Solomon Rafeek, BEM was an elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Biography

Rafeek was a graduate of

St. Paul's College, Hong Kong St. Paul's College (SPC; zh, t=聖保羅書院) is an Anglican day school for boys in Hong Kong. It was established in 1851, the oldest continuously-operated school in Hong Kong. The college first opened in 1851 with only one tutor and nine pu ...

. He worked as a sales manager, P. J. Lobo Co., Ltd. He was an Officer-in-Charge of the Demonstration Team of the Civil Aid Service and received

British Empire Medal The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...

for his civil service in 1956. Rafeek was first elected to the

Urban Council The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

in a by-election on 25 June 1964 when Chan Shu-woon, a former Reform Club councillor was sued by the Club chairman Brook Bernacchi for alleged corruption during the election campaign. Rafeek won a seat by defeating Napoleon Ng who represented the Civic–Reform coalition, the alliance between the

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and Reform Club, the two political groups in the Urban Council to demand for democratic reform from the government. The Reform Club accused some members of the Civic Association had used their influential to back up Rafeek who was already a member of the Association. The Club found this unacceptable within the terms of the Coalition, and became one of the reasons for the coalition being dissolved. Rafeek formally joined the Civic Association in April 1965. Rafeek stood for re-election in 1971 as an independent but failed to retain his seat. During serving on the Council, he was a member of the Abattoirs & Offensive Trades, Environmental Hygiene, Hawker Management and Markets Select Committees, and was also Chairman of the Cemeteries, Crematoria & Funeral Parlours Select Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rafeek, Solomon Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong Recipients of the British Empire Medal Hong Kong Civic Association politicians