Li Fook-kow

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Li Fook-kow
Denis Bray
Personal details
Born(1922-06-15)15 June 1922
Hong Kong
Died27 October 2011(2011-10-27) (aged 89)
Hong Kong
SpouseEdith Kwong Mei-yung
ChildrenAndrew Li
ParentLi Tse-fong
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Li Fook-kow
Hanyu Pinyin
Lǐ Fúqiú
Yue: Cantonese
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Li Fook-kow,

Secretary for Home Affairs and official member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong
.

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Li Fook Kow".
Government offices
Preceded by
Denis Bray
Secretary for Home Affairs

1977–1980
Succeeded by
Denis Bray