{{short description|Hong Kong lawyer and politician}} {{family name hatnote|[[Guān|Kwan (關)]]|lang=Chinese}} '''Kwan Lim-ho''' ({{zh-t|關廉豪}}; born 1947) is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician. He was an elected member of the [[Urban Council of Hong Kong]], [[Eastern District Council|Eastern District Board]] and [[Yau Tsim Mong District Council|Yau Tsim District Board]].
Kwan was born in Hong Kong and was graduated from the [[Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fut Nam College|Tung Wah Hospital Number One School]] and was enrolled to the law faculty of the [[University College London]]. He was graduated in 1975 and began his practice in Hong Kong in 1975, subsequently set up his own law firm in 1977.
In 1980 he became the standing committee member and the chairman of the youth wing of the [[Reform Club of Hong Kong]]. In the [[1982 Hong Kong local elections|first District Board elections]] in 1982, he was elected to the [[Eastern District Council|Eastern District Board]] through [[Quarry Bay (constituency)|Quarry Bay]]. In the [[1983 Hong Kong municipal election|1983 Urban Council election]], Kwan was elected to the [[Urban Council]] and was re-elected in 1986 through Yau Ma Tei. He was responsible for licensing for the entertainment business during his service in the Urban Council.
He contested in the [[1985 Hong Kong legislative election|first Legislative Council election]] in 1985 in East Island electoral college but was defeated by [[Desmond Lee Yu-tai|Desmond Lee]]. In the [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|1995 Legislative Council election]], Kwan ran in the [[Import and Export (constituency)|Import and Export]] [[functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]], but was defeated by [[Henry Tang]] of the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]]. He also contested in the [[2000 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections|2000 Election Committee subsector elections]] in the Catering subsector but was not elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200007/10/0710094.htm|title=Election Committee subsector elections: overall results}}</ref>
Kwan Lim-ho suffered a stroke and collapsed in the middle of a press conference in 2005 on behalf of the Entertainment Business Rights Concern Group. He was unconscious when sent to [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong|Queen Elizabeth Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hypertension rate blamed on poor lifestyle|date=4 October 2005|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-new|council}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Eastern District Board]]|years=1982–1983|district=[[Quarry Bay (constituency)|Quarry Bay]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[Joseph Salaroli]]}} {{s-new|constituency}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Urban Council]]|years=1983–1986|district=North Point}} {{s-aft|after=[[Man Sai-cheong]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Denny Huang]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the Urban Council|years=1986–1989|district=Yau Ma Tei}} {{s-aft|after=[[Daniel Wong Kwok-tung|Daniel Wong]]}} {{s-end}}
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