# Barnabas Fung

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Hong Kong judge (born 1960)

In this [Chinese name](/source/Chinese_name), the [family name](/source/Chinese_surname) is *Fung*.

The Honourable Mr Justice Barnabas Fung Wah GBS 馮驊 Fung in 2019 Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission In office 17 August 2009 – 16 August 2022 Preceded by Pang Kin-kee Succeeded by David Lok Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court Incumbent Assumed office 2006 Chief District Judge In office 2001–2006 Preceded by Richard Hawkes Succeeded by Patrick Li District Judge In office 1998–2001 Permanent Magistrate In office 1993–1998 Personal details Born 1960 (age 65–66) Hong Kong Alma mater University of New South Wales University of Hong Kong

Barnabas Fung Traditional Chinese 馮驊 Simplified Chinese 冯骅 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Féng Huá Yue: Cantonese Jyutping fung4 waa4

**Barnabas Fung Wah**, [GBS](/source/Gold_Bauhinia_Star) ([Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 馮驊; born 1960) is a Hong Kong [judge](/source/Judge). He has served as a [High Court Judge](/source/High_Court_(Hong_Kong)) since 2006.

Since 2016, Fung has served as a Panel Judge handling interception and surveillance authorisation requests from law enforcement agencies.[1][2]

He was Chairman of the [Electoral Affairs Commission](/source/Electoral_Affairs_Commission) from 2009 to 2022.

He previously served as Chairman and Director of the [Hong Kong Children's Choir](/source/Hong_Kong_Children's_Choir).[3]

## Education and legal career

Fung was educated at [Wah Yan College, Hong Kong](/source/Wah_Yan_College%2C_Hong_Kong) and [Barker College](/source/Barker_College), [Australia](/source/Australia).[4] He graduated from the [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales) with a [BComm](/source/BComm) and [LLB](/source/LLB) in 1984 and 1985 respectively. He obtained his [PCLL](/source/Postgraduate_Certificate_in_Laws) from the [University of Hong Kong](/source/University_of_Hong_Kong) in 1986.[5]

Fung was [called](/source/Call_to_the_bar) to the New South Wales Bar and Hong Kong Bar in 1985 and 1986 respectively. He was a [barrister](/source/Barrister) in private practice in Hong Kong from 1987 to 1993.[5]

## Judicial career

In 1993, Fung joined the bench as a [Permanent Magistrate](/source/Magistrates'_Court_(Hong_Kong)). He became a [District Judge](/source/District_Court_(Hong_Kong)) in 1998 and was subsequently appointed as Chief District Judge in 2001.[5][6]

Fung sat as a [Deputy High Court Judge](/source/High_Court_(Hong_Kong)#Part-time_Deputy_Judges) intermittently from December 2001 to July 2006.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

In November 2006, Fung was appointed as a Judge of the [Court of First Instance](/source/Court_of_First_Instance_(Hong_Kong)) of the [High Court](/source/High_Court_(Hong_Kong)).[5] He was the Judge in charge of the Personal Injury List from 2008 to 2010.

Fung acted as [Returning Officer](/source/Returning_Officer) for the [2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election](/source/2007_Hong_Kong_Chief_Executive_election).[13]

In 2009, Fung was appointed as Chairman of the [Electoral Affairs Commission](/source/Electoral_Affairs_Commission).[14] He was re-appointed in 2013 and 2017 (for a term of 5 years until 2022).[15][16] On 16 August 2022, it was announced that Fung's chairmanship of the EAC expired that day and the Government was actively identifying his successor, whose appointment would be announced in due course.[17]

Fung has sat in the [Court of Appeal](/source/Court_of_Appeal_(Hong_Kong)) in a number of civil and criminal appeal cases.[18]

## Awards

- 2017 [Gold Bauhinia Star](/source/Gold_Bauhinia_Star) (in recognition of his distinguished service as the Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission)[19][20]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Government announces appointment of Panel Judge under Interception of Communications and Surveillance Ordinance"](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201610/28/P2016102800214.htm). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 28 October 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Re-appointment of Panel Judge under Interception of Communications and Surveillance Ordinance"](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201911/01/P2019110100321.htm). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 1 November 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Hon Justice Barnabas Fung"](https://www.law.unsw.edu.au/hon-justice-barnabas-fung). [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hong Kong Judiciary Annual Report 2001"](https://www.judiciary.hk/doc/en/publications/2001/chapter8.pdf) (PDF). [Judiciary of Hong Kong](/source/Judiciary_of_Hong_Kong). p. 104.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2006news_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2006news_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-2006news_5-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-2006news_5-3) ["Judicial appointments"](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200611/24/P200611240201.htm). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 24 November 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Judicial Appointment"](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200104/27/0427192.htm). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 27 April 2001.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["G.N. 7321"](https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20010548/egn200105487321.pdf), [Hong Kong Government Gazette](/source/Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette) (No. 48, Vol. 5, 30 November 2001)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["G.N. 2380"](https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20020617/egn200206172380.pdf), [Hong Kong Government Gazette](/source/Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette) (No. 17, Vol. 6, 26 April 2002)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["G.N. 8261"](https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20040853/egn200408538261.pdf), [Hong Kong Government Gazette](/source/Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette) (No. 53, Vol. 8, 31 December 2004)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["G.N. 1440"](https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20050913/egn200509131440.pdf), [Hong Kong Government Gazette](/source/Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette) (No. 13, Vol. 9, 1 April 2005)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["G.N. 6214"](https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20050948/egn200509486214.pdf), [Hong Kong Government Gazette](/source/Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette) (No. 48, Vol. 9, 2 December 2005)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["G.N. 3655"](https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20061024/egn200610243655.pdf), [Hong Kong Government Gazette](/source/Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette) (No. 23, Vol. 10, 9 June 2006)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["G.N. 967"](https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20071106/egn20071106967.pdf), [Hong Kong Government Gazette](/source/Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette) (No. 6, Vol. 11, 9 February 2007)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Appointments to the Electoral Affairs Commission"](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200907/27/P200907270177.htm). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 27 July 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Re-appointment of Chairman of Electoral Affairs Commission"](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201306/21/P201306210231.htm). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 21 June 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Re-appointment of Chairman of Electoral Affairs Commission"](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201706/14/P2017061400657.htm). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 14 June 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Expiry of chairmanship for Electoral Affairs Commission"](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202208/16/P2022081600417.htm). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 16 August 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** For example, *王子鑫 v 香港警務處長鄧竟成*, [CACV 354/2007](https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_body.jsp?AH=&QS=&FN=&currpage=T&DIS=61463#), reported in [2008] 5 HKLRD 164, *香港特別行政區 訴 吳岳威*, [CACC 141/2007](https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_body.jsp?AH=&QS=&FN=&currpage=T&DIS=59383#), reported in [2008] 1 HKLRD 546, and *HKSAR v Wong Po Lam*, [CACC 163/2007](https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_body.jsp?AH=&QS=&FN=&currpage=T&DIS=60876#)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["G.N.(E.) 43"](https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20172136e/egn2017213643.pdf) [Hong Kong Government Gazette](/source/Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette) (No. 36, Vol. 21 (Extraordinary), 30 June 2017)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Appendix: The citations of the award recipients of the 2017 Honours List"](https://gia.info.gov.hk/general/201706/30/P2017062900879_262114_1_1498740755626.pdf) (PDF). [Government of Hong Kong](/source/Government_of_Hong_Kong). 30 June 2017.

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