Li Fook-kow, CMG, JP (; 15 June 1922 – 27 October 2011) was a Hong Kong government official. He was the

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and official member of the Executive Council and

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Biography

Li was born on 15 June 1922 in Hong Kong to the

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. His father, businessman and politician

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, founded the

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. Li Fook-kow was educated at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. He joined the Hong Kong government as assistant education officer in 1954 and made a student officer. From 1972 to 1983, he was chief officerand the Director of Social Welfare from 1973 to 1977. He was also appointed

, 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.

Personal life

Li was a

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. He married Edith Kwong Mei-yung in 1946, and they had two sons and two daughters. His son

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was the first

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, 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

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at the age of 89 on 27 October 2011.

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Biography

Personal life

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