Eddie Hui
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Eddie Hui Ki-on (Template:Zh, 10 October 1943 - 3 May 2009) was the last Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police from 1994–1997, and the first Commissioner of Hong Kong Police from 1 July 1997 to 1 January 2001. Li Kwan-ha ran the force before him. Hui was the second ethnic Chinese person to lead the force.[1] Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
Career
In February 1963, at 19 years old, Hui's police career began when he joined the Hong Kong Police Force as a probationary inspector. In 1966 he was confirmed in the rank of inspector. In July 1972 he was promoted superintendent, and chief superintendent in June 1982. He was appointed Commissioner in July 1994.[2][3]
In 1997's preparation for Hong Kong's handover to China on 1 July 1997, Chinese officials retained Hui as the police commissioner to maintain peace in the ranks in Hong Kong after July 1997.[4]
Organizations
Eddie Hui was on the main board for many organizations. These include being the vice president of the Hong Kong Football Association, the executive director for K Wah International Holdings Ltd and an independent non-executive director for RoadShow Holdings Ltd. Similar to many in his father's family, Eddie Hui was a voting member of the prestigious Hong Kong Jockey Club.[5][6]
Awards
Hui received the honors of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1997 and the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2001. In addition, Hui was awarded the Colonial Police Medal in 1979 Birthday Honours and Queen's Police Medal in 1988 New Year Honours.
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- File:UK Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service ribbon bar.PNG Colonial Police Medal (CPM) (1979)[7]
- File:Colonial Police Medal.png Colonial Police Long Service Medal (1981)
- Colonial Police Long Service Medal First Clasps (1988)
- File:Queens Police Medal for Merit.png Queen's Police Medal (QPM) (1988)
- Colonial Police Long Service Medal Second Clasps (1993)
- File:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.svg Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (1997)[8]
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- File:Hong Kong Police Long Service Medal.gif Hong Kong Police Long Service Medal
- File:Hksar GBS.gif Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) (2001)
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Personal life
Hui had a wife and two sons. In 2008, Hui was diagnosed with cancer.[1] On 3 May 2009, Hui died from liver cancer in Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong at the age of 65.[1]
References
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- Deaths from cancer in Hong Kong
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- Government officials of Hong Kong
- People from Panyu District
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- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
- Hong Kong recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
- Recipients of the Colonial Police Medal
- 1943 births
- 2009 deaths
- Police officers from British Hong Kong
- Deaths from liver cancer