In her book The Yip Family of Amah Rock, Jill Doggett mentions Lawrence and Horace Kadoorie as leading businessmen in Hong Kong and sons of a well-known Jewish philanthropist (Sir Elly). After the war they started a venture that prospered 300,000 poverty-stricken refugees within two decades.
They operated the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association that tripled the Colony's farm production in 12 years. Hong Kong's pig population swelled from 8,000 in 1945 to 400,000 in 1963.
For this amazing achievement the Kadoorie brothers received the Ramon Magsayay Public Service Award, a much-coveted distinction among the peoples of Sout East Asia.
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Lawrence Kadoorie 1899 - 1992
See Eleazor Silas Kadoorie
Ramon Magsayay Public Service Award
In her book The Yip Family of Amah Rock, Jill Doggett mentions Lawrence and Horace Kadoorie as leading businessmen in Hong Kong and sons of a well-known Jewish philanthropist (Sir Elly). After the war they started a venture that prospered 300,000 poverty-stricken refugees within two decades.
They operated the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association that tripled the Colony's farm production in 12 years. Hong Kong's pig population swelled from 8,000 in 1945 to 400,000 in 1963.
For this amazing achievement the Kadoorie brothers received the Ramon Magsayay Public Service Award, a much-coveted distinction among the peoples of Sout East Asia.