In 1985, he represented the chamber of commerce to sit in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong through the Second Commercial functional constituency.
He was also appointed member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference by the Beijing government.
He held positions of directorship of MTR Corporation and board membership of the Hong Kong International Airport.
In 2007, he received a Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) for his contributions in the Hong Kong Housing Authority.
On 1 July 2015, he was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM), the highest honour of the SAR, in recognition of his contributions to the formulation of labour policies and the promotion of harmonious employer-employee relations in the past decades and also his efforts in serving on the Labour Advisory Board.