Shih Wing-ching

Shih Wing-ching (Chinese: 施永青; pinyin: Shī Yǒngqīng; Cantonese Yale: Shih1 Wing5 Ching1; born 17 March 1949 in Shanghai) is a Hong Kong businessman.

[1] Shih is chairman of the board of Governors of Hong Kong Sinfonietta, a Council Member of Oxfam Hong Kong, and a Member of the Housing Authority, as well as the Commercial Properties Committee and the Subsidized Housing Committee of the Authority.

In January 2014, he revealed that many mainland companies were cancelling advertising with the paper, for its perceived anti-Beijing editorial stance.

[4] On 30 July 2013, Shih was attacked in his car by two men with hammers, though he managed to drive away and did not suffer injury.

[5] Shih is a supporter of the Hong Kong Golf Club and has opposed development of public housing on land it leases from the government, saying "A feature of capitalism is a gap between rich and poor...