Charles Cho Chiu Sin,

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(; born 1937) is a Hong Kong lawyer and businessman. He is the former chairman of the

Stock Exchange of Hong Kong The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (, SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. It is one of the largest stock exchanges in Asia and the 9th largest globally by market capitalization as of August 20 ...

from 1987 to 1988.

Biography

Sin was born in 1937 into a lawyer family. He was graduated from the

Queen's College, Hong Kong Queen's College () is the first public secondary school founded by the British colonial government in Hong Kong. It was initially named The Government Central School () in 1862 and later renamed Victoria College () in 1890, and finally obtain ...

and

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

with a law degree. He practiced law upon his return to Hong Kong and became an elected member of the

Urban Council The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

first elected in 1971 for the

Hong Kong Civic Association The Hong Kong Civic Association is one of the longest-existing political organisations in Hong Kong. Established in 1954 by a group of teachers, professionals and businessmen, the Civic Association was one of the two semi-political parties to ...

and also the Acting Committee of the

Hong Kong Housing Society The Hong Kong Housing Society, or Housing Society for short, is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong (the first being the Hong Kong Housing Authority). The Society housed around 130,000 residents as of 2020. The Housing Soci ...

. He was also the chairman of the

Home Ownership Scheme The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing in Hong Kong, public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing wit ...

Committee of the

Hong Kong Housing Authority The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an government agency, agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the R ...

and the Management Committee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. Sin was He was director of the Associated International Hotels Limited and the Tian Teck Land Limited from the 1985 and 1984 respectively. He was also the company secretary of the Tian Teck Land Limited from 1990 to 2004. Between 1985 and 1986, Sin was the chairman of the Kam Ngan Stock Exchange and subsequently the chairman of the

between 1987 and 1988 when the four major exchanges merged in 1986. For his contributions, he was awarded

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(OBE) in 1987. He was involved in a corruption allegation of the Stock Exchange in the 1988 and was investigated by Independent Commission Against Corruption but was not found guilty in 1992. In 1996, he sued ''Tian Tian Daily News'' for libelling in an article on 28 October 1996. He won the lawsuit in 2002 and was compensated for three million Hong Kong dollars.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sin, Charles 1937 births Living people Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong Civic Association politicians Hong Kong businesspeople Hong Kong solicitors Alumni of the University of Cambridge Officers of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of Queen's College, Hong Kong