Sir Sik-nin Chau was a prominent Hong Kong doctor, politician and businessman during the first decades after the Second World War.
20 Facts About Chau Sik-nin
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Chau Sik-nin was the Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hong Kong from 1959 to 1962 and from 1953 to 1959 respectively.
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Chau Sik-nin was educated at the St Stephen's College and entered the University of Hong Kong in 1918.
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Chau Sik-nin returned to Hong Kong to practise with those specialist qualifications.
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Chau Sik-nin was well-versed in healing eye, ear, and throat.
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Chau Sik-nin was member of the Interim Committee which operated for the first few months after the British restoration of Hong Kong from the Japanese from 1946 to 1947.
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Chau Sik-nin was appointed by the Chancellor to succeed Sir Man-kam Lo on the University Council in 1956.
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Chau Sik-nin was the vice-president of the Alumni Association of the university.
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Chau Sik-nin received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the university in 1961.
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Chau Sik-nin became a member of the Urban Council from 1936 to 1941 and served on Government Medical Board and the Board of Education before the war.
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Chau Sik-nin was the Senior Unofficial Member of the two councils between 1953 and 1959 and between 1959 and 1962 respectively.
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Chau Sik-nin was honoured with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1950 and was knighted in 1960.
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Chau Sik-nin founded the Hongkong Chinese Bank and became the first chairman.
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Chau Sik-nin served as the chairman of the Working Party on the formation of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries in 1960 and was the first chairman of the Federation from 1961 to 1966.
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Chau Sik-nin was founding chairman the Hong Kong Management Association from 1960 and 1969, as well as honorary president of a number of unions or associations of manufacturers.
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Chau Sik-nin was appointed the first chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council when it was first established in 1966.
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Chau Sik-nin served as chairman on some community institutions such as the Hong Kong Settlers Housing Corporation, a builder of low-cost residential cottages and flats, the Hong Kong Model Housing Society, as well as services at the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association, the Ruttonjee Sanatorium, and the Grantham Hospital.
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Chau Sik-nin was the first Chinese steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club in 1935 and was elected as member of the Board of Stewards in November 1946.
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Chau Sik-nin died in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital on 30 November 1985 at the age of 83.
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Chau Sik-nin's son Chau Kai-bong was a famous socialite in Hong Kong.