Woo Po-shing

Sir Po-shing Woo (, 19 April 1929 – 21 November 2025) was a Hong Kong solicitor, businessman, politician and philanthropist.

Life and career

Woo was born in Hong Kong on 19 April 1929, to a wealthy family of Seaward Woo and Ng Chiu-man. He was educated at the La Salle College and King's College of London. He was admitted to practice as solicitor in England and in Hong Kong in 1960 and became Notary Public in 1966. He founded the Woo Kwan Lee & Lo, Solicitors and Notaries in 1963 and was the consultant of the law firm. In 1983, he was admitted to practice as barrister and solicitor at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia. He was also consultant of Jackson Woo & Associates, his son's firm.

Besides his law career, he had been chairman of the Kailey Enterprises Limited and the Kailey Development Limited, director of the major real estate developers in Hong Kong including the Sun Hung Kai Properties and Henderson Land Development from 29 May 1981 to 29 February 2012 and 40 other companies.

Woo died in Happy Valley, Hong Kong on 21 November 2025, at the age of 96.