Barnabas Fung
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The Honourable Mr Justice Barnabas Fung Wah | |
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馮驊 | |
 Fung in 2019 | |
| Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission | |
| In office 17 August 2009 – 16 August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pang Kin-kee |
| Succeeded by | David Lok |
| Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 2006 | |
| Chief District Judge | |
| In office 2001–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Hawkes |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Li |
| District Judge | |
| In office 1998–2001 | |
| Permanent Magistrate | |
| In office 1993–1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales University of Hong Kong |
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| Traditional Chinese | 馮驊 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 冯骅 | ||||||||||
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Barnabas Fung Wah, GBS (Chinese: 馮驊; born 1960) is a Hong Kong judge. He has served as a High Court Judge since 2006.
Since 2016, Fung has served as a Panel Judge handling interception and surveillance authorisation requests from law enforcement agencies.[1][2]
He was Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission from 2009 to 2022.
He previously served as Chairman and Director of the Hong Kong Children's Choir.[3]
Fung was educated at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and Barker College, Australia.[4] He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a BComm and LLB in 1984 and 1985 respectively. He obtained his PCLL from the University of Hong Kong in 1986.[5]
Fung was called to the New South Wales Bar and Hong Kong Bar in 1985 and 1986 respectively. He was a barrister in private practice in Hong Kong from 1987 to 1993.[5]