Hau Shui-pui, SBS (; born 21 June 1924) is a pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong. He is the president of the Kwun Tong Residents Association and the

Federation of Public Housing Estates The Federation of Public Housing Estates () is a pro-Beijing camp, pro-Beijing organisation formed in 1985 by 11 community associations. It focuses on public housing in Hong Kong, public housing policies and caters to the interests of the resi ...

. He was also the chairman of the

Kwun Tong District Council The Kwun Tong District Council () is the district council for the Kwun Tong District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Kwun Tong District Council consists of 40 members since January 2020, of which the district is divided into 40 ...

from 1997 to 2003. Hau was a long-time kaifong leader who was active in

Ngau Tau Kok Ngau Tau Kok is an area of eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong, in the north of Kwun Tong District east to Kowloon Bay. Largely residential, Ngau Tau Kok has a population in excess of 210,000. Geography In Chinese, Ngau Tau Kok means ''ox horn'' ...

. He was the president of the Ngau Tau Kok Kaifong Welfare Association and the Kwun Tong Residents Association, a pro-Beijing community association. He also co-founded the Federation of Public Housing Estates in 1985. He was first elected to the Kwun Tong District Board in 1985 in Ngau Tau Kok East constituency. He defeated Law Chun-ngai of the

United Democrats of Hong Kong The United Democrats of Hong Kong (; UDHK) was a short-lived political party in Hong Kong founded in 1990 as the united front of the liberal democracy forces in preparation of the 1991 first ever direct election for the Legislative Council of ...

(UDHK) in the 1991 District Board elections, but failed to get elected in the first direct election to the Legislative Council in 1991, losing to the pro-democracy candidates

Szeto Wah Szeto Wah (; 28 February 1931 – 2 January 2011) was a prominent Hong Kong democracy activist and politician. He was the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the Hong Kong Profes ...

of the United Democrats and

Fred Li Fred Li Wah-ming ( Chinese: 李華明; born 25 April 1955, Hong Kong) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the constituency of Kowloon East. He was a member of the Kwun Tong District Council for Tsui Ping ...

of the

Meeting Point Meeting Point (Chinese: 匯點) was a liberal political organisation and party in Hong Kong formed by a group of former student activists in the 1970s and intellectuals for the discussion for the Sino-British negotiation on the question of Hong ...

. He was re-elected uncontestedly to the Kwun Tong District Board in 1994. He was appointed

Hong Kong Affairs Advisor Hong Kong Affairs Advisers () were appointed by the Chinese government after the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten carried out his electoral reform in the British Hong Kong, in the eve of the handover of the sovereignty of the city-state fr ...

and the Selection Committee which was responsible for electing the first

Chief Executive of Hong Kong The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. The position was created to replace the office of governor of ...

and

Provisional Legislative Council The Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) was the interim legislature of Hong Kong that operated from 1997 to 1998. The legislature was founded in Guangzhou and sat in Shenzhen from 1996 (with offices in Hong Kong) until the handover in 1997 an ...

on the eve of the

handover of Hong Kong Sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the British Hong Kong, former colony. Hong Kong was establ ...

. He became the chairman of the Kwun Tong Provisional District Board in 1997 and the Kwun Tong District Council chairman until his retirement in 2003. He was awarded by

Bronze Bauhinia Star The Bronze Bauhinia Star (, BBS) is the lowest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of Ch ...

in 1998 and

Silver Bauhinia Star The Silver Bauhinia Star (, SBS) is the second Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, awarded to people who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period. The award was created in 1997 to repla ...

in 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hau, Shui-pui 1924 births Living people District councillors of Kwun Tong District Hong Kong Affairs Advisors Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star