Ho Fook
| Ho Fook | |
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| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 22 October 1917 – 14 November 1921 |
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| Appointed by | Sir Francis Henry May |
| Preceded by | Wei Yuk |
| Succeeded by | Chow Shou-son |
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30 November 1863 British Hong Kong |
| Died | 29 August 1926 (aged 62) British Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy neé Rothwell |
| Alma mater | Government Central School |
| Occupation | Compradore |
Ho Fook, alias Ho Chak-sang, JP (30 November 1863 – 29 August 1926) was a Hong Kong prominent Eurasian compradore and philanthropist.
He was born in 1863 in Hong Kong and studied at the Government Central School (later became the Queen's College) in his younger ages. After graduating, he joined a Chinese shipping firm in Haiphong as a clerk and later worked as a translator at the Registrar-General's department. He joined a legal firm called Denneys & Mossop in 1882 as an interpreter and worked at the firm for three years.
In 1891, he was appointed assistant compradore to the Jardine, Matheson & Co. under his elder brother Robert Hotung who was the chief compradore. He succeeded his brother as the chief compradore of the firm in 1900 and his younger half brother Ho Kom-tong became his assistant. His son, Ho Leung, succeeded his father to become the chief compradore of the Jardine, Matheson & Co. after his retirement.
He was appointed many public offices as the leader of the Chinese community. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1892 and was appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1917 as one of the representatives of the Chinese community on retirement of Wei Yuk and served until 1921. In 1926, he was appointed to the Board which advised the government upon the distribution of the Trade Loan.
He was also member of the District Watchmen's Committee, member of the Chinese Permanent Cemetery Committee, the Chinese Public Dispensaries Committee, advisory committee of the Tung Wah Hospital and Po Leung Kuk, the two most prominent charitable organisations in the colony. He was also the managing director of the local newspaper, Hongkong Telegraph. With Lau Chu-pak, they founded the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in 1900.
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