周玉堂

English

Chow Yuk-tong, holder of the Bronze Bauhinia Star (B.B.S.) and the Medal of Honour (M.H.), is chairman of the Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee and, in that capacity, an ex officio member of the 7th Islands District Council (2024-2027). Lamma Island lies south-west of Hong Kong Island and is divided into north and south sections, the south being centred on villages such as Sok Kwu Wan; its residents include indigenous and fishing communities, and the Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee is one of the eight rural committees in the Islands District. Chow has served the Islands District Council for many years and has been its chairman, presiding over council meetings and coordinating district affairs. He is also a member of the New Territories Association of Societies, and has joined, as a rural committee chairman, the stakeholder liaison group set up by Hongkong Electric for its offshore wind farm project, advising on the community impact of the works. Under the District Councils Ordinance, each of the nine New Territories district councils has ex officio seats filled by rural committee chairmen. On 12 December 2023 the government announced the appointed and ex officio members of the 7th District Council and confirmed the registration of 27 incumbent rural committee chairmen, with Chow among them; he took office on 1 January 2024 for a four-year term. The Islands District Council has 18 members, including eight ex officio members. His rural committee office is on Second Street, Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island. Apart from these duties, limited public information is available about his earlier life and career.