Harry Fang
Sir Harry Fang Sinyang, GBM, CBE, JP was a Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon, legislator and campaigner who promoted rehabilitation services. He was widely known as the father of rehabilitation in Asia. Harry fang was a wellknown humanitarian who championed the rights of the disabled and disadvantaged. He cofounded the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, and headed the Rehabilitation International for a period of time. In 2009, he died from complications of a stroke.
Fang was born in Nanking in August 1923. He received his secondary education at the Kings College, and his degree of medicine from the University of Hong Kong. He then specialized in orthopedics and quickly became an orthopedic surgeon. Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, he became known as a powerful legislator in Hong Kong. He was a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1974 to 1985. From 1979 to 1983, he was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. In both of these offices, he campaigned for the rights of the disabled and for rehabilitation. In 2009, he died of complications from a stroke.
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