Chim Pui-chung explained

Chim Pui-chung
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Office:Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Term Start1:9 October 1991
Term End1:30 June 1997
Predecessor1:New constituency
Successor1:Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency1:Financial Services
Term Start2:21 December 1996
Term End2:30 June 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
Term Start3:1 July 1998
Term End3:9 September 1998
Predecessor3:New parliament
Successor3:Fung Chi-kin
Constituency3:Financial Services
Term Start4:1 October 2004
Term End4:30 September 2012
Predecessor4:Henry Wu
Successor4:Christopher Cheung
Constituency4:Financial Services
Ancestry:Chaozhou, Guangdong
Birth Date:24 September 1946
Birth Place:Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
Occupation:Company director
Spouse:Ly Kim-chau
Nickname:Angry Man from Teochew (Chinese: 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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/members/yr04-08/cpc.htm Hon CHIM Pui-chung
  2. http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_body.jsp?DIS=3934 Hong Kong/SAR Court of Appeal
  3. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2d334a63cc536310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=News Long Hair impeachment bid rests on Civic Party
  4. http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1178&Itemid=32 Hong Kong's Bureaucrats and the Stock Exchange
  5. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2005_June_6/ai_n13831081 Front-runner in H.K. leadership race kicks off campaign
  6. http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20050619_2.htm Beijing loyalist clinches victory in Hong Kong.
  7. News: Cheng . Selina . Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Chim Pui-chung and son charged by corruption watchdog . . 20 November 2021.
  8. Web site: Cheng. Selina. 2021-11-19. Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Chim Pui-chung and son charged by corruption watchdog. 2021-11-21. Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. en-GB.