront of the UK's Chinese Culture.
Profiled individuals are included simply because they have contributed to the UK's Chinese Culture.
Visible Chinese aims to become an Authoritative Independent Listing of Achievers within the UK's Chinese Culture.
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Profiled individuals are included simply because they have contributed to the UK's Chinese Culture.
Visible Chinese aims to become an Authoritative Independent Listing of Achievers within the UK's Chinese Culture.
Read more...
Thomas Tak Leung Chan FRSA
Councillor
Business. Community. Politics.
Councillor Thomas Chan is the current Cabinet Member for Housing and Health In the London Borough of Redbridge. He is also a member of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Race Equality Advisory Panel. Previously he was a member of the Home Secretary’s Race Relations Forum and Race Equality Advisory Panel (1998 – 2005), Metropolitan Police Committee (1995-2000) and Consumer Committee, Food Standards Agency (2002 – 2004). He was a Councillor in Redbridge between 1990 and 1994.
He is a founding member of the Chinese in Britain Forum and is its current Vice-Chair. He has been the Chairman of the Chinese Takeaway Association (UK) since 2001.
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Ching-He Huang
Foodie entrepreneurBusiness. Cuisine.
Foodie entrepreneur born in Taiwan to Chinese parents and lived in South Africa before finding foot on British soil. A self-taught cook, Ching launched her own food company, Fuge Ltd, fresh from graduating from university with a 1st class Economics degree from Queen Mary Westfield College in London in 1999.
Ching’s products can now be found at retail and foodservice outlets from profile events to blue-chip companies in the City. This was followed by the launch of Tzu, a healthy soft drinks range, which are now stocked in prestigious outlets such as Selfridges, Wholefoods and Champneys Health Farms. Ching’s dynamic approach made a television presence inevitable.
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Eric Lau
Music ProducerMusic.
Eric Lau is a London-based producer who has been busy making musical waves for others. He may well be a producer you’ve heard, but not heard of, by way of his productions for the likes of Lupe Fiasco, Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Guilty Simpson, Wildchild, Tanya Morgan, Hil St Soul, and a family of up n’coming artists who feature on New Territories, his debut solo album.
His slick and edgy productions have turned the ears of Gilles Peterson (Lau appeared on his Brownswood Bubblers release of October 2006) and Fat City Records who released Eric Lau presents Dudley & Friends in January 2007. Tastemakers and peers like Benji B (BBC Radio 1Xtra) called Lau’s soulful street sounds “Heavy!”, Phonte (of Little Brother) added that Lau is “One of the illest beatmakers”, Dudley Perkins (Stones Throw) said “His music did something to me,” and Dego (of 4Hero) asked “Who the f$%k is Eric Lau!?”
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Sir David Tang Wang Cheung KBE
Entrepreneur, businessman and socialiteBusiness. Charities.
Sir David Tang, is a Hong Kong businessman and socialite best known as the founder of the Shanghai Tang chain, though he sold his entire interest in the company in 1998.
Known for his love of Cuban cigars, Sir David is also a cigar importer and the Honorary Consul of Cuba in Hong Kong. He is a columnist for Apple Daily; a selection of his articles for the paper has been published in book form in English as An Apple a Week, where his colourful upbringing, remarkably generous spirit and always challenging opinions can be enjoyed. Other interests include aviation and gold-mining.
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours in recognition of his charity work.
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Liz Chi Yen Liew
Musician / ComposerMusic.
LIZ CHI YEN LIEW performs and composes as one half of British Chinese group Chi2 (see below) and plays the violin, piano and organ.
She studied the piano and violin at the junior Royal Academy of Music, gained A's in practical and theoretical Music A levels, won an organ scholarship, then completed a Bachelor of Science Music degree at City University in London whilst also completing her Licentiate of Guildhall School of Music performance diploma. After her rigorous classical music training she ventured into the world of pop music and has since toured/performed/ recorded with Moby, Gnarls Barkley, Nelly Furtado, Lamb, Boy George, KLF/Orb, Barry Adamson amongst others.
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Stanley Tse
Group Chairman of Seewoo GroupsBusiness. Community.
For more than 30 years through his business and from his own pockets, this individual has given unselfishly to the needs of the Chinese community across the country. Beginning way back in 1975 he has grown his company from humble beginnings and today has his businesses in London, Glasgow and Greenwich.
He has particularly put his efforts into helping the elderly, and even offers needy students sponsorships to continue their studies. Furthermore he has been key in ensuring that the major festival events such as Chinese New Year and Autumn Festival take place successfully and efficiently by financially contributing to these events, thus bringing joy and pride to the community and cultural enrichment for the mainstream communities.
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Florence Qiu
Founder, Sino-Anglo Cultural Exchange AssociationArts. Community. Culture.
Florence has been instrumental in pioneering Chinese arts and culture in the Chinese community, and to a wider mainstream audience in the North East of England. She founded the Sino-Anglo Cultural Exchange Association and her work and dedication has enhanced the quality of life for many of Newcastle’s members of the Chinese community, providing access and education to both the young and the old.
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Andrew Hung
RestauranteurCuisine.
Andrew Hung is well established in the restaurant industry. His latest project, Shanghai Blues, opened in mid 2004. Since then it has had positive reviews from Time Out, the Evening Standard, the Financial Times and the Tatler and Harpers Bazaar Restaurant Guides 2006, the service being described as “kind and attentive”, the décor as “gorgeous” and the food as “faultless”.
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Bill Poon
Master ChefCuisine.
‘Poons’ is the collective term for Bill Poon’s two London restaurants: Poons in Covent Garden and Poons in the City. These restaurants have been highly acclaimed and patronised by celebrities such as Frank Sinatra. Master Chef Poon himself has received acclaim not only for the quality of his food but also for its healthiness.
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Christine Yau
RestauranteurCommunity. Cuisine.
Y-Ming is one of the most established Chinese Restaurants in Soho, having been in business now for over 20 years. Its patrons include Hollywood A-list celebrities, politicians, writers, theatricals, and food critics alike, and the restaurant has variously been described as “unlike all the other restaurants in nearby Chinatown”, “beloved of the critics and rightly so”, and “a pleasure to dine in”.
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