Chim Pui-chung

Chim Pui-chung
詹培忠
Chim in 2008
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office
9 October 1991 – 30 June 1997
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byReplaced by Provisional Legislative Council
ConstituencyFinancial Services
In office
21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
In office
1 July 1998 – 9 September 1998
Preceded byNew parliament
Succeeded byFung Chi-kin
ConstituencyFinancial Services
In office
1 October 2004 – 30 September 2012
Preceded byHenry Wu
Succeeded byChristopher Cheung
ConstituencyFinancial Services
Personal details
Born (1946-09-24) 24 September 1946 (age 78)
Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
SpouseLy Kim-chau
OccupationCompany director
NicknameAngry Man from Teochew (潮州怒漢)

Chim Pui-chung (born 1946 in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China) was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Financial Services Functional Constituency. He is director of several companies.[1]

Political career

Chim was a legislative councillor from 1991 until he was jailed for conspiring to forge documents in 1998, whereupon he was impeached and disqualified as a legislator by Legco.[2][3] He was released from prison in 1999. In 2004, he was re-elected unopposed as legislative councillor for the financial services constituency. In 2008 he was again elected.[4]

In 2005, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Hong Kong Chief Executive election, receiving only 21 nominations from the Election Committee, less than the minimum requirement of 100.[5] As a result, Donald Tsang was declared the uncontested winner.[6]

Career

In November 2021, he was charged with fraud, along with his son, Ricky Chim Kim-lun, and Wong Pei Li.[7]

Family

His son, Ricky Chim Kim-lun, is a member of the Election Committee and is also an honorary consul of Papua New Guinea.[8]

References

  1. ^ Hon CHIM Pui-chung Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Hong Kong/SAR Court of Appeal
  3. ^ Long Hair impeachment bid rests on Civic Party, SCMP, 22 Mar 2012
  4. ^ Hong Kong's Bureaucrats and the Stock Exchange
  5. ^ Front-runner in H.K. leadership race kicks off campaign
  6. ^ Beijing loyalist clinches victory in Hong Kong.
  7. ^ Cheng, Selina (20 November 2021). "Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Chim Pui-chung and son charged by corruption watchdog". Hong Kong Free Press.
  8. ^ Cheng, Selina (2021-11-19). "Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Chim Pui-chung and son charged by corruption watchdog". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New constituency Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Financial Services
1991–1997 		Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
New parliament Member of Provisional Legislative Council
1997–1998 		Replaced by Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Financial Services
1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Financial Services
2004–2012 		Succeeded by