黃宏發

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Andrew Wong Wang-fat, nicknamed 'Fat Uncle', is a Hong Kong political figure and political scientist who served as the last President of the Legislative Council under British rule. Born in Shanghai on 11 December 1943 and raised in Hong Kong, he graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor of arts degree and later studied at Syracuse University in the United States. He then taught for many years at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he was one of the founders of its Department of Government and Public Administration, retiring as an honorary professor after thirty years as a senior lecturer. He was first elected to the Legislative Council in 1985 and was returned in subsequent terms. In 1995 he was chosen by his fellow members to be President of the Legislative Council, holding the post until 30 June 1997, when sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred; he was thus the council's final president and the last to be elected by his fellow members. As president he chaired its meetings during the transition, handling a range of important legislation and constitutional arrangements. During the transition he also served in the Provisional Legislative Council, and in the 1998 election for the first Legislative Council he was returned for the New Territories East geographical constituency and re-elected in 2000, serving until 2004. He was also a member of the Executive Council and a New Territories Justice of the Peace, and is now an ex-officio member of the executive committee of the Heung Yee Kuk. Long representing New Territories East, he took an interest in constitutional and political development and in New Territories affairs, and is regarded as a significant figure in Hong Kong politics during the transition period. In December 2000 he was involved in a traffic accident and a police test confirmed he had been drink-driving, for which he was fined and disqualified from driving. He has received the OBE and is a Justice of the Peace.