Hui Yin-fat,

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, JP (; 28 April 1936 – 7 December 2016) was a Hong Kong social worker and politician. He was a long-time director of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and was elected member of the

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for

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, member of the Executive Council in 1991 and member of the Provisional Legislative Council.

Biography

Hui was born in

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, China in 1936 and was educated at the

La Salle College La Salle College (LSC) (, Demonym: Lasallian) is a boys' secondary school in Hong Kong. It was established in 1932 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by St. John Bapti ...

and

King's College King's College or The King's College refers to two higher education institutions in the United Kingdom: *King's College, Cambridge, a constituent of the University of Cambridge *King's College London, a constituent of the University of London It ca ...

before he was enrolled into the

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. He joined the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, an umbrella group of social work organisations, in 1967 after he obtained a master's degree from the Western Reserve University and was the director of the council from 1973 to 2001. He was one of the first members to be elected to the

when he stood for the

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, representing social workers, in the first indirect election in 1985. In 1991, he was briefly appointed by

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David Wilson to the Executive Council of Hong Kong after the 1991 general election. He stepped down as Executive Councillor when Governor

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reformed the council in 1992. He was considered part of the liberal bloc in the legislature and voted for the controversial constitutional reform package put forward by the last colonial governor Chris Patten. He stepped down in 1995 and his seat was succeeded by Law Chi-kwong, member of the

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. Despite his political stance, he remained friendly relationship with the Beijing authorities and was appointed Hong Kong Affairs Advisor. He was later elected to the Beijing-installed Provisional Legislative Council in which he served from 1997 to 1998. Hui suffered a stroke in his later age. He died on 7 December 2016 at the age of 80.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hui Yin-fat 1936 births 2016 deaths Alumni of King's College, Hong Kong Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Officers of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Case Western Reserve University alumni Members of the Provisional Legislative Council Hong Kong Christians Hong Kong social workers Hong Kong Affairs Advisors HK LegCo Members 1985–1988 HK LegCo Members 1988–1991 HK LegCo Members 1991–1995 Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong