Patrick Ho

Patrick Ho Chi-ping (born 24 July 1949 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong ophthalmologist turned politician. He joined the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong SAR. When the Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced in 2002, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-wah appointed Ho Secretary for Home Affairs, a senior ministerial post. He was convicted of bribery offences in a U.S. federal court in 2018. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment and released in June 2020¹. The Medical Council of Hong Kong ruled that his name was removed from the General Register for a period of 1 year from May 2021.

Patrick Ho Chi-ping (born 24 July 1949 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong ophthalmologist turned politician. He joined the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong SAR. When the Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced in 2002, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-wah appointed Ho Secretary for Home Affairs, a senior ministerial post. He was convicted of bribery offences in a U.S. federal court in 2018. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment and released in June 2020. The Medical Council of Hong Kong ruled that his name was removed from the General Register for a period of 1 year from May 2021. ==Political career== Since 1993, he has been a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and in 1995, he was appointed as a member of the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Selection Committee of the first SAR Government. Ho was appointed vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute in 1996. In July 1997, he was appointed to the Provisional Urban Council until its disestablishment in 1999. In 2000¹, Ho was appointed Chairman of the Arts Development Council. In 2002, he joined the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-wah's second HKSAR administration as the Secretary for Home Affairs when the Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced. He served in this senior ministerial post for five years. In 2003, Ho was present at the Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin following tradition and drew Kau Chim sticks to foretell the fortune of Hong Kong. He drew number 83 which represented bad times ahead. Hong Kong experienced a fatal SARS outbreak and an attempted imposition of Basic Law Article 23, which led to massive protests at the 1 July march. Ever since, no Hong Kong minister has represented the government to the temple. Ho was appointed chairman of the Sports Council in 2005. After leaving the government in 2007, he joined a lobbying firm established and funded by CEFC China Energy (CEFC), a Shanghai-based energy company, of which he became vice-chairman and secretary-general. The organisation, under Ho, was a leading exponent of the Xi Jinping's Belt & Road Initiative. ==Family== Ho has a daughter and a son from his marriage to a Chinese woman in the US. After returning to Hong Kong in 1984, he divorced his wife. Ho married Taiwanese actress Sibelle Hu Huizhong on 5 September 1997. They have a daughter, Audrey Ho Ka Chun, born in 2000. ==See also== Hong Kong Government Lunar New year kau cim tradition ==References==

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