Woo Pak-chuen

Woo Pak-chuen (; 10 January 1910 – 30 April 2008) was a prominent politician and lawyer of Hong Kong. He was former Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Council of Hong Kong. From 1972 to 1973, he was the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council.

Career Woo graduated from St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong in 1928 and from the University of London in 1937. He was the first Chinese to be awarded a Ph.D. by the Faculty of Law of the University of London in 1939 and was the only practising lawyer in Hong Kong with a British Ph.D. in Law. In 1945, Woo founded his own law firm P C Woo & Co Solicitor

In the 1953 municipal election, Woo ran for the four elected seats in the Urban Council of Hong Kong with Brook Bernacchi, Raymond Harry Shoon Lee and Philip Au for the Reform Club of Hong Kong. He continued to be reelected to the Urban Council until he was defeated to Hilton Cheong-Leen of the Hong Kong Civic Association. Woo was subsequently appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong on 1 July 1964. He was reappointed in 1972 and was the Senior Unofficial Member for ten years until his retirement on 30 June 1973. He was appointed to the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1972 to 1976. He also held posts such as Director of the Sun Hung Kai Financial Limited and Chairman of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company and Hong Kong Yakult Company and various other posts.