Chang Yung-fa CBE (Chinese: 張榮發; pinyin: Zhāng Róngfā; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Êng-hoat; 6 October 1927 – 20 January 2016) was a Taiwanese businessman. He founded and chaired the Evergreen Group.
Biography
Chang was born in Su'ao,[1] while Taiwan was under Japanese rule. When he was seven, the family moved to Keelung.[2] After graduating from Taipei Commercial High School at the age of 18, he went to work in the Taipei office of a Japanese shipping line. He continued his education by taking night classes at a vocational school in Taipei.[3]
After World War II, he joined the seagoing staff of a local shipping company as third officer. His subsequent career was spent with various local companies and he progressed through the ranks to captain.
In 1961, Chang and some friends jointly established a shipping company and, having helped this company to develop, he decided to branch out on his own, establishing Evergreen Marine Corporation on 1 September 1968 with just one secondhand 15,000-ton vessel, Central Trust.
Over the next four years, Chang built his fleet up to twelve, running them empty when necessary to convince his customers his services were regular and reliable. Within a year, he had expanded to the Middle East. Within three, Chang was dispatching Evergreen ships to the Caribbean.
In 1975, Chang realised that containerisation was the way forward. He built four advanced S-type container ships and launched his US East Coast service. Fifteen months later, he added the West coast of the United States to his network. Europe followed in 1979.
By 1984, he started his most ambitious service yet- two 80-day round-the-world services, one circling the globe in an easterly direction, the other westward. Departing every 10 days, the 20 G-type container ships he employed had a capacity of 2,728 containers each and could travel at a speed of 20.5 knots.
The Evergreen Group has expanded beyond the shipping industry to encompass operations in heavy industrial development, air transport, hotels and resorts services.[4]
The Evergreen Group, with over 27,000 employees and more than 220 offices worldwide, now comprises about 30 major corporations worldwide, 3 of which are listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. During the 2012 Republic of China presidential election, Mr Chang expressed his disapproval of the so-called Taiwan Consensus. The China Post reported that he said that the ""Taiwan Consensus" smacks of Taiwan independence" which the paper said was "not his cup of tea".[5] In February 2012, it was reported that Chang had pledged "to give away all his wealth" of approximately NT$50 billion ($US1.7bn, €1.5bn, £1.4bn as of 2020), primarily via the Chang Yung-fa Foundation.[6]
Chang was married twice, first to Lin Chin-chih, with whom he had four children. His second wife Lee Yu-mei bore him one son.[7] On 20 January 2016, Chang died at the age of 88.[8]
Conferment
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from California State University, 1990.
- Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina, 1995.
- Honorary Doctor of Shipping & Transportation Management from the National Taiwan Ocean University, 1998.
- Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from Nottingham Trent University, 1999.
- Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from the National Chiao Tung University, 2000.
- Honorary Doctor of Transport and Academician from Russian Academy of Transport, 2007
- Honorary Professorship from the University of Houston–Downtown, 2008
Honors and awards
- Order of Chivalry (D.M.P.N.), which carries the title of "Dato", State of Penang, Malaysia, 2000.[9]
- Officer of the Legion of Honor, France, 2002.[10]
- Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award, Lloyd's List 2006.[11]
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), UK, 2006.[12]
- Honorary Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) (2006)[13][9]
- Knight of the Grand Cross (Cavaliere di Gran Croce), Italy, 2007[14]
- Commander of the Order of the Crown (Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Couronne), Belgium, 2008[10]
- Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau, The Netherlands, 2011[15]
- Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from the Japanese government, 2012.[16]
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2014.[17]
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オランダによる台湾統治の歴史的意義
台湾の先住民(1670年)
オランダによる統治に対する評価としては、第一に熱蘭遮城を中心とした植民地国家として、台湾で最初の系統的な政権が誕生したことがあげられる。オランダ統治機構はその後の台湾統治者に対しても少なからずの影響を与えている。それ以外にはオランダ統治以前には顕著な活動を行なっていなかった漢人移民であるが、オランダ人は福建省、広東省沿岸部から大量の漢人移住民を労働力として募集し、彼らに土地開発を進めさせることでプランテーションの経営に乗り出そうとした。その際に台湾原住民がオランダ人を「Tayouan」(現地語で「来訪者」の意)と呼んだことから「台湾(Taiwan)」という名称が誕生したという説もある。
・・・台湾の産みの親(爆)
結局はアメリカ国内にトラブルの種を撒き散らしてる放火魔が吊し上げられるのが終了条件なんですね
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台湾・長栄海運、スエズ運河事故「賠償責任一切ない」
【台北=中村裕】台湾の長栄海運(エバーグリーン・マリン)は1日、日本経済新聞の取材に応じ、スエズ運河で座礁した大型コンテナ船を巡る賠償責任について、経営トップの謝恵全・総経理は「(運航会社の)当社に一切の責任はない」と語った。損害額は10億ドル(約1100億円)を超えるともされる。賠償責任は船主の正栄汽船(愛媛県今治市)にあるとの見解を示した。
長栄海運は同日、台北市内で記者会見も開き、謝氏は「今回の事故は輸送時に起こったものであり、その場合は契約で船主が責任を負うことになっている」と説明した。
さらに「当社が責任を負うのは貨物自体のみで、それは保険会社で補償される範囲のものだ」との認識を示した。
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