Eddie Hui

Eddie Hui Ki-on, GBS, CBE, QPM (simplified Chinese: 许淇安; traditional Chinese: 許淇安; pinyin: Xǔ Qí'ān, 10 October 1943 - 3 May 2009) was the last Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police from 1994–1997, and the first Commissioner of Hong Kong Police from 1 July 1997 to 1 January 2001. Li Kwan-ha ran the force before him. Hui was the second ethnic Chinese person to lead the force.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hui.

Career

In February 1963, at 19 years old, Hui's police career began when he joined the Hong Kong Police Force as a Probationary Inspector. By 1966 Hui became an Inspector.[2][3] By July 1972, Hui became the Superintendent of Hong Kong Police Force. By June 1982, Hui was promoted to Chief Superintendent of Hong Kong Police Force.[2][3]

Hui became Senior Assistant Commissioner in 1989 and Deputy Commissioner (Operations) in 1993. He later became a member of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Clearings Ltd.

In 1997's preparation for Hong Kong's handover to China on 1 July 1997, the Chinese officials will retain Hui as the police commissioner to maintain peace in the ranks in Hong Kong after July 1997. [4]

Organizations

Eddie Hui was on the main board for many organizations. These include being the vice president of the Hong Kong Football Association, the executive director for K Wah International Holdings Ltd and an independent non-executive director for RoadShow Holdings Ltd. Similar to many in his father's family, Eddie Hui was a voting member of the prestigious Hong Kong Jockey Club.[5][6]

Awards

Hui received the honors of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and the Gold Bauhinia Star.

Personal life

Hui had a wife and two sons. In 2008, Hui was diagnosed with cancer.[1] On 3 May 2009, Hui died from liver cancer in Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong at the age of 65.[1]

References
  1. Chen, Bonnie. "Tsang leads tributes to top crime fighter", Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine The Standard, 5 May 2009
  2. "Press Release - Senior appointments in the Police Force". Government of Hong Kong. December 18, 2000. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  3. "Offbeat - Eddie Hui Ki-on Career timeline". Hong Kong Police Force Offbeat News. January 2001. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  4. Richburg, Keith (May 4, 1997). "China to Buttress Hong Kong Police -- but to What End?". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  5. http://webb-site.com/dbpub/positions.asp?p=14942&hide=N
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2015-05-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Police appointments
Preceded by
Li Kwan-ha		 Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong
1994–2001		 Succeeded by
Tsang Yam-pui


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