Peter Shiu Ka-fai (, born 22 April 1970) is the current Chairman of the Liberal Party and a member of the

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. He is also a former member of

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, for Braemar Hill on Hong Kong Island. He graduated from the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

in New Zealand. He is a Liberal Party member and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2009. He is the chairperson of the Liberal Party’s Ban Gay Marriage Hong Kong and has suggested that children reading books about homosexuality might confuse them or distort how they think about families. In December 2014, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the party with

Vincent Fang Kang Vincent Fang Kang, GBS, JP (born 7 May 1943 in Shanghai) is the leader of the Liberal Party of Hong Kong. He is a Hong Kong entrepreneur in the garment industry and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the ...

and

Felix Chung Kwok-pan Felix Chung Kwok-pan (, born 4 November 1963) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Textiles and Garment (constituency), Textiles and Garment constituency, representing the Liberal Party (Hong Kong), Liberal Party. He ...

as the party Leader and Chairman respectively. In the

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, Shiu won a seat in the Wholesale and Retail

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, keeping the seat in Liberal hands, with 65 percent of the vote. He was appointed to the Buildings Appeal Tribunal Panel, Independent Police Complaints Commission and

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. He has been a member of the

since the 2007 District Council elections through the Braemar Hill constituency. In the 2011 Election Committee elections, he was elected to the

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through Hong Kong and Kowloon District Council subsector. In March 2021, Shiu claimed that RTHK was too biased against the Hong Kong Police Force, and asked if the government intended to "fix" the station. He is a director of the Master Proofer Corporation.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shiu, Peter Ka-fai 1970 births Living people University of Auckland alumni District councillors of Eastern District Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) politicians HK LegCo Members 2016–2021 HK LegCo Members 2022–2025

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