Bei Junqi

Pui Kwan Kay, is a Hong Kong pro-establishment businessman and sports figure. His ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang, and he moved to Hong Kong at an early age. He attended Hon Wah Primary School and graduated from Hon Wah Middle School in 1967. He worked as a teacher at Shuren School in Hong Kong and served as President of the Hong Kong Football Association. He later worked as a sailor and then as a fishing boat machinery salesman. In 1987, he started operating a renovation company, Asia United Engineering.

Pui is currently President of the Hong Kong Football Association, Chairman of First Division football clubs Happy Valley Athletic Association and Citizen Athletic Association, and licensee of multiple Second and Third Division teams. He is also a member of the Election Committee, a member of the Social Development and Quality of Life Subcommittee of the Commission on Strategic Development, President of the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Association, President of the Hong Kong Muay Thai Council, Vice President of the Hong Kong Sports Journalists Association, and President of the Hong Kong Judo Association.

Controversial Remarks

Match-Fixing Allegations Involving Happy Valley Players

On March 31, 2009, a match was played at Mong Kok Stadium between Tuen Mun Progoal and Happy Valley in the Hong Kong First Division League. Tuen Mun conceded four goals in the last seven minutes, losing 1–5, raising suspicions of match-fixing. Player Cheung Tin Tak retired from professional football in anger, and the HKFA requested a report from Tuen Mun. As Chairman of Shek Kip Mei (which loaned its license to Tuen Mun), Pui accepted the explanation without reviewing the report, leading to public criticism of possible cover-up. On May 5, 2010, the ICAC announced it had cracked the case involving mainland players and arrested five, including four former Happy Valley players, one of whom, Yu Yang, confessed in court to being directed by a mainland sponsor. Pui, who was both Happy Valley Chairman and Vice President of HKFA at the time, commented, "I haven’t been informed of the investigation into Happy Valley players, but there are always people snitching in the football scene. I will follow up." On June 10, 2010, Pui filed a defamation lawsuit against Ming Pao, demanding compensation.

Thoroughbred Ownership

Pui is a horse owner with the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He began owning racehorses in the 2006–2007 season. His first horse, "Kwai Wong Kid" (Kwai Wong represents Pui and his son Pui Ho Wang), retired in the 2008–2009 season. He has also owned "Top Champion" (retired before racing in Hong Kong), "Sirius", "Thunder Hammer" (co-owned with Chu Yuet Chung), "Victory Together" (co-owned with his son Pui Ho Wang), and "Oriental Prosperity". Pui Ho Wang is also part of the ownership groups for "Southern Star" and "Win Delight".

Honors

Hong Kong Honors and Medals

• Medal of Honour (2003)
• Bronze Bauhinia Star (2008)
• Silver Bauhinia Star (2016)

Foreign Honors and Medals

• Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays (Japan, announced November 3, 2020)

Other Titles

• Honorary President, Canadian Chinese Writers Association
• Honorary President for Life, Hong Kong Writers Association
• Honorary President, World Chinese Literature Union

Further Reading

• Pui Kwan Kay: A Life of Dedication