Iconic investor S.P. Tao no more after 105 years

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S.P. Tao

Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC yesterday announced the death of Founder, Chairman and Dire-ctor S.P. Tao (Tao Shing Pee) in Nanjing, China. He passed away on 24 August. “Tao lived to a great age of 105

and passed away peacefully,” the company said in a statement. Tao was the Founder and Chairman of the Shing Kwan Group, Singapore; Founder and Patron of Jiangsu Tao Shing Pee Education Foundation; Honorary Citizen of Nanjing, and President of Jiangsu Charity Foundation.

Given the pandemic in Nanjing and at the request of Tao’s family members, his funeral service was kept small and private.