Pao Ping-wing, JP (; born 1948) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was an elected member of 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 Servic ...

and member of the Kowloon City District Board.

Early life

Pao was born in Hong Kong.

Education

Pao graduated from the Hong Kong College. Pao earned a Master of Science Degree in Human Settlements Planning and Development from the

Asian Institute of Technology The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), founded in 1959, is an international organization for higher education situated 40km north of Bangkok, Thailand. It specializes in engineering, advanced technologies, sustainable development, and manag ...

in Thailand in April 1980.

Career

Pao was elected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong in 1982 and one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World in 1983. He was first appointed to the newly established Kowloon City District Board. In 1983, he was elected to the

. He developed close working relationship with Executive and Legislative Councillor

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. In 1985, he co-founded the Progressive Hong Kong Society with Tam to develop a grassroots network in preparation for the future elections introduced as the British colonial was pushing forward democratic reform. He ran in the 1985 Legislative Council election, the first indirect election ever introduced to the legislature, but lost to fellow Kowloon City District Board member Daniel Tse. He joined the conservative pro-business

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(LDF) founded in 1990. He lost his seat in the Kowloon City District Board in

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. He was also appointed member of the Town Planning Board, the Advisory Council on the Environment, 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 agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the Resettlement Depa ...

and the Land Development Corporation of the government of Hong Kong. In 1987, he was made Justice of the Peace. He has also served as a cultural advisor of

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of the HKSAR government and managing board member of

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. Pao also has plentiful experience because he has over 15 years experience being an independent non-executive director in various listed companies in Hong Kong, including the Maoye International Holdings Ltd, New Environmental Energy Holdings Limited, Soundwill Holdings Limited, Sing Lee Software Group Ltd., Oriental Press Group Limited, Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd., Tonking New Energy Group Holdings Limited and HL Technology Group Limited. He has also been director of the Capital Environment Holdings Limited and the DTXS Silk Road Investment Holdings Company Limited.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pao, Ping-wing Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong District councillors of Kowloon City District Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong politicians New Hong Kong Alliance politicians Progressive Hong Kong Society politicians Hong Kong businesspeople Asian Institute of Technology alumni 1948 births Living people