Peter Shiu
The Honourable Shiu Ka-fai | |
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邵家輝 | |
Member of the Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 1 October 2016 | |
Preceded by | Vincent Fang |
Constituency | Wholesale and Retail |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 April 1970 |
Nationality |
New Zealander (until 2012) Hong Kong Chinese (since 2012) |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Peter Shiu Ka-fai (Chinese: 邵家輝, born 22 April 1970) is the current Vice-Chairman of the Liberal Party and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is also a member of Eastern District Council, for Braemar Hill on Hong Kong Island.
He graduated from the University of Auckland 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.[1] In December 2014, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the party with Vincent Fang Kang and Felix Chung Kwok-pan as the party Leader and Chairman respectively.[2]
In the 2016 Hong Kong legislative election, Shiu won a seat in the Wholesale and Retail functional constituency, 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 Observers and Business Facilitation Advisory Committee. He has been a member of the Eastern District Council since the 2007 District Council elections through the Braemar Hill constituency. In the 2011 Election Committee elections, he was elected to the Election Committee through Hong Kong and Kowloon District Council subsector.[2]
He is a director of the Master Proofer Corporation.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Deng, Andrea. "Breaking the gender barrier". China Daily.
- 1 2 3 "Shiu, Peter Ka Fai 邵家輝". Webb-site Who's who.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Chan Bing-woon |
Member of Eastern District Council Representative for Braemar Hill 2007–present |
Incumbent |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Vincent Fang Felix Chung |
Vice-chairperson of Liberal Party 2014–present |
Incumbent |
Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
Preceded by Vincent Fang |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for Wholesale and Retail 2016–present |
Incumbent |
Order of precedence | ||
Preceded by Holden Chow Member of the Legislative Council |
Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council |
Succeeded by Shiu Ka-chun Member of the Legislative Council |