{{family name hatnote|[[Li (surname 李)|Li]]|lang=Chinese}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=Li Fook-shu |honorific_suffix= [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] |office=Unofficial Member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]] |office1=Appointed Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] |term_start1=7 June 1961 |term_end1=26 June 1968 |birth_date={{birth date|1912|5|30}} |death_date={{death date and age|1995|5|21|1912|5|30}} |spouse=Daisy Woo Tze-Ha |parents=Li Koon Chun (father) |relations=Li Shek Pang (grandfather) |children=Jeanette Li Chi Duen<br>Jennifer Li Chi Ping<br>[[David Li]]<br>[[Arthur Li]] }}
'''Li Fook-shu''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales|FCA]], [[Justice of Peace|JP]] ({{zh-t|李福樹}}; 30 May 1912 – 21 May 1995) was a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was the chairman of the [[Bank of East Asia]] and [[unofficial member]] of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]] and the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]].
==Biography== Li was born on 30 May 1912 in Hong Kong to Li Koon-chun, a prominent business family in Hong Kong. He was educated in England and was the obtained qualifications as an accountant. He is also member of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales]].
Li succeeded his father to become chairman of the [[Bank of East Asia]], his own family business. He stepped down and became the director of the [[Bank of East Asia]] from 1989, until his death in 1995. He also sat on the board of directors of the [[PCCW-HKT Telephone|Hong Kong Telephone Company]], the [[Hong Kong Tramways]], the [[Hong Kong and China Gas Company]], the China Provident Company, the [[Chinese Estates Holdings]] and the [[Rediffusion Television|Rediffusion (Hong Kong) Limited]]. He was also a Council member of [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]].
He was appointed [[unofficial member]] of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] on 1 July 1962, succeeding [[Kwok Chan]]. He kept on serving on the Legislative Council in 1968.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hong Kong|publisher=Government Press|year=1962}}</ref> He was also unofficial member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong]]. During the [[Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots]], he called for solidarity of the Hong Kong society against the riots.<ref>{{cite news|title=香港市民響應李福樹議員號召|newspaper=華僑日報|date=17 April 1967}}</ref> For his public services, he was awarded the Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE).
==Family== Li was the third son of Li Koon-chun. He married Daisy Li Woo Tze-ha, daughter of Woo Hey-tung and sister of former member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]] and the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] [[Woo Pak-chuen]], on 26 March 1936. The couple had four children, [[David Li Kwok-po]], [[Arthur Li Kwok-cheung]], Jeanette Li Chi-duen and Jennifer Li Chi-ping.
David Li succeeded his father to become the chairman of the [[Bank of East Asia]] and member of the Executive and Legislative Councils. Arthur Li was a vice-chancellor of the [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]], former [[Secretary for Education and Manpower]] and member of the Executive Council.
==See also== * [[Four big families of Hong Kong]]
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