Eddie Hui Ki-on, GBS, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, QPM was the last Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police from 1994–1997, and the first Commissioner of Hong Kong Police from 1 July 1997 to 1 January 2001.
Career
Li Kwan Ha ran the force before him. Hui was the second Chinese to lead the force. Born in Hong Kong into a large wealthy family, Hui joined the HKP as Probationary Inspector in 1963 and became Senior Assistant Commissioner in 1989 and Deputy Commissioner (Operations) in 1993.
Eddie Hui was on the main board for many organizations.
Eddie Hui Ki-on died from liver cancer on 3 May 2009, aged 65.
Membership
He later became a member of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Clearings Limited.
These include being the vice president of the Hong Kong Football Association, the executive director for K Wah International Holdings Limited and an independent non-executive director for RoadShow Holdings Limited. Similar to many in his father"s family, Eddie Hui was a voting member of the prestigious Hong Kong Jockey Club.