{{Short description|Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference}} {{family name hatnote|Fok|Timothy Fok|Fok Tsun-ting|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Timothy Fok Tsun-ting | honorific_suffix = GBS JP | native_name = {{nobold|霍震霆}} | native_name_lang = zh-Hant-HK | image = Timothy Fok in 2009.jpeg | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|2|14|df=y}} | birth_place = British Hong Kong | spouse = {{marriage|Loletta Chu|1978|2004}} | parents = Henry Fok<br>Lui Yin-nei | relations = | office = Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | constituency = Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication | term_start = 1 July 1998 | term_end = 30 September 2012 | predecessor = ''New parliament'' | successor = Ma Fung-kwok | term_start1 = 21 December 1996 | term_end1 = 30 June 1998<br>(Provisional Legislative Council) | children = Kenneth Fok Kai-kong<br>Eric Fok Kai-shan<br>Jeremy Fok Kai-yan | alma_mater = University of Southern California }} {{Infobox Chinese | c = 霍震霆 | p = Huò Zhèntíng | w = Huo Chen-t'ing | my = Hwò Jěn Tíng | j = Fok3 Zan3-ting4 | y = Fok Jan-tìhng | ci = {{IPA|yue|fɔ̄ːk tɕɐ̄ntʰȉŋ|}} }} '''Timothy Fok Tsun-ting''' (born 14 February 1946), GBS, JP, the eldest son of Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok, is the President of the Hong Kong Football Association. He formerly represented the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication functional constituency between 1998 and 2012. While he was not affiliated with any political party, he caucused with the conservative wing of Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
He is a former Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
== Biography ==
===Education=== Fok was educated at St. Stephen's College, Stanley Hong Kong, Millfield School, a boarding school in Somerset, England, and the University of Southern California, United States.
===Affiliations and politics=== Fok was an active member of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2016 and an honorary member since 2017; President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong; Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA); a Member of the 2008 Olympics Coordination Commission; President of the Hong Kong Sports Writer Association; Vice President of the Organising Committee of the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics Equestrian Events (which he is credited with bringing to Hong Kong); Vice President of the Hong Kong East Asian Games Organising Committee; and President of the Hong Kong Football Association.
Fok represents the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication functional constituency in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is not affiliated with any political party, and is also a Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
==== Sports Federation and Olympic Committee ==== With Fok as president of the SF&OC, there have numerous allegations of misconduct against the SF&OC and Fok. In August 2016, the ''Hong Kong Economic Journal'' released an article, accusing the SF&OC and Timothy Fok of various transgressions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How a cabal controls Hong Kong's Olympic sports EJINSIGHT - ejinsight.com|url=https://www.ejinsight.com/eji/article/id/1359796/20160805-How-a-cabal-controls-Hong-Kongs-Olympic-sports|access-date=12 June 2021|website=EJINSIGHT}}</ref> In April 2020, the government's Audit Commission released a 141-page report after investigating the Olympic Committee, describing various failures with the SF&OC, including lax governance.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=29 April 2020|title=Watchdog pans Hong Kong Olympic Committee over spending, lack of meetings|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3082218/hong-kong-watchdog-pans-citys-olympic-committee-over|access-date=12 June 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> A month later, in May 2020, Legislative Council members questioned the Olympic Committee's governance, accusing the SF&OC of lacking transparency when selecting athletes for the 2018 Asian Games.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 May 2020|title=Olympic chiefs slammed by lawmakers for lack of proper governance|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3085976/hong-kong-olympic-committee-slammed-lawmakers-lack-proper|access-date=12 June 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> Professor Chung Pak-kwong, former chief executive of the Hong Kong Sports Institute, said that the SF&OC "has grown into an empire and transparency and accountability are not in their dictionary."<ref name=":0" />
