Chow Wai-keung (; born ca. 1957) is a Hong Kong social worker and politician. He was an elected member of the Central and Western District Board and the

Urban Council of Hong Kong 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 ...

in the 1980s and 1990s. Chow was born in Hong Kong in around 1957. He grew up in Central. He was graduated from the Baptist College and was a core member of the

Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union (HKSWGU) is a trade union for the social workers in Hong Kong. It was established in 1980. The current president, Cheung Kwok-che is the member in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is one of the trad ...

. He was first elected to the Central and Western District Board in Central in the first District Board elections in 1982. He was among the first politicians to demand for increased democracy in the 1980s and welcomed the government's Green Paper: the Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Chow was re-elected in 1985 but resigned after he was elected to the

in 1986. In the capacity of the Urban Council for Central and Western District he returned to the Central and Western District Board as ex officio member. He was re-elected to the Urban Council uncontestedly in 1989. In 1991, he represented the

United Democrats of Hong Kong The United Democrats of Hong Kong (; UDHK) was the first political party in Hong Kong. Founded in 1990, the short-lived party was the united front of the liberal democracy forces in preparation of the 1991 first ever direct election for the ...

to run in the 1991 District Board elections. He retired from politics when he stepped down from the District Board in 1994.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chow, Wai-keung 1957 births Living people Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong District councillors of Central and Western District Alumni of Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong social workers United Democrats of Hong Kong politicians Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians Hong Kong Affairs Society politicians