Membership
The Electoral Affairs Commission at present comprises a Chairman and two other members appointed by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The current Chairman has been appointed for a term of three years starting from 1 September 2022. The other two members have been appointed for a term of five years starting from 29 September 2020 and a term of three years starting from 22 September 2023 respectively. The Chairman and members' particulars are as follows:
The Honourable Mr Justice David Lok is a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. He obtained his LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1987 and 1988 respectively. He further obtained a Master of Laws Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom in 1989. He was called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1988 and was in private practice between 1990 and 1995. He joined the Judiciary as Permanent Magistrate in 1995. He was appointed as District Judge in 2001 and Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 2015. He was responsible for setting up the intellectual property list in the High Court and he is now the judge in charge of the list. He had also served on various boards and committees, including the District Court Rules Committee, the Municipal Services Appeals Board and the Public Complaints Committee of the Hospital Authority.
His present term will end on 31 August 2025.
Professor Daniel Shek, PhD, SBS, JP is Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Li and Fung Professor in Service Leadership Education, and Associate Vice-President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is Chairman of the Public Policy Research Fund and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Society of Boys' Centres. He is also a member of the Research Grants Council. He was the Chairman of Action Committee Against Narcotics and Family Council as well as member of different Government advisory committees, including Independent Police Complaints Council, Fight Crime Committee, Commission on Youth, Child Fatality Review Panel, Mental Health Review Tribunal, Nursing Council, Midwives Council, Citizen Advisory Committee on Community Relations, Independent Commission Against Corruption, and Commission on Children.
His present term will end on 28 September 2025.
Mr Bernard Man, Senior Counsel, obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Civil Law degrees from the University of Oxford and was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple) and the Bar in Hong Kong in 2000. He is now the Chairman of the Committee on Land, Trust and Probate of the Hong Kong Bar Association, and the Convenor of Barristers Qualification Examination – Panel on Company Law. As regards public service, Mr Man currently serves as the Chairman of the Appeal Review Committee of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority. He is also a Member of the Hospital Governing Committee of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and sits on the Disciplinary Chair Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission.
His present term will end on 21 September 2026.