Au Tak

Au Tak
Au Tak
Traditional Chinese	區德
Simplified Chinese	区德
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Ōu Dé
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	au1 dak1
Au Chak-mun
Traditional Chinese	區澤民
Simplified Chinese	区泽民
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Ōu Zémín
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	au1 zaak6 man4

Au Tak
Au Tak
區德
Born	1840; Nanhai, Kwangtung (Guangdong), Qing China
Died	1920 (aged 79–80); British Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, property developer, educator
Spouse	Ho Wing-ching

Au Tak (also spelled Au Tack; Chinese: 區德; 1840–1920) or Au Chak-mun (區澤民) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur. He was the proprietor of a furniture shop and the property developers in Central District on Hong Kong Island.^[1] He used to be the director of Tung Wah Hospital.^[2]

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.^[1] In 1925, the land was taken over by the British Hong Kong Government as the use of the airport.^[3]