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Pok Shau-fu

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Pok Shau-fu
卜少夫
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1981 – 31 January 1987
ConstituencyDistrict 2 (Hong Kong and Macau)
Personal details
Born(1909-06-21)21 June 1909
Jiangsu, China
Died4 November 2000(2000-11-04) (aged 91)
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Political partyKuomintang

Pok Shau-fu (Chinese: 卜少夫; 21 June 1909 – 4 November 2000) was a Chinese-born journalist and politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1981 to 1987. He was a native of Jiangsu.[1]

Career

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In the 1960s, Pok was the publisher of Newsdom, a magazine based in Hong Kong.[2] He also served as a correspondent to the United Daily News. In 1968, Pok was awarded a Chia Hsin Award for journalism for reporting on the riots of the previous year.[1] He was appointed to the Legislative Yuan as a representative of Hong Kong and Macau for the first time in 1980,[3] and reappointed in 1983.

Shortly after the death of his wife in 1996, Pok was diagnosed with lung cancer.[4] He and Liang Su-yung eulogized publisher Liu Shao-tang [zh] at Liu's funeral, held in Taipei in February 2000.[5] Pok fell ill later that year and first sought treatment in France, and was later admitted to Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong. On 3 November 2000, Pok removed himself from medical equipment and refused to eat or drink. He fell into a coma at 10:00 the next morning, and died soon after.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chia Hsin journalism awards presented". Free China Journal. 1 December 1968. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ^ Pok, Shau-fu (1 September 1965). "Mao's Bodyguard Tells His Story". Free China Journal. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. ^ "The month in Free China". Taiwan Today. 1 May 1981. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "卜少夫難敵癌魔與世長辭". Sing Tao Daily. 5 November 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. ^ Chu, Monique (24 February 2000). "Farewell to a revered publisher". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 October 2017.