MGM China Co-Chairperson and Executive Director Pansy Ho has been bestowed the Chevalier de L’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur by the French President for her contribution in promoting French-Chinese trade, tourism, arts and cultural cooperation and exchange.
The L’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur is the highest French order of merit for both military and civil merits, having been established by none other than Napoléon Bonaparte in 1802.
Ho was previously bestowed the honor of Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite in 2009 in recognition of her commitment to diversity as a younger generation.
“To me, the significance of this award is much more than to honor a particular individual, but to salute the concept of service for common benefit,” she said. “This is a decoration the French President grants to me for acknowledging the humble role I play in my lifelong advocacy of French art and culture and promotion of cultural exchange and economic development between France and China, Hong Kong and Macau.”
Ho is well-known for her passionate love of art and culture and has been the driving force behind MGM’s permanent and temporary art exhibitions at MGM Macau and MGM Cotai. A long-time co-organizer of Le French May, she has also brought a number of prominent French art exhibitions to Macau including Biennial of the Lions, Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion and A Golden Way of Life – Très’Ors.
Since her appointment as Ambassador of the Louvre in China in 2012, Ho has been tireless in championing French art and culture and is dedicated to advocating French-Chinese trade and tourism. She founded the France Macau Chamber of Commerce in 2008 to network businesses across Macau, Hong Kong and France.
“Little did I know then that my childhood visits would evolve into a lifelong journey of promoting French art and culture, spanning my career path, different businesses and industry sectors, different regions, and for a multitude of good reasons,” Ho said. “My experience with art and culture has been a journey of awakening, inspired by French art and culture as manifested in its arts and architecture, literature, cuisine and wine, fashion and style.”
