Ngai Shiu-kit, OBE, SBS, JP (; 14 November 1924 – 2015) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and a former member of the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

(1985–97) for the

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constituency, representing the

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and

Provisional Legislative Council The Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) was the interim legislature of Hong Kong that operated from 1997 to 1998. The legislature was founded in Guangzhou and sat in Shenzhen from 1996 (with offices in Hong Kong) until the handover in 1997 an ...

. He was also a Hong Kong delegate for the

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from 1998 to 2003.

Biography

Ngai was born in Hong kong on 14 November 1924. He graduated from the

Wah Yan College, Hong Kong Wah Yan College, Hong Kong also referred to by its acronym WYHK is a private Catholic all-boys grant-in-aid secondary education institution run by the China Province of the Society of Jesus in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It was founded by on 16 De ...

and the

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in Canton in engineering management in 1948 and studied abroad in England. He worked at his cousin's weaving factory after returning to Hong Kong and became the chairman of the Yat Fung Developments Company. He was also member of the

and led the negotiation with the British Customs. From 1978 to 1985 he was the president of the association and later became its permanent honorary president. During his presidency, he supervised the reconstruction of the C.M.A. Building in

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. Ngai was first made

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in 1980 and was awarded Officer of the

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(OBE) in 1985. When in 1985 the first indirect elections to the

were introduced, Ngai was nominated by the Chinese Manufacturers' Association to be the representative in the Second Industrial

functional constituency A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China: * Functional constituency (Hong Kong) * Functional cons ...

. He had also served on the

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and the

Vocational Training Council The Vocational Training Council (VTC) is the largest vocational education, training and professional development group in Hong Kong. Established in 1982, the VTC provides valuable credentials for some 250,000 students each year through a ful ...

. In 1990, he became member of the pro-business conservative political party

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(LDF). In 1991 he was re-elected to the Legislative Council for the third term, defeating Szeto Fai. He joined the

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(CRC) led by the

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to counter the liberal influence of the

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who won a landslide victory in the 1991 election. He left the LDF in 1993 to join the

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when the CRC transformed into political party. On the eve of the

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, Ngai was appointed

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, member of the

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and the

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. On the basis of the Preparatory Committee, he was selected to the Selection Committee, which was responsible for the first SAR Chief Executive election and the

, in which he was elected to the provisional legislature existed from 1997 to 1998. In 1997, he was also elected to the

as a Hong Kong delegate. In the first SAR Legislative Council election in 1998, Ngai was defeated by Lui Ming-wah in his own Industrial (Second) constituency. In 2001, he was awarded

Silver Bauhinia Star The Silver Bauhinia Star (, SBS) is the second Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, awarded to people who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period. The award was created in 1997 to repla ...

(SBS) for his public service. He also lost in the National People's Congress re-election in 2002 which marked the end of his political career. He died in 2015.The Ngai brothers of Yuen Hing Weaving & Dyeing Works (元興織染廠) and the CMA
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ngai, Shiu-kit 1924 births 2015 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star Liberal Party (Hong Kong) politicians New Hong Kong Alliance politicians Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong politicians Hong Kong businesspeople Hong Kong industrialists Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong Members of the Provisional Legislative Council HK LegCo Members 1985–1988 HK LegCo Members 1988–1991 HK LegCo Members 1991–1995 HK LegCo Members 1995–1997 Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong Affairs Advisors Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress from Hong Kong