He studied economics at the North Carolina A&T State University before he returned and worked in Hong Kong in 1978.
He had worked for the Kowloon Motor Bus Ltd. as public relations consultant.
[1] He began to participate in community services in 1979 by working in the area committees in Kwun Tong district.
[2] He had served on the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service and the Citizen Advisory Committee on Community Relations of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
[2] He ran for re-election in the first direct election 1991 but was defeated by the pro-democracy activists Szeto Wah and Fred Li of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and Meeting Point alliance.