Chau Sik-nin
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Sir Sik-nin Chau CBE |
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| 周錫年爵士 | |
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| Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1948–1962 |
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| Appointed by | Sir Alexander Grantham Sir Robert Black |
| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1 May 1946 – 1 July 1959 |
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| Appointed by | Sir Mark Young Sir Alexander Grantham |
| Succeeded by | Dhun Jehangir Ruttonjee |
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| Born | 1903 British Hong Kong |
| Died | 30 November 1985 (aged 82) British Hong Kong |
| Children | Chau Kai-bong |
| Alma mater |
St. Stephen's College University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Doctor, lecturer, businessman and politician |
Sir Sik-nin Chau, CBE (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 Councils of Hong Kong from 1959 to 1962 and from 1953 to 1959 respectively..
Chau was born in 1903 in Hong Kong. He was educated at the St. Stephen's College and entered the University of Hong Kong in 1918. After he graduated in medicine in 1924, he went abroad for further study in Vienna and London, where he obtained the Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery and Diploma in Laryngology and Otology. He returned to Hong Kong to practise with those specialist qualifications. He was well-versed in healing eye, ear, and throat.
Chau joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Hong Kong for three years as lecturer in ophthalmology.he was also member of the Interim Committee which operated for the first few months after the British restoration of Hong Kong from the Japanese from 1946 to 1947. He was subsequently appointed by the Chancellor to succeed Sir Man-kam Lo on the University Council in 1956. He was also the vice-president of the Alumni Association of the university. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the university in 1961.
Chau became a member of the Urban Council from 1936 to 1941 and served on Government Medical Board and the Board of Education before the war. After the war, he was appointed an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1946 to 1959 and was appointed to the Executive Council in 1948. He was the Senior Unofficial Member of the two councils between 1953 and 1959 and between 1959 and 1962 respectively. Furthermore, he was elected deputy chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Hong Kong from 1953 to 1959. Chau was honoured with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1950 and was knighted in 1960.
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