邱錦平

English

Yau Kam-ping, holder of the Bronze Bauhinia Star (B.B.S.) and the Medal of Honour (M.H.), is chairman of the Tsuen Wan Rural Committee and, in that capacity, an ex officio member of the 7th Tsuen Wan District Council (2024-2027). He was first elected chairman of the Tsuen Wan Rural Committee for the 31st term (2019-2023) and was re-elected for the 32nd term (2023-2027). The Tsuen Wan Rural Committee is one of the two rural committees in Tsuen Wan district, the other being Ma Wan, and has a long history of coordinating the affairs of indigenous villages in the area. Yau takes an interest in rural development and tourism in Tsuen Wan and neighbouring areas; after visiting the revitalised Ma Wan fishing village and Ma Wan Park he said the developer was fulfilling its responsibility to take forward Phase 2 of Ma Wan Park and hoped the once fishing-based village would become a popular tourist destination, describing the park's setting as scenic with many heritage features. 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 Yau among them; he took office on 1 January 2024 for a four-year term. The Tsuen Wan District Council has 22 members. Apart from these council and community duties, limited public information is available about his personal and business background.