1976年，鄺秉仁校長獲澳督委任為第一屆立法會議員，喺1980年連任，喺1981年獲葡國總統頒授公共教育文職功績司令級勳章，嚟表彰佢對澳門教育嘅貢獻。
In 1976, he was appointed as a member of the first Legislative Council by the Governor of Macau, re-elected in 1980, and was awarded the Order of Civil Merit for Public Education by the President of Portugal in 1981 in recognition of his contribution to education in Macao.