Photograph featuring opera artiste Sun Ma Sze Tsang (新马师曾, 20 June 1916 - 20 April 1997). He was a popular opera singer and actor from Hong Kong. He was an philanthropist who earned the title of 'Opera King of Charity'. Appointed as an honorary professor of the University of Cambridge in 1977, he was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1978.
1950-1970
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Photograph featuring opera artiste Sun Ma Sze Tsang (新马师曾, 20 June 1916 - 20 April 1997). He was a popular opera singer and actor from Hong Kong. He was an philanthropist who earned the title of 'Opera King of Charity'. Appointed as an honorary professor of the University of Cambridge in 1977, he was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1978.

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