==== Hong Kong Football Association ==== Timothy Fok has served as president of the Hong Kong Football Association since 1997, after his father held the position for almost 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 March 2021|title=Eric Fok says 12 years in England forged his passion for football|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3125511/eric-fok-has-football-his-genes-his-passion-game-stems-his-time|access-date=19 June 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> In July 2020, the Legislative Council's Public Accounts Committee criticized the HKFA under Timothy Fok, stating its governance was "appalling and inexcusable".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Lawmakers cry foul over HKFA's management – RTHK|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1537891-20200715.htm?|access-date=19 June 2021|website=news.rthk.hk|language=en-gb}}</ref> It noted that an internal audit committee, designed to review the association's use of taxpayer funding, was not active between 2015 and 2019, despite receiving HK$34 million in funding for the 2017–18 year.<ref name=":1" /> Members of the Legislative Council also questioned if that taxpayer money was justified and well spent.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 July 2020|title=Hong Kong football saved but lambasted FA under scrutiny|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3091714/hong-kong-football-saved-government-continues-funding-lambasted-fa|access-date=19 June 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
In 2015, Timothy Fok publicly supported former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, who was probed for corruption and bribery; soccer fans protested against Fok outside of the HKFA office, in addition to writing the HKFA a letter of concern, stating Fok's support of Blatter was contrary to anti-corruption practices.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 June 2015|title=Hong Kong soccer fans protest football association's support for embattled former Fifa chief Sepp Blatter|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1817785/hong-kong-soccer-fans-protest-football-associations-support-embattled|access-date=1 July 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
==== Legislative Council ==== In 2008, SCMP reported that Fok had the worst attendance record at LegCo meetings, for the third straight year.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=15 July 2008|title=Timothy Fok keeps Legco attendance bottom spot|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/645317/timothy-fok-keeps-legco-attendance-bottom-spot|access-date=1 July 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> Additionally, he attended less than 30% of 3 separate bills committees he joined.<ref name=":2" /> In response, Fok said "I am going to review this."<ref name=":2" /> However, two years later in 2010, SCMP reported that Fok's attendance was still last for the 6th consecutive year, and that his participation on some panels had gotten worse.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=16 August 2011|title=Fok tops Legco no-show list again|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/976283/fok-tops-legco-no-show-list-again|access-date=1 July 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> Fok had earlier claimed that attendance records were "too simple a tool to judge a lawmaker's performance."<ref name=":3" />
In 2010 Catholic Monitors rated three legislators, one of which was Fok, as less than satisfactory for failing to raise motions or amendments throughout the entire Legco year.<ref>Staff Reporter (11 October 2010). "Lawmakers' performances criticised", ''South China Morning Post''</ref>
===Family=== He was married to former Miss Hong Kong Loletta Chu. The couple, who have three sons, announced their divorce in September 2006,{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} more than five years after their marriage was reported to be 'crumbling'.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/2001/01/24/0124faces.html Forbes Faces: Henry Fok], ''Forbes'', Debra Lau, 24 January 2001</ref>
His elder son, Kenneth, married Guo Jingjing on 8 November 2012, who is a retired Chinese female diver, and multi-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion. In 2019, Timothy gifted a HK$160 million house in Repulse Bay to Kenneth and his family.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 August 2021|title=Push presents: 4 Hong Kong celebrity couples gifted mansions just for giving birth|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3145579/crazy-rich-asian-push-presents-guo-jingjing-and-kenneth|access-date=26 August 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
His other son, Eric, also has attracted media attention due to his relationship with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.<ref>{{Cite web |last = Cheng |first = Jonathan |title = A life that reflected change |date = 30 October 2006 |url = http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=30586&sid=10611372&con_type=3&d_str=20061030&sear_year=2006 |accessdate = 1 November 2006 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522024438/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=30586&sid=10611372&con_type=3&d_str=20061030&sear_year=2006 |archivedate = 22 May 2011}}</ref>
In 2010, his youngest son, Jeremy Fok, was convicted for dangerous driving and drunk driving; he was tested by police at more than 4 times the legal limit.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=21 October 2010|title=Timothy Fok's son convicted|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/728116/timothy-foks-son-convicted|access-date=8 July 2021|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> Jeremy Fok's lawyer stated that Jeremy suffered from depression, and that he suffered stress from having to study math.<ref name=":4" /> Additionally, the lawyer stated that Jeremy Fok was not spoiled because he did charity work in Sri Lanka.<ref name=":4" />
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