Editing Patrick Ho (section)

==Political career==
Since 1993, he has been a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th National Committee of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]], and in 1995, he was appointed as a member of the [[Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]] and the [[Selection Committee (Hong Kong)|Selection Committee]] of the first SAR Government. Ho was appointed vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute in 1996.<ref name=GCheung /> In July 1997, he was appointed to the [[Provisional Urban Council]] until its disestablishment in 1999. In 2000, Ho was appointed Chairman of the Arts Development Council.<ref name=GCheung />

In 2002, he joined the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]] [[Tung Chee-wah]]'s [[Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|second HKSAR administration]] as the [[Secretary for Home Affairs]] when the [[Principal Officials Accountability System]] was introduced.  He served in this senior ministerial post for five years.<ref name=scmp2120918>{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2120918/former-hong-kong-home-secretary-patrick-hos-life-civil|title='Civil diplomat' Patrick Ho tapped UN connections to broker deals|work=South China Morning Post|date=21 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2003, Ho was present at the [[Che Kung Miu|Che Kung Temple]] in Sha Tin following tradition and drew [[Kau cim|''Kau Chim'']] sticks to foretell the fortune of Hong Kong. He drew number 83 which represented bad times ahead. Hong Kong experienced a fatal [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak|SARS outbreak]] and an attempted imposition of [[Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23|Basic Law Article 23]], which led to massive protests at the [[Hong Kong 1 July marches#2003|1 July march]]. Ever since, no Hong Kong minister has represented the government to the temple.<ref name=GCheung />

Ho was appointed chairman of the Sports Council in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=South China Morning Post|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/485447/ho-takes-charge-supreme-body|title=Ho Takes Charge of Supreme Body|date=14 January 2005|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>

After leaving the government in 2007, he joined a lobbying firm established and funded by [[CEFC China Energy]] (CEFC), a Shanghai-based energy company,<ref name=scmp2120918/> of which he became vice-chairman and secretary-general.  The organisation, under Ho, was a leading exponent of the [[Xi Jinping]]'s [[Belt and Road Initiative|Belt & Road Initiative]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=China Daily|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2017-05/12/content_29312900.htm|title=China's worldwide infrastructure investment promotes globalization 2.0|date=12 May 2017|last=Zhuan|first=Ti|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>