{{Short description|Former chairman of the World Scout Committee}} {{Resume-like|date=November 2016}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Herman Hui | image = | image_size = | caption = Hui Chung-shing (許宗盛) | birth_date = 1951 | birth_place = Hong Kong | occupation = Lawyer | signature = HermanHuiSignature.jpg }}
'''Hui Chung-shing''' (Chinese: 許宗盛), BBS, MH, JP (born 1951), anglicised as '''Herman Hui''', is a professional lawyer in Hong Kong at the WONG, HUI & CO.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/en/Serve-the-Public/The-Law-List/Member-Details?MemId=5234 |title=Details of HUI CHUNG SHING, HERMAN |access-date=2026-04-05 |archive-url= |archive-date= }}</ref>
He is also the former chairman of the World Scout Committee, the executive board for the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 2005 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scout.org/node/1843 |title=Herman Hui: A Scout for life |access-date=2026-04-05 |archive-url= |archive-date= }}</ref>
He worked as a legal advisor for governmental boards and committees, and Director of the Glorious Sun investment company. He received the Medal of Honour, an honorary Justice of the Peace appointment and the Bronze Wolf award for his contributions to social welfare in Hong Kong and his contributions to Scouting worldwide.
==Career== Hui was born and lives in Hong Kong. He was educated at Ying Wa College, and later earned a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Hong Kong. Following his studies, he was admitted to the Supreme Courts in Hong Kong (1976), the UK (1983) and Victoria, Australia (1985), and afterwards has been in private practice.<ref name='wosm1'>{{cite web|title=World Scout Committee elections, List of Candidates |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |location=Thessaloniki |date=15 July 2002 |url=http://www.scout.org/wse/conf02docs/confdoc5_e.pdf |accessdate=27 August 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828073253/http://www.scout.org/wse/conf02docs/confdoc5_e.pdf |archivedate=28 August 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> In his legal function, he participates in governmental advisory boards and committees of the Government of Hong Kong, including *Advisory Committee for the Support of the Employment of People with Disability (創業軒, SEPD), an activity organised by the Social Welfare Department, *Guardianship Board of the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau, *Social Welfare Advisory Committee of the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hwfb.gov.hk/en/committees | title = Advisory committees list | publisher = Government of Hong Kong, Health, Welfare and Food Bureau | accessdate = 26 August 2006 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060911101005/http://www.hwfb.gov.hk/en/committees/ | archivedate = 11 September 2006 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In 2000, Hui was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Government of Hong Kong, and on 2004-07-01 he was appointed to the honorary title of Justice of the Peace.<ref name='hk1'>{{cite web | title = Miscellaneous lists in connexion with the Civil Establishment, Justices of the Peace | publisher = Government of Hong Kong | url = http://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index3f.htm | accessdate = 27 August 2006 | archive-date = 5 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170605125907/http://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index3f.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>
After being the external legal advisor of the Glorious Sun Enterprises, a 3.8 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$500 million) investment holding company focusing on casual apparel, he joined the group in 1995 as an executive director.<ref name='gsunannrep'>{{cite web | title = Annual Report | url = http://www.glorisun.com/pdf/Annual%20Report%20(E).pdf | pages = 146 pages | publisher = Glorious Sun Group | year = 2005 | accessdate = 27 August 2006}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He is also managing director of Everight Consultants Ltd.<ref name='wosm1'/>
In July 2024, Hui was selected by the Hong Kong government as chief of the Social Workers Registration Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/05/hong-kong-govt-appoints-new-chief-of-revamped-social-workers-licensing-body/|title=Hong Kong gov't appoints new chief of revamped social workers' licensing body|first=Kelly|last=Ho|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=5 July 2024|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref> Hui is married and has one child.<ref name='wosm1'/>
