Sir Cho-Yiu Kwan, CBE, JP (Sir Cho-Yiu Kwan, July 10, 1907 - December 7, 1971), Hong Kong lawyer and politician, senior partner of Kwan Law Firm, participated in the founding of the Hong Kong Housing Society in 1948.

Later he served as Chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the first Chairman of the University Council. In addition, he served as an unofficial member of the Urban Council, the Legislative Council and the Executive Council in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In his later years, he served as the chief Chinese unofficial member of the Executive Council.

, but died suddenly of a heart attack during a meeting of the Executive Council on the morning of December 7, 1971, at the age of 64.

Basic introduction Chinese name: Guan Zuyao Foreign name: Sir Cho-Yiu Kwan Nationality: Chinese Date of birth: July 10, 1907 Date of death: December 7, 1971 Gender: Male, early career, before and after World War II, two-game career,

Honors, titles, honorary degrees, things named after him, early life and career Guan Zuyao was born in Kaiping, Guangdong, on July 10, 1907 in Hong Kong. His father's name was Guan Yizhou (transliteration).

Kwan lived in Macau in his early years, and later returned to Hong Kong to attend Diocesan Boys' School. After graduation, he went to University College London in the United Kingdom, where he graduated with an honors degree in law.

After graduation, Guan Zuyao worked briefly in a British law firm. In May 1931, he obtained the qualification to practice law in the United Kingdom and in the same year he obtained the qualification to practice law in Hong Kong.

Kwan and Sir Kan Yuet-keung were both alumni of Diocesan Boys' School and the University of London. They had known each other as early as the 1930s, and the two later served together in the Legislative Council and the Executive Council.

After returning to Hong Kong, Kwan's career developed greatly. During his lifetime, he was a senior partner of Kwan Law Firm and a director of Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong Steel Pipe Company, UnionPay Insurance Company and Industrial and Commercial Daily, etc.

Before and after World War II, when Japan invaded Hong Kong in December 1941, Kwan Cho-Yu was once appointed by the Hong Kong government as the director of the granary of the Food Control Department, but Hong Kong declared its fall soon after.

After Hong Kong regained its sovereignty in 1945, he was appointed as the deputy president of the military court by the Provisional Military Commission headed by Vice Admiral Sir Harcourt, specializing in the trial of Japanese war criminals.

On May 1, 1946, the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Peter Yeung, was reinstated and civil administration was restored. Kwan Cho-Yu was then appointed Chief Magistrate of the Inspection Office.

In December 1946, he was appointed as an unofficial Justice of the Peace and later served as Chairman of the Law Society of Hong Kong from 1950 to 1951.

After the war, Kwan was already actively involved in social affairs. In 1948, he was appointed as a member of the Chinese Law and Customs Committee and the Tenancy Tribunal Committee.

In the same year, he also co-founded the Hong Kong Housing Society.

Later, Guan Zuyiu also served as a director of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service in 1950, a member of the Civil Service Recruitment Committee, a member of the Chinese Temple Committee, a member of the Chinese Charity Fund Committee, a member of the Civil Service Salaries Investigation Committee in 1959, and a member of the Jury List Review Committee in 1960.

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From 1951 to 1966, he was also appointed by the Hong Kong government as the Deputy Director (Administration) of the Civil Aid Service. He also served as the Chairman of the Civil Aid Service Facilities Committee.

His career in the two councils lasted from 1956 to 1961. Kwan was appointed to the Urban Council as an unofficial member. He later served as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council from July 1959 to June 1966. During his tenure, he paid attention to issues related to Chinese marriage and inheritance rights.

Law, and also concerned about the quality of telephone services in Hong Kong.

In recognition of his contribution to social affairs, he was awarded the OBE in 1959.

In May 1961, Kwan Cho-Yu was appointed by the Governor of Hong Kong as an unofficial member of the Executive Council. Later, in May 1966, he replaced Lee Ming-tak as the chief Chinese unofficial member of the Executive Council.

During his tenure in the Executive Council, Kwan held many public offices, including the chairman of the Corruption Advisory Committee and the Gambling Policy Committee. He also served as a member of the Grantham Scholarship Committee, the Anti-Narcotics Advisory Committee and the Hong Kong Society for the Blind.

Kwan Cho-Yu also served as the Vice Chairman of the Housing Society and was appointed as the Permanent Prime Minister of Po Leung Kuk.

As for education, Guan Zuyiu was a school director of the University of Hong Kong, Heep Yun Secondary School and Diocesan Boys' School.

In June 1961, Joseph Kwan, together with Lee Ming-ze, Lord Fulton and Cheng Tung-cai, were appointed by the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Robert Brickey, to the Preparatory Committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with Joseph Kwan as the chairman, to carry out preparatory work for the founding of the University.

During this period, he represented the CUHK campus and successfully reached an agreement with the Communist Party of China to allocate 273 acres of land in Ma Liu Shui as the site of the CUHK campus.

After the Chinese University was officially established in 1963, Kwan was elected as the first chairman of the Board of Trustees and continued to serve until his death in 1971.

In 1964, John Kwan was awarded an honorary doctorate in law by the Chinese University, becoming one of the first people to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Chinese University as a special thank you for his contribution to the founding of the university.

On the economic front, as the chief Chinese non-official member of the Executive Council, Kwan Cho-Yu also represented Hong Kong at the meetings of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East as the head of the delegation for three consecutive years from 1967 to 1969.

Kwan's enthusiasm for social affairs led him to be awarded the CBE title again in 1965. On New Year's Day 1969, he was knighted by the British court. On March 31 of the same year, he and his wife went to Buckingham Palace in London to receive the British knighthood in person.

Awarded by Queen Elizabeth II.