Rafael Hui, Hong Kong civil servant and former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong, died on February 1, 2026, at the age of 77.
Hui served as a career civil servant and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1986. He received the Gold Bauhinia Star in 1998.
In 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for misconduct in public office and bribery, and his honours and titles were stripped in 2018. He was released in 2019.
Rafael Hui Si-yan (8 February 1948 – 1 February 2026) was a Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong and a career civil servant. Hui has been dubbed “Old Master Hui” (許老爺) and “Fat Dragon” (肥龍). Hui was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1986 and received the honour of Gold Bauhinia Star in 1998. On 19 December 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for misconduct in public office and bribery, and stripped of his honours and titles in March 2018. He was released in December 2019.