Mr. S. C. Gaw was of Fujian descent and born in Myanmar on 18th September 1916. He completed his secondary education in Xiamen and returned to Myanmar after his higher education in Nanjing.
After the Second World War, Mr. Gaw started his own business in Myanmar and soon became an emerging entrepreneur. His business began with rice trading and dealership of Japanese tyres and synthetic fibers and was later extended to the weaving industry. He was a leading player of Myanmar’s post-war commercial and industrial development.
Mr. Gaw and his family moved to Hong Kong in 1953 because of Myanmar’s political instability. He re-built his dealership business in a new environment and with limited financial means. With his unyielding persistence, exceptional talent and entrepreneurial spirit, he extended his business to mechanical engineering, shipping, finance and textiles in less than two decades. He had been the managing director of various multinational corporations. He was the founder of Pioneer Global Group, an established conglomerate listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Apart from his investment in HK, he had also run a weaving mill in Thailand to accommodate his staff moving from Myanmar to Thailand.
Mr. Gaw had led an honest and modest life and was respected by his contemporaries. He was a dedicated philanthropist. He had served the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and the Yan Chai Hospital as a director sustainably.
Mr. Gaw passed away at the age of sixty-eight on 14th October 1983
吳祥川先生祖籍福建晉江，於一九一六年九月十八日出生於緬甸，父親吳克桃。少年時，吳先生越洋往廈門鼓浪嶼英華中學求學，後來考進南京金陵大學，畢業後回到緬甸。
第二次世界大戰結束，吳先生正值雄姿英發之年已嶄露頭角，在緬甸開始建立自己的事業，先是經營米業和代理日本輪胎和化纖等多種產品，後又創辦布廠，成為戰後緬甸工商界的表表者。
一九五三年，吳先生因緬甸政局不穩，攜眷離開緬甸，到香港定居。在新的環境中，吳先生以有限的資金從事經銷代理產品的商業活動，重建家業。吳先生以不屈不撓的奮鬥精神和過人的才華和魄力，在短短的十多年內，將自己的事業拓展至機械工程、航運業、金融業和紡織業。吳先生曾任跨國機構信昌工程有限公司之常務董事。他是野村國際有限公司香港分公司之創辦人之一，至八十年代初期仍任香港野村董事總經理之職。他是香港上市公司建生國際實業有限公司之創始人之一，並擔任該公司董事長。吳先生生前曾任之其他主要職位有恆大有限公司董事長、恆懋有限公司董事長、泰隆有限公司董事長、三聯實業有限公司董事長和海外船務有限公司董事長。除了在香港的投資，吳先生並在泰國開辦布廠，安置從緬甸遷居到泰國之舊屬員工。
吳先生一生光明磊落，為人正直，深受志士仁人之讚崇。吳先生熱心公益，曾任東華三院壬寅年總理，仁濟醫院辛酉年總理。
吳先生於一九八三年十月十四日不幸病逝，享年六十八歲。
