Mr. Yang joined the service of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire in 1687 at the age of 18 at Chefoo, For many, years he was compradore of the Chefoo office and in 1910 he was promoted to the position of Assistant Compradore inthe head fomhee ay Shanghai. In 1932 he was" appointed Chinese shipping manager.
'A Cantonese by birth, Mr. Yang has been active for many years on behalf of many charitable causes in Shanghai "and elsewhere and. is actively connected with the Can= Tonese Relief Association. He is a member of the Kwanglung Guild and of the Cantonese Commercial Association. His work on the com~ mittee of the Lester Chinese Hospi }tal is well-known in Shanghai and has earned for him" many friends, [both Chinese and foreign.
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