Li Fook-kow
Li Fook-kow Denis Bray | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Hong Kong | 15 June 1922
Died | 27 October 2011 Hong Kong | (aged 89)
Spouse | Edith Kwong Mei-yung |
Children | Andrew Li |
Parent | Li Tse-fong |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Li Fook-kow | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Fúqiú |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | lei5 fuk1 kau4 |
Li Fook-kow,
Secretary for Home Affairs and official member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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Biography
Li was born on 15 June 1922 in Hong Kong to the
Secretary for Home Affairs, holding the post from 1977 to 1980. After retirement from government, he became chairman of the Public Service Commission from 1980 and 1987. From March to October 1987, he was appointed Public Opinion Survey Office Monitor for the controversial constitutional reform on the 1988 Legislative Council election.[1]
Personal life
Li was a
Andrew Li Kwok-nang was the first Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, from 1997 to 2010. His other children are daughters Carol and Elaine and son Michael Li Ka-wah. Li migrated to Canada before 1997 but later moved back to Hong Kong. He died at the Ruttonjee Hospital
at the age of 89 on 27 October 2011.