Francis Tien
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Francis Yuan-hao Tien CBE, LLD, DSoSc, JP |
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| 田元灝 | |
| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 3 July 1974 – 7 August 1985 |
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| Appointed by |
Sir Murray MacLehose Sir Edward Youde |
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| Born | 1915 Soochow, Republic of China |
| Died | 1992 (aged 76–77) |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Tien Yung Chia-weng |
| Children |
James Tien Michael Tien |
| Alma mater | Henry Lester Institute of Technical Education Manchester College of Technology |
| Occupation | Merchant politician |
Francis Yuan-hao Tien CBE, LLD, DSoSc, JP (Chinese: 田元灝; 1915–1992) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and the unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Francis Tien was born in Soochow, a town located about 75 km from Shanghai. His father originally came from Anhwei and settled in the Soochow region and started a textile production business. Francis Tien was studied at a junior school in Soochow and mechanical engineering at the Henry Lester Institute of Technical Education in Shanghai and graduate in 1942. During his study in Shanghai he undertook an intensive study of English, spending at least ten hours a week reading English, especially on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
He went to Chungking during the Second Sino-Japanese War and worked at power stations. He was trained at the Metropolitan Vickers in Manchester and took a course at the Manchester College of Technology before he moved to Hong Kong when the Chinese Communist Party took over the Mainland.
Tien lent his skills to steel engineering in 1950 when steel became an essential raw material need as the Korean War broke out. He turned to textile industry after the steel lost its immediate appeal at the time when textiles were the main sources of the Hong Kong exports. Tien formed his own company the Manhattan Garments and concentrated on making and design of trousers and became a Hong Kong super-salesman journeyed all over the world to promote Hong Kong textile products.
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