Sir Kenneth Ping-Fan Fung

Sir Kenneth Ping-Fan Fung is Knight Bachelor and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He holds a Doctor of Law degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from Pepperdine University in California and a Doctor of Social Science degree from the University of Hong Kong. He is a Justice of the Peace of Hong Kong. He is a Knight of St. John and a Knight of Justice, The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class, The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class, titles conferred by His Majesty, The Emperor of Japan.

Sir Kenneth has been appointed by the People's Republic of China as a Senior Consultant for External Economy of the People's Government of Chongqing, and Honorary Director of the Beijing Municipal Development Centre of Science and Technology of Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry. He served four successive Governors and Deputy Governors, representing St. John Ambulance Brigade, as the first Chinese to hold this post.

He was appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to serve on the Executive Council (Senate) and the Legislative Council (Congress) of Hong Kong. Upon his retirement from the Executive Council in 1972, Queen Elizabeth II granted Sir Kenneth the special privilege to retain in perpetuity the prefix "Honourable" to his name in recognition of his long and distinguished service to Hong Kong for almost four decades.