Pok Shau-fu

In the 1960s, Pok was the publisher of Newsdom, a magazine based in Hong Kong.^[2] He also served as a correspondent to the United Daily News. In 1968, Pok was awarded a Chia Hsin Award for journalism for reporting on the riots of the previous year.^[1] He was appointed to the Legislative Yuan as a representative of Hong Kong and Macau for the first time in 1980,^[3] and reappointed in 1983.

Shortly after the death of his wife in 1996, Pok was diagnosed with lung cancer.^[4] He and Liang Su-yung eulogized publisher Liu Shao-tang [zh] at Liu's funeral, held in Taipei in February 2000.^[5] Pok fell ill later that year and first sought treatment in France, and was later admitted to Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong. On 3 November 2000, Pok removed himself from medical equipment and refused to eat or drink. He fell into a coma at 10:00 the next morning, and died soon after.^[4]