Woo Po-shing
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Sir Woo Po-shing LLD, FCIArb, FIMgt, FInstD, FHKMA |
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| Born |
19 April 1929 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Solicitor, entrepreneur, politician |
| Board member of |
Sun Hung Kai Properties Henderson Land Development |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Woo (m. 1956) |
| Children | Nelson Wilson Jackson Dawson Carmen |
| Parent(s) | Seaward Woo Ng Chiu-man |
Sir Woo Po-shing, LLD, FCIArb, FIMgt, FInstD, FHKMA (born 19 April 1929) is a Hong Kong solicitor, entrepreneur, politician and philanthropist.
Woo was born on 19 April 1929 in Hong Kong to a wealthy family of Seaward Woo and Ng Chiu-man. He was educated at the La Salle College and King's College of London. He was admitted to practice as solicitor in England and in Hong Kong in 1960 and became Notary Public in 1966. He founded the Woo Kwan Lee & Lo, Solicitors and Notaries in 1963 and was the consultant of the law firm. In 1983, he was admitted to practice as barrister and solicitor at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia. He is also consultant of Jackson Woo & Associates, his son's firm.
Besides his law career, he had been chairman of the Kailey Enterprises Limited and the Kailey Development Limited, director of the major real estate developers in Hong Kong including the Sun Hung Kai Properties and Henderson Land Development from 29 May 1981 to 29 February 2012 and 40 other companies.
He was first elected to the Urban Council of Hong Kong in the 1967 election for the Reform Club of Hong Kong and served until 1971. He was appointed by the government member of the Board of Review Inland Revenue from 1978 to 1981, Staff Provident Fund and Staff Retirement Scheme from 1996 to 2002.
Woo was member of the Institute of Administrative Management and Institute of Trade Mark Agents. He also founded the Woo Po Shing Medal in Law in 1982 and the Woo Po Shing Overseas Summer School Travelling Scholariship in 1983 at the University of Hong Kong to support the students studying the Bachelor of Laws. Among others he also founded the Po-Shing Woo Charitable Foundation since 1994 and Woo Po Shing Professor (Chair) of Chinese and Comparative Law at the City University of Hong Kong in 1995.
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