{{Short description|Politician}} {{family name hatnote|[[Shao|Shiu]]|Peter Shiu|Shiu Ka-fai|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Shiu Ka-fai | native_name = {{nobold|邵家輝}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk | honorific_suffix = | image = shiukafai.jpg | image_size = | caption = | office2 = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] | term_start2 = 1 October 2016 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = [[Vincent Fang Kang|Vincent Fang]] | successor2 = | constituency2 = [[Wholesale and Retail (constituency)|Wholesale and Retail]] | ancestry = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|4|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] | other_party = | relations = | alma_mater = [[University of Auckland]] | occupation = | profession = | website = }} '''Peter Shiu Ka-fai''' ({{lang-zh|邵家輝}}, born 22 April 1970) is the current Chairman of the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] and a member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]]. He is also a former member of [[Eastern District Council]], for [[Braemar Hill (constituency)|Braemar Hill]] constituency on Hong Kong Island.
He graduated from the [[University of Auckland]] in New Zealand. He is a Liberal Party member and has been a member of the executive committee since 2009. He is the chairperson of the Liberal Party's Ban Gay Marriage Hong Kong and has suggested that children reading books about homosexuality might confuse them or distort how they think about families.<ref>{{cite news|title=Breaking the gender barrier|first=Andrea|last=Deng|url=http://www.chinadailyasia.com/focus/2014-07/04/content_15146538_2.html|newspaper=China Daily}}</ref> In December 2014, he was elected vice-chairman of the party with [[Vincent Fang Kang]] and [[Felix Chung Kwok-pan]] as the party Leader and chairman respectively.<ref name="webb">{{cite web|title=Shiu, Peter Ka Fai 邵家輝|url=https://webb-database.com/dbpub/positions.asp?p=41705|work=Webb-database Who's who}}</ref>
In the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election]], Shiu won a seat in the [[Wholesale and Retail (constituency)|Wholesale and Retail]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]], keeping the seat in Liberal hands, with 65 percent of the vote.
He was appointed to the [[Buildings Appeal Tribunal Panel]], [[Independent Police Complaints Commission]] and [[Observers and Business Facilitation Advisory Committee]]. He has been a member of the [[Eastern District Council]] since the [[2007 Hong Kong local elections|2007 District Council elections]] through the [[Braemar Hill (constituency)|Braemar Hill]] constituency. In the [[2011 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections|2011 Election Committee elections]], he was elected to the [[Election Committee]] through Hong Kong and Kowloon District Council subsector.<ref name="webb"/>
In March 2021, Shiu claimed that RTHK was too biased against the [[Hong Kong Police Force]], and asked if the government intended to "fix" it.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pro-Beijing lawmakers call for punishing RTHK over 'biased' report about lockdown ｜ Apple Daily|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210317/BCEQZFPYPREFPOMLNGCPMIQ5NQ/|access-date=2021-03-17|archive-date=2021-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317125221/https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210317/BCEQZFPYPREFPOMLNGCPMIQ5NQ/|url-status=dead|newspaper=Apple Daily}}</ref>
He is a director of the Master Proofer Corporation.<ref name="webb"/>
In August 2023, he called on the Hong Kong justice department to continue to try to ban the song [[Glory to Hong Kong]], after a judge ruled against a proposed ban by the government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-04 |title=3 political parties urge appeal against court block on 'Glory to Hong Kong' ban |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3230063/3-major-political-parties-call-justice-department-appeal-against-court-dismissal-glory-hong-kong-ban |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
In November 2023, he was part of a group of lawmakers who said that the [[2023 Gay Games]] may infringe on the national security law.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Anti-LGBTQ lawmakers seek Hong Kong Gay Games ban over 'national security risk' |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3240010/anti-lgbtq-lawmakers-call-ban-hong-kong-gay-games-saying-it-poses-threat-national-security |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
In the 2025 Hong Kong legislative election, Shiu won a seat in the [[Wholesale and Retail (constituency)|Wholesale and Retail]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]] again with 827 votes, keeping the seat in Liberal hands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2025 Legislative Council General Election - Election Results |url=https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2025/eng/results_fc_wr.html |access-date=2026-02-03 |website=www.elections.gov.hk}}</ref>
==See also== * [[LGBT rights in Hong Kong]]
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Chan Bing-woon]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of [[Eastern District Council]]|district=[[Braemar Hill (constituency)|Braemar Hill]]|years = 2008–2019}} {{s-aft|after=[[Kenny Yuen Kin-chung]]}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Vincent Fang Kang|Vincent Fang]]<br />[[Felix Chung]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Vice-chairperson of [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]]|years = 2014–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-par|hk}} {{s-bef|before=[[Vincent Fang Kang|Vincent Fang]]}} {{s-ttl|title = Member of Legislative Council|district=[[Wholesale and Retail (constituency)|Wholesale and Retail]]|years = 2016–present}} {{s-inc}} {{S-prec}} {{S-bef|before=[[Holden Chow]]<br /><small>''Member of the Legislative Council''</small>}} {{S-ttl|title=[[Hong Kong order of precedence]]<br /><small>''Member of the Legislative Council''</small>}} {{S-aft|after=[[Shiu Ka-chun]]<br /><small>''Member of the Legislative Council''</small>}} {{end}}
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