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Senior Chinese Unofficial Member denotes the highest-ranking ethnically Chinese member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
under colonial British rule. As Chinese council members were frequently referred to as "Chinese Representatives", the senior member was also known as the "Senior Chinese Representative". In the later years of the colonial rule, many Senior Chinese Unofficial Member also served as Senior Unofficial Member at the same time.


History

In colonial Hong Kong government, an Unofficial Member of a council was a member who was not part of the council by virtue of their government office (i.e. not ''ex-officio''). The first Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council who was ethnically Chinese was Ng Choy, a British-trained barrister who later went on to serve as Foreign Minister and acting Premier of the Republic of China. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1880. The first ethnically Chinese Unofficial Member of the Executive Council was Sir
Shouson Chow Sir Shouson Chow (; 1861–1959), KBE, LLD, JP, also known as Chow Cheong-Ling (), was a Hong Kong businessman. He had been a Qing dynasty official and prominent in the Government of Hong Kong. Family Chow is said to have been born in Wong ...
, a US-educated former
Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...
official, who was appointed in 1926. Over the years, there were 22 ethnically Chinese Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, and 11 of the Executive Council. Nine of them have served on both councils. The longest tenure was that of Sir
Kai Ho Sir Kai Ho, CMG, JP, MRCS (; 21 March 1859 – 21 July 1914), better known as Sir Kai Ho Kai, born Ho Shan-kai (), was a Hong Kong barrister, physician and essayist in Colonial Hong Kong. He played a key role in the relationship between ...
, who served 24 years on the Legislative Council. Sir Shouson Chow served 10 years on the Executive Council, the longest on that council. The Senior Unofficial Member served as a leader or representative speaking on behalf of all Unofficial Members, and the Senior Chinese Unofficial Member performed an equivalent role for the ethnically Chinese Unofficial Members. After the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, the ethnically Chinese members of the two councils gradually increased, and as a result the Senior Unofficial Member was often the Senior Chinese Unofficial Member. From 1974 until the abolition of the colonical councils in 1997, the Senior Unofficial Member was always ethnically Chinese. As a result, the term "Senior Chinese Unofficial Member" gradually disappeared from the 1970s.


Executive Council


Legislative Council

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Shouson Chow Sir Shouson Chow (; 1861–1959), KBE, LLD, JP, also known as Chow Cheong-Ling (), was a Hong Kong businessman. He had been a Qing dynasty official and prominent in the Government of Hong Kong. Family Chow is said to have been born in Wong ...
later Sir Shouson , , 1922, , 1931 , - , align="center", 7, , align="center", , , Robert H. Kotewall later Sir Robert , , 1931, , 1935 , - , align="center", 8, , align="center", , , Dr.
Ts'o Seen Wan Tso Seen-wan, (, 10 November 1868 – 20 January 1953), also Ts'o Seen Wan, S. W. Tso or S. W. Ts'o, was a distinguished Hong Kong lawyer, politician, businessman and educationalist. Formerly served in Legislative Council, Sanitary Board and Di ...
, , 1935, , 1937 , - , align="center", 9, , align="center", , ,
Chau Tsun-nin Sir Tsun-nin Chau, CBE (; 22 December 1893 – 27 January 1971) was a prominent Hong Kong businessman and politician. Honours He was designated a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order o ...
later Sir Tsun-Nin , , 1937, , 1939 , - , align="center", 10, , align="center", , , Lo Man-kam later Sir Man-Kam , , 1939, , 1941 , - !colspan=5 ,
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. The surrender occurred after 18 days of fierce ...
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Chau Tsun-nin Sir Tsun-nin Chau, CBE (; 22 December 1893 – 27 January 1971) was a prominent Hong Kong businessman and politician. Honours He was designated a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order o ...
became the senior unofficial member of LegCo in 1950 later Sir Tsun-Nin , , 1946, , 1953 , - , align="center", 12, , align="center", , ,
Chau Sik-nin Sir Sik-nin Chau (; 13 April 1903 – 30 November 1985) was a prominent Hong Kong doctor, politician and businessman during the first decades after the Second World War. He was the Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Co ...
At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo later Sir Sik-Nin , , 1953, , 1959 , - , align="center", 13, , align="center", , ,
Ngan Shing-kwan Ngan Shing-kwan, (; 1900 or 1903 – 14 April 2001), born in Hong Kong,, , Kwok Chan At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo , , 1961, , 1962 , - , align="center", 15, , align="center", , , Kenneth Fung Ping-fan later Sir Kenneth , , 1962, , 1965 , - , align="center", 16, , align="center", , , Kwan Cho-yiu later Sir Cho-Yiu , , 1965, , 1966 , - , align="center", 17, , align="center", , ,
Kan Yuet-keung Sir Yuet-keung Kan (, 26 July 1913 – 14 September 2012) was a Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer who was successively appointed Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in the 1960s and 1970s. He ...
Also Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo from 1968 later Sir Yuet-Keung , , 1966, , 1972 , - , align="center", 18, , align="center", , , Woo Pak-chuen At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo , , 1972, , 1974 , - , align="center", 19, , align="center", , ,
Chung Sze-yuen Sir Sze-yuen Chung, (; 3 November 1917 – 14 November 2018), often known as Sir S.Y. Chung, was a Hong Kong politician and businessman who served as a Senior Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils during the 1970s and 1980s in ...
At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo later Sir Sze-Yuen , , 1974, , 1978 , - , align="center", 20, , align="center", , , Oswald Victor Cheung At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo later Sir Oswald , , 1978, , 1981 , - , align="center", 21, , align="center", , , Dr. Harry Fang Sin-yang later Sir Harry , , 1981, , 1985 , - , align="center", 22, , align="center", , , Lydia Dunn At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo later Baroness Dunn , , 1985, , 1988 , - , align="center", 23, , align="center", , ,
Allen Lee Allen Lee Peng-fei, CBE, JP (; 24 April 194015 May 2020) was a Hong Kong industrialist, politician and political commentator. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, serving from 1978 to 1997 and was the Senior Member of t ...
At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo , , 1988, , 1992 , - !colspan=5, Concept abolished in 1992


See also

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Executive Council of Hong Kong The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo) is the cabinet of the Government of Hong Kong, acting as a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ assisting the Chief Executive. It is ...
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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 Ko ...


References

* 鍾士元，《香港回歸歷程－鍾士元回憶錄》，香港：中文大學出版社，2001年。 * 鄭棟材,
CHINESE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE COUNCILS IN HONG KONG UP TO 1941
', 29 April 1968. *

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