==Scouting== Hui Chung-shing has been participating in Scouting since he was a first form student in the secondary school, Ying Wa College. He started as Boy Scout with the school's 13th Hong Kong Group, which is now the 75th Kowloon Group of the Scout Association of Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.scout.org.hk/article_attach/4835/P06-07.PDF | title = 和而不同 (in Chinese) | publisher = The Scout Association of Hong Kong | accessdate = 1 September 2006}}</ref> He was also the Group Scout Leader in the Scout Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.75scout.org/introduction06_content.php |title=Introduction to 75th Kowloon Group (in Chinese) |accessdate=1 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928214916/http://www.75scout.org/introduction06_content.php |archivedate=28 September 2007 }}</ref> He later served as the Deputy Regional Commissioner and Assistant Chief Commissioner (International & Public Relations), actively involved in social action projects of the Scout Association of Hong Kong, initiating exchange Scouts in Hong Kong and the mainland China.<ref name='wosm2'>{{cite web|title=Information about the chairman |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |url=http://www.scout.org/front/wscchair_e.shtml |accessdate=27 August 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011054813/http://www.scout.org/front/wscchair_e.shtml |archivedate=11 October 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scout.org.hk/uploads/tc/hkscouting/hks-108-_19-21_.pdf |title=Interview |access-date=2026-04-05 |archive-url= |archive-date= }}</ref> He was the Deputy Chief Commissioner before retired as a uniformed scout member. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.scout-ntr.org.hk/042_timetable.html |title=香港童軍總會新界地域元朗東區 活動紀要 |access-date=2026-04-05 |archive-url= |archive-date= }}</ref>
Hui was chairman of the Asia-Pacific Scout Committee from 1998 to 2001, and he was member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) Strategy Task Force. During the term in 2000, Hui was awarded the Bronze Wolf award for his strong support to Scouting.<ref name='wosm1'/> In 2002, he was elected as a member of the World Scout Committee, the executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, for a period of six years.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/3617/32998/file/elections.pdf| title = Result of elections| publisher = World Organization of the Scout Movement| accessdate = 14 November 2007| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081207003351/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/3617/32998/file/elections.pdf| archivedate = 7 December 2008| df = dmy-all}}</ref> During the 37th World Scout Conference in Tunisia in 2005, Hui was elected to be chairman of the committee.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/world_events/world_conference/37_wsc/conference_summary | title = Conference Summary | publisher = World Organization of the Scout Movement | format = pdf | accessdate = 14 November 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825040521/http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/world_events/world_conference/37_wsc/conference_summary | archivedate = 25 August 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
Hui resigned his position on the World Scout Committee and was succeeded by Philippe Da Costa in 2008.<ref name="Herman Hui resigns as Chairman of the WSC">{{cite web| year =2007| url =http://scout.org/en/information_events/news/2008/announcement_to_national_scout_organizations| title =Herman Hui resigns as Chairman of the WSC| publisher =World Organization of the Scout Movement| accessdate =3 March 2007| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20080509170701/http://scout.org/en/information_events/news/2008/announcement_to_national_scout_organizations| archivedate =9 May 2008| df =dmy-all}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Scouting}}
==References== <references/>
==External links== *[http://www.scout.org World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) official website] *[http://www.info.gov.hk/mcor/english/sepd/profile.html Support of the Employment of People with Disability (SEPD) official website] *[http://www.glorisun.com Glorious Sun Enterprises official website] *[https://www.google.com/finance/?cid=671201 Financial data of Glorious Sun Enterprises on Google Finance] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060207070438/http://chinascout.org/bbs/dispbbs.asp?boardID=16&ID=4022&page=1 Hui awarding ribbons to Packs and Troops in Hong Kong] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060818134336/http://www.scout.org/press/wnews/060704.shtml.en Hui attending the awarding of the Bronze Wolf to King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand]
{{S-start}} {{S-npo|wosm}} {{S-bef | before = Marie-Louise Correa }} {{S-ttl | title = Chairman, World Scout Committee | years = 2005–2008 }} {{S-aft | after = Philippe Da Costa }} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hui, Herman}} Category:Living people Category:1951 births Category:World Scout Committee members Category:Hong Kong solicitors Category:Hong Kong businesspeople Category:Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award Category:Scouting and Guiding in Hong Kong