蘇洪根

English

So Hung Kan is a Hong Kong businessman and a leading figure in the promotion of Go (weiqi) in the city, having served as president of the Hong Kong Go Association since 1988. Over more than three decades he has funded the association, helping it secure premises and maintain a stable base for the game, and under his leadership the body has organised Hong Kong teams to compete in amateur events in mainland Chinese cities as well as in Japan and South Korea, strengthening ties with overseas Go communities. In 2014 he led the Hong Kong delegation to the first Taiwan-Hong Kong Go Exchange Match in Taipei, the first formal exchange between the two places' Go circles, travelling with the association's vice-president, coach and players. He has also supported chess and Go activities in Hong Kong that gave local enthusiasts the chance to learn from professional players. In 2023 he was appointed team manager of the Hong Kong, China Go squad for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, where Go featured individual, men's team and women's team events; Hong Kong's women's team finished fourth and the men's team placed fifth in the preliminaries.