{{Short description|Hong Kong entrepreneur (1840–1920)}} {{Infobox person | name = Au Tak | native_name = 區德 | native_name_lang = zh | image = AuChakMun.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 1840 | birth_place = [[Nanhai District|Nanhai]], Kwangtung ([[Guangdong]]), [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]] | death_date = {{Death year and age|1920|1840}} | death_place = [[British Hong Kong]] | occupation = Entrepreneur, property developer, educator | spouse = Ho Wing-ching | website = | footnotes = }} {{Chinese |t=區德 |s=区德 |j=au1 dak1 |p=Ōu Dé |altname=Au Chak-mun |t2=區澤民 |s2=区泽民 |j2=au1 zaak6 man4 |p2=Ōu Zémín }} '''Au Tak''' (also spelled '''Au Tack'''; {{zh|t=區德}}; 1840–1920) or '''Au Chak-mun''' ({{zh|labels=no|t=區澤民}}) was a [[Hong Kong]] entrepreneur. He was the [[proprietor]] of a furniture shop and the [[property developers]] in [[Central, Hong Kong|Central District]] on [[Hong Kong Island]].<ref name="autak">{{Cite web|url=http://gwulo.com/kai-tak-airport-history|title=Kai Tak Airport History | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong}}</ref> He used to be the director of [[Tung Wah Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/44/4401147.pdf|title=Hong Kong Journals Online}}</ref>
In 1912, Au went into partnership with his son-in-law's father Sir [[Kai Ho]] to form a company to develop a piece of land formed by [[land reclamation]] in [[Kowloon Bay]]. It was planned to build a residential garden estate, but the plan failed and the company went into [[liquidation]] in 1924, after both Au and Ho had died.<ref name="autak" /> In 1925, the land was taken over by the [[British Hong Kong]] Government as the use of the [[Kai Tak Airport|airport]].<ref>[http://www.cad.gov.hk/english/kaitak.html Kai Tak Airport 1925-1998]</ref>
== See also == * [[Munsang College]] (named after Tak (Au Tak Mun) and Mok Kon Sang)
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