繁體中文
郭永昌是香港元朗區議會當然議員，並獲頒授榮譽勳章（MH）。他長期服務新界八鄉，是八鄉鄉事委員會主席，於2023年4月1日就任，任期原定至2027年3月31日。按《區議會條例》，鄉事委員會主席會自動登記為所屬區議會的當然議員，他即以這個身份出任元朗區議員。他早於1999年起連續六次當選八鄉蓮花地村的居民代表，在八鄉各村落之間建立起穩固的地區網絡。在區議會內，他出任文康事務及地區設施管理委員會、社區事務委員會、環境改善委員會及交通及運輸委員會委員，定期出席會議並就元朗鄉郊事務發言。他向區議會申報的職業為商人及公司董事，登記通訊地址為新界元朗八鄉上村。
2023年區議會選舉制度經改革後，第七屆區議會由委任議員、地區委員會界別議員、地方選區議員及當然議員組成；二十七位現任鄉事委員會主席經區議會資格審查委員會確認有效登記後，於2024年1月1日起成為當然議員，郭永昌是其中之一。2025年7月5日，他仍公開出席「元朗區慶祝香港特別行政區成立二十八周年劇欣賞會」並為活動致辭；同月他亦報名參加定於同年9月7日舉行的選舉委員會界別分組補選，競逐鄉議局界別分組的五個空缺。惟他於同年8月2日早上在大圍仁安醫院離世，據報在進行冠狀動脈介入治療（俗稱「通波仔」）期間被宣告不治，終年約六十九歲。政府於8月22日刊憲，宣布其元朗區議會當然議員席位已經懸空。他離世後，鄉事派在提名期最後一日另派他人參選該界別分組。除上述公開紀錄外，關於他早年學歷及事業背景的資料相當有限，本館未能進一步核實，謹此說明。
English
Kwok Wing-cheong was an ex officio member of the Yuen Long District Council in Hong Kong and held the Medal of Honour (MH). He served Pat Heung in the New Territories for many years and was chairman of the Pat Heung Rural Committee, taking office on 1 April 2023 for a term originally due to end on 31 March 2027. Under the District Councils Ordinance a Rural Committee chairman is automatically registered as an ex officio member of the relevant District Council, and he sat on the Yuen Long council in that capacity. He had been elected resident representative for Lin Fa Tei village in Pat Heung six consecutive times from 1999, building a firm local network across the villages of Pat Heung. On the council he served on the Culture, Recreation and District Facilities Management Committee, the Community Affairs Committee, the Environment Improvement Committee and the Traffic and Transport Committee, attending meetings and speaking on rural matters in Yuen Long. His declared occupation was merchant and company director, with a registered address at Sheung Tsuen, Pat Heung, Yuen Long.
After the 2023 reform of the District Council system, the seventh-term councils comprise appointed members, District Committees constituency members, geographical constituency members and ex officio members. The 27 incumbent Rural Committee chairmen were confirmed and registered as ex officio members and took office on 1 January 2024; Kwok was one of them. On 5 July 2025 he still appeared publicly at a Yuen Long event celebrating the 28th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR and gave a speech, and that month he entered the by-election for the Election Committee subsector for the Heung Yee Kuk, with five vacancies, scheduled for 7 September. He died at Union Hospital in Tai Wai on the morning of 2 August 2025, reportedly during a coronary intervention, at about the age of 69. The government gazetted on 22 August that his ex officio seat on the Yuen Long District Council had become vacant, and the rural faction fielded another candidate for the subsector on the last day of nominations. Beyond these public records, little is known about his education and professional background.
