[25th April, 2018．Hong Kong] Dr. Albert Yeung Sau-Shing, Chairman of Emperor Group has been honored as the “Leading Philanthropist of the Year” at the 15^th China’s Charity Chart Award 2018 for his exemplary leadership and recognized contributions to charitable development in Mainland and Hong Kong. This marks a high level of recognition for Dr. Yeung’s charitable achievement further to the "Lifetime Achievement Award" last year.

The “Leading Philanthropist of the Year” has only been awarded to Mr. Xu Rongmao, Executive Director of Shimao Group in the past. The award placed special emphasis on Dr. Yeung's great influence to mobilize employees’ contribution to charity work. Previously, Dr. Yeung had been named the “Top Ten Philanthropist of China's Charity Year” for eight consecutive years.

In his acceptance speech, Dr. Yeung said: “I am pleased that the dedication of charity commission and investment in charity has tacitly become a corporate culture and conscious action of our group. In the coming future, myself and the Emperor Group will continue to dedicate efforts to social welfare development and devote ourselves to more charitable activities, with the goal of establishing an accelerated aged care environment and building more caring centres for the elderly embracing a spirit of “From the Community, To the Community”.

The star-studded China’s Charity Chart Award 2018 was held in the famed Water Cube of Beijing’s Olympic Park, in the presence of the philanthropic entrepreneurs and celebrities who are the previous award winners. This year, Mr. Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group and Founder of Jack Ma Foundation, and Mr. Richard Liu, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of JD.com have been named the "China’s Top 10 Philanthropists". Furthermore, the honorary of “The Most Influential Philanthropic Celebrity of the Year” goes to renowned Taiwanese actress Lin-Chiling, Founder of “Chiling Charity Foundation”.

"China's Charity Chart" has been organised by China Philanthropy Times on a yearly basis since 2004 under the supervision of Ministry of Civil Affairs of China and China Association of Social Workers. The award aims to exemplify the infectious power of exemplars and the spirit of modern philanthropy.

Dr. Yeung first took part in charity works in the early 1970s and became the Charter President of Lion Club of South Kowloon. He adhered to the spirit of Lions Clubs International, an international secular, non-political service organization, and led the members to promote diversified services. The beneficiaries included adolescents and the elderly. He established two charity foundations in 1997 and 2008 respectively, namely Emperor Foundation and Albert Yeung Sau Shing Charity Foundation.

As the elderly are approaching the end of life, they are not able to reciprocate any favours and therefore often overlooked. Hence, Dr. Yeung pays special attention to the elderly and hospice services, and focuses resources on sponsoring elderly care centres in both the mainland and Hong Kong, including "Albert Yeung Sau Shing Charity Foundation Baoding Elderly Home", "Albert Yeung Sau Shing Charity Foundation (Shunping) Elderly Care Centre", "Albert Yeung Sau Shing Charity Foundation (Xiongzhou) Elderly Care Centre", "Albert Yeung Sau Shing (Shunping, China) Elderly Service Centre" and "Albert Yeung Sau Shing (Changli, China) Elderly Service Centre", all of which are located in Hebei Province; another two located in Guangxi Province are currently under construction, including "Albert Yeung Sau Shing (Yungfu, China) Elderly Service Centre" and "Albert Yeung Sau Shing (Fusui, China) Elderly Service Centre". Together with the projects that have been put into operation in the early years, including "Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yeung Sing Memorial Long Stay Care Home" and "Hubei Hong Kong Emperor Elderly Care Centre". There are altogether nine elderly service centres.

In addition, working with Social Workers Across Borders, Dr. Yeung became the first person to introduce Hong Kong's social workers' spiritual comfort experience into mainland China ten years ago, with a unique service model that comprises medical care and counseling for the elderly in Wuhan. The innovative project broke down Chinese people’s taboo about death successfully and won "The Most Influential Charity Project Nomination Award 2007" and "Hubei Charity Award 2008" from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Dr. Yeung has been serving as the Life Honorary President of Social Workers Across Borders up to now.

Dr. Yeung's efforts have won him a lot of awards and recognitions. Beside "China’s Top 10 Philanthropists", he has also repeatedly won "China Charity Award – The Most Caring Individual Donor Award”. In 1994, Dr. Yeung was named Honorary Professor of Law of China University of Political Science and Law, and Honorary Consultant of All China Lawyers Association from All China Lawyers Association. In 1998, he was appointed Honorary Trustee by Peking University. He was further appointed Honorary Professor by Guangdong University of Finance in 2008.