霍英東成功之道

Adventorious
Fok's industriousness rose to the surface, however, and by the end of the war he had begun laying the foundation of his business empire. Fok reportedly made his first fortune smuggling arms into the mainland during the Korean War in the early 1950s, circumventing a United Nations arms embargo.
Fok vigorously denied the rumors of weapons trafficking, admitting only to smuggling iron plates, pipes, gasoline, car tires and other odds and ends.
Relations with mainland government
Whatever his involvement in that war, however, the experience did far more than simply elevate Fok to the ranks of Hong Kong's wealthiest. It also helped him affirm his loyalty to Beijing and tighten his relations with mainland leaders.
Vision and inspiration
In 1954, Fok set up a construction and real estate company that pioneered the practice of soliciting buyers for property even before the flats had been built, simultaneously revolutionizing and riding the wave of the decade's housing boom.
During the 1960s, Fok saw a potential winner in Macau, and teamed up with burgeoning casino mogul Stanley Ho Hung-sun to snap up a government- granted gambling monopoly in 1961. According to Forbes magazine, which listed Fok the 181st richest man in the world this year, most of Fok's fortune comes from his stake in Ho's company.
By the 1970s, however, Fok already had his sights set on a larger target: the mainland. Even before the launch of "reform and opening" by Deng in the late 1970s, Fok was already beginning to make inroads.
In 1980, Fok was made a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference - one of the highest-level organs in the mainland hierarchy.
A few years later, Fok helped open the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou, the country's first five-star hotel. The joint-venture project introduced the idea of luxury and extravagance to a population with fresh memories of Cultural Revolution-era shortages.

Fok worked as a labourer during that time while helping to run the family's small boat business.
After the war, he became a successful businessman. His businessinterests included restaurants. real estate, casinos and petroleum. Fokreportedly made his first fortune smuggling arms into the mainland during the Korean War in the early 1950s, circumventing a United Nations arms embargo.Fok vigorously denied weapons trafficking, but admits having violatedsanctions by smuggling steel and rubber as well as other items.
He was the President of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the President of the Hong Kong Football Association,and the President of the Real Estate Developers Association of HongKong. He was also the Chairman of Henry Fok Estates Ltd and the YauWing Co of Hong Kong.

PoliticalBefore the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, Henry Fok was a member of the Drafting Committee for the Basic Law of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR),the vice-chairman of the Preliminary Working Committee of PreparatoryCommittee of the Hong Kong SAR, and the vice-chairman of thePreparatory Committee of Hong Kong SAR. He was also Standing Committeemember of 7th National People's Congress.
The press frequently reports that Henry Fok had introduced Tung Chee Hwa to Jiang Zemin as a possible candidate of the first Hong Kong Chief Executive.
Henry Fok helped Tung Chee Hwa out of a near-bankruptcy of his family's Orient Overseas Container Linein the 1980s. Because of this relationship, it was often said whileTung was the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that Fok 'intervened/advised'if times, or rather Beijing, called for it.