He predicted in 1983 that world's seas would be littered with fibre optics, five years ahead of the time that such a trans-oceanic fibre-optic cable first became serviceable.OverviewSir Charles Kuen Kao (November 4, 1933 – September 23, 2018) was a Hong Kong who contributed. Charles Kuen Kao was born on November 4, 1933, in, China, and lived with his parents in the. He studied at home with his brother, under a tutor. He also studie. In the 1960s at (STL) based in, Essex, England, Kao and his coworkers did their pioneering work in creating as a.