Steven Lo Kit-sing (born 1959) is a Hong Kong and Macau businessman, film producer and football club owner, founder and chairman of the BMA investment group, with interests in property, entertainment, food and sport; he is a grand-nephew of Vitasoy founder Lo Kwee-seong. After finishing school he moved to Hong Kong in 1977, and in the early 1990s co-founded the film company Newport with Raymond Wong, later backing films such as 'My Name Is Fame' and 'Heavenly Mission'; he also founded the BMA record label and entertainment arm, signing singers and expanding the group. Football is his deepest involvement: he first ran the South China football team in 1992–94 and returned in 2006, turning a side that had just been relegated into treble winners of the league, Senior Shield and FA Cup; the club marked its centenary in 2008 with a third straight league title and reached the AFC Cup semi-finals in 2009. He has long funded local football and sport and served as chairman of the South China Athletic Association, bringing commercial sponsorship into the local game. In Macau he has also invested in property, retail and entertainment. In 2014, over his role in the corruption case of Macau's former transport and public works secretary Ao Man-long, Macau's Court of First Instance convicted him of bribery and money laundering and sentenced him to five years and three months' imprisonment, a case involving the approval of five plots of land in Taipa; the conviction was upheld on appeal in 2015, though he has remained in Hong Kong.
While running South China, Lo took a relegated side back to the top, served twice as club owner and brought commercial sponsorship into the local game, driving its commercialisation and profile. His conviction over the Ao Man-long bribery case became a landmark example of dealings between business and officials in Hong Kong and Macau.
Achievements
- 1992 · First took charge of the South China football team, serving until 1994
- 2006 · Returned to lead South China, turning a relegated side into treble winners of the league, Senior Shield and FA Cup
- 2014 · Was sentenced by Macau's Court of First Instance to five years and three months over the Ao Man-long bribery case, a ruling upheld on appeal in 2015