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| honorific-suffix = [[Gold Bauhinia Star|GBS]], [[Silver Bauhinia Star|SBS]], [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Justice of Peace|JP]]
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|term_start=30 October 1985
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|term_end=22 August 1991
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|constituency= [[Kowloon West (constituency)#1985–88|Sham Shui Po]]
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'''Chung Pui-lam''', [[Gold Bauhinia Star|GBS]], [[Silver Bauhinia Star|SBS]], [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Justice of Peace|JP]] (born 11 October 1940 in [[Hong Kong]]) was the member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] and [[Sham Shui Po District Council|Sham Shui Po District Board]].
'''Chung Pui-lam''', [[Gold Bauhinia Star|GBS]], [[Silver Bauhinia Star|SBS]], [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (born 11 October 1940 in [[Hong Kong]]) was the member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] and [[Sham Shui Po District Council|Sham Shui Po District Board]].


He became a [[Hong Kong government]] civil servant as his early career and later on studied law at the [[London University]] and [[University of Hong Kong]]. He set up the Chung & Kwan Solicitors law firm,<ref>{{cite web|title=Database on LegCo members|url=http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=64|accessdate=4 May 2013|work=Legislative Council of Hong Kong}}</ref> after he left the legal department in the Hong Kong government in 1979.
He became a [[Hong Kong government]] civil servant as his early career and later on studied law at the [[University of London]] and [[University of Hong Kong]]. He set up the Chung & Kwan Solicitors law firm,<ref>{{cite web|title=Database on LegCo members|url=http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=64|accessdate=4 May 2013|work=Legislative Council of Hong Kong}}</ref> after he left the legal department in the Hong Kong government in 1979.


He was first elected as the Sham Shui Po District Board member in [[Hong Kong local elections, 1985|1985]] in the Lai Wan constituency based in the [[Mei Foo Sun Chuen]] and reelected in 1988. He was elected in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1985|first Legislative Council indirect election]] from the Sham Shui Po [[electoral college]] constituency consisting of members of the Eastern and Sham Shui Po District Board and served until 1991.
He was first elected as the Sham Shui Po District Board member in [[1985 Hong Kong local elections|1985]] in the Lai Wan constituency based in the [[Mei Foo Sun Chuen]] and reelected in 1988. He was elected in the [[1985 Hong Kong legislative election|first Legislative Council indirect election]] from the Sham Shui Po [[electoral college]] constituency consisting of members of the Eastern and Sham Shui Po District Board and served until 1991.


In the Legislative Council meeting held on 27 June 1990 on the debate of the [[Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance]], Chung conceded the equality between men and women was a basic [[human right]] but thought that to extend the right to the [[Indigenous inhabitants (Hong Kong)|New Territories women]] to inherit land the same as men would lead to social disorder and the instability of Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hong Kong, China, and 1997: Essays in Legal Theory|last=Wacks|first=Raymond|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=1993|page=74}}</ref>
In the Legislative Council meeting held on 27 June 1990 on the debate of the [[Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance]], Chung conceded the equality between men and women was a basic [[human right]] but thought that to extend the right to the [[Indigenous inhabitants (Hong Kong)|New Territories women]] to inherit land the same as men would lead to social disorder and the instability of Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hong Kong, China, and 1997: Essays in Legal Theory|last=Wacks|first=Raymond|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=1993|page=74}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 06:48, 5 December 2023

Chung Pui-lam
GBS, SBS, OBE, JP
鍾沛林
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
30 October 1985 – 22 August 1991
ConstituencySham Shui Po
Personal details
Born (1940-10-11) 11 October 1940 (age 84)
Hong Kong
Political partyProgressive Hong Kong Society (1985–90)
Liberal Democratic Federation (1990–97)
Progressive Alliance (after 1997)
SpouseMaxine Lee Sau-king
Children3
Alma materUniversity of London (LLB),
University of Hong Kong (P.C.LL.)
OccupationSolicitor

Chung Pui-lam, GBS, SBS, OBE, JP (born 11 October 1940 in Hong Kong) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and Sham Shui Po District Board.

He became a Hong Kong government civil servant as his early career and later on studied law at the University of London and University of Hong Kong. He set up the Chung & Kwan Solicitors law firm,[1] after he left the legal department in the Hong Kong government in 1979.

He was first elected as the Sham Shui Po District Board member in 1985 in the Lai Wan constituency based in the Mei Foo Sun Chuen and reelected in 1988. He was elected in the first Legislative Council indirect election from the Sham Shui Po electoral college constituency consisting of members of the Eastern and Sham Shui Po District Board and served until 1991.

In the Legislative Council meeting held on 27 June 1990 on the debate of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance, Chung conceded the equality between men and women was a basic human right but thought that to extend the right to the New Territories women to inherit land the same as men would lead to social disorder and the instability of Hong Kong.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Database on LegCo members". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. ^ Wacks, Raymond (1993). Hong Kong, China, and 1997: Essays in Legal Theory. Hong Kong University Press. p. 74.
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