Simon Li Fook-sean
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Dr the Honourable Simon Li Fook-sean GBM |
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| 李福善 | |
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| Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1986–1986 |
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| Appointed by | Sir Edward Youde |
| Preceded by | Denys Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Denys Roberts |
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| Born |
19 April 1922 Hong Kong |
| Died | 26 February 2013 (aged 90) Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Veronica Lillian Yang |
| Children | Simon Li Joseph Li Gladys Li Stephen Li Paul Li |
| Alma mater |
King's College University of Hong Kong University College London |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Simon Li Fook-sean GBM (Chinese: 李福善; 19 April 1922 – 26 February 2013) was a Hong Kong senior judge and politician.
Li was educated at the King's College between 1937 and 1941 and then the University of Hong Kong. He also spent time studying on the Mainland China. He studied law at the University College London from 1947 to 1950 and was called to Lincoln's Inn Bar in London in 1951. He also received the honoris causa degree of Doctor of Laws from the Chinese University of Hong Kong conferred on him in 1986.
He returned to Hong Kong and became a crown counsel in Hong Kong's Legal Department in 1953. He became the judge of the District Court in 1963. Li was the first Chinese judge to be appointed to the High Court in 1971 and was elevated to Justice of Appeal in 1980. He was the first Chinese to be appointed to the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal in 1984. In 1986 he became the first Hong Kong Chinese to act as Chief Justice for the then Chief Justice Denys Roberts. He retired in 1987 at the age of 64 as the colony's most senior Chinese judge.
After the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984 which determined that Hong Kong's sovereignty to People's Republic of China in 1997, Li was appointed to the Independent Monitoring Team on the Assessment Office to monitor the acceptability of the Sino-British Draft Agreement. He subsequently was appointed by the Beijing government to many positions during the transition period. He was a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee, a Hong Kong Affairs Adviser, and deputy director of the preliminary working committee of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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