William Sui-tak Louey was a Hong Kong businessman and the founder and Chief Manager of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company.
14 Facts About William Louey
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William Louey returned to China when he was young and was educated at the Holy Trinity College in Guangzhou when his father and his uncle founded the Kowloon Motor Bus Company in Hong Kong in 1922.
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William Louey bought a few of them and applied for the franchise of the bus service in 1933.
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William Louey won the franchise to operate bus services in Kowloon and the New Territories, while China Motor Bus secured the rights to provide services on Hong Kong Island.
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Together with Tang Shiu Kin, Lui Leung, Tam Woon-tong and Lam Ming-fan, William Louey renamed the company 'Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited'.
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In early December 1962 when the workers took industrial action, William Louey announced to raise the wage of the bus drivers.
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William Louey was chair of the Rotary Club of Kowloon and Kowloon Residents' Association, deputy director of the Civil Aid Service, founder of the Kowloon Chamber of Commerce and member of the Advisory Committee on Public Transport and Committee on Technical Education.
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William Louey was made a Justice of the Peace in 1957.
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William Louey ran in the 1952 Urban Council election and was elected to the Urban Council with Brook Bernacchi of the Reform Club of Hong Kong.
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William Louey lost his seat a year later in 1953 re-election.
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Between 1956 and 1957, William Louey became the President of the Hong Kong Football Association with the support of South China Athletic Association.
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William Louey defeated Chan Shu-woon, Urban Councillor and the coach of the China national football team who was supported by Eastern Athletic Association, by 43 votes to 9 on 6 October 1956.
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William Louey had two sons, Ronald Kwok-wah Louey and Kwok-kwan Louey, and two daughters, Kwok-chun and Kwok-wan.
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William Louey's ashes were sent back to his birthplace in Australia.