Chiu was born in Hong Kong on 23 May 1928. He studied at the
King's College, Hong Kong and moved to China during the
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and was educated at the Lingnan Middle School in Guangdong and Pui Ching & Pui To Middle School in
Guilin. He returned to Hong Kong after war and graduated with the
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the
University of Hong Kong in 1953. He became a doctor in private practice and was a fellow of the Hong Kong College of General Practitioners. He had been vice-president of the
Hong Kong Medical Association and member of the Licentiate Committee of the Medical Council and Dental Council of Hong Kong. He was also council member of the Hong Kong branch of the
British Medical Association and director of the
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital. Chiu was elected to the Legislative Council through the
Medical functional constituency in 1985 and was appointed to the Executive Council by Governor
Edward Youde in 1986 with
Daniel Tse. He lost his seat in the
1988 election to Dr
Leong Che-hung. Chiu died on 30 June 2024, at the age of 96. ==References==