Family
Yang married Eileen Barbara Tam at Caxton Hall in London in 1954. Eileen was the daughter of the Hon. William Thomas Tam, OBE, JP, a lawyer, magistrate and one time Legislative Councillor in Hong Kong before World War II. The couple had two sons. Lady Yang died on 24 June 2006, aged 74, predeceasing her husband.
Yang's niece is the Grammy Award-winning pianist Gloria Cheng, who won the 2009 Best Instrumental Soloist Performance.
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