Pok Shau-fu (; 21 June 1909 – 4 November 2000) was a Chinese-born journalist and politician. He served in the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

from 1981 to 1987. He was a native of

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Career

In the 1960s, Pok was the publisher of ''Newsdom'', a magazine based in Hong Kong. He also served as a correspondent to the ''

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.'' In 1968, Pok was awarded a Chia Hsin Award for journalism for reporting on the riots of the previous year. He was appointed to the Legislative Yuan as a representative of Hong Kong and Macau for the first time in 1980, and reappointed in 1983. Shortly after the death of his wife in 1996, Pok was diagnosed with lung cancer. He and Liang Su-yung eulogized publisher at Liu's funeral, held in Taipei in February 2000. Pok fell ill later that year and first sought treatment in France, and was later admitted to

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in Hong Kong. On 3 November 2000, Pok removed himself from medical equipment and refused to eat or drink. He fell into a coma at 10:00 the next morning, and died soon after.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pok, Shau-fu 1909 births 2000 deaths Republic of China journalists Taiwanese people from Jiangsu Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan