Su Zhouyanping

So Chau Yim-ping (22 October 1927 – 26 January 2018) was the founder of Sun Printing Company Limited, from which she had retired before her passing. In 1985, she was appointed as a Southern District Council member. In the 1988 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, she was elected as a member representing the Hong Kong Island West electoral college. In 1988, she was appointed as a Justice of the Peace. In 2001, she was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star.

Biography

So Chau Yim-ping worked in various printing and paper industry companies for over 30 years and served as managing director in some of them. She was also the Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Hong Kong Printers Association, President of the Southern District Industrialists Association, and Honorary President of the Hong Kong Federation of Women.

In 1964, seeing the poor quality of printing at the time, she founded Sun Printing Company Limited, which gradually grew into one of the largest printing companies and was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1993.

Later, the company's factory moved from Causeway Bay to the Southern District, which led to her appointment as a district councillor in 1985. In the 1988 Legislative Council election, she ran from the Hong Kong Island West electoral college. Initially considered a minor candidate alongside Joseph Chan and Liu Lit-for, she unexpectedly won the election when Joseph Chan lost in the first round and his supporters shifted their votes to her, resulting in her election to the Legislative Council.

During her three-year term in the Legislative Council, So Chau Yim-ping had to simultaneously manage her printing business. She worked at the Legislative Council during the day and handled business affairs at night. Due to the hectic schedule, she did not seek re-election in 1991. During her tenure, she became acquainted with political figures such as Anson Chan and Rita Fan.

In 2010, due to her old age and her daughter's retirement, So Chau Yim-ping was pressured by other shareholders to sell Sun Printing Company. Unwilling to accept "forced retirement" and still passionate about work, she secretly set up a factory in Dongguan in 2011, purchased equipment, and used the funds from the sale to launch an XO sauce business. This product was something she had long gifted or provided for her printing staff.

On 5 February 2018, the Hong Kong Legislative Council issued a notice to all members stating that So Chau Yim-ping had passed away on 26 January and would have a funeral on 8 February at the Hong Kong Funeral Home.