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Encyclopedia > Christine Loh

Christine Loh Kung-wai (陸恭蕙) is a former Hong Kong Legislator and founder of the Citizens Party. Citizens Party (民權黨) is a small pro-democracy Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


Christine Loh has worked in many areas, including law, business, politics, media and the non-profit sector, but is best known as a leading voice in public policy in Hong Kong.


Despite being trained as a lawyer (University of Hull, England, City University of Hong Kong Masters of Law in Chinese & Comparative Law and University of Hull, England Doctor of Law, honoris causa), Loh worked for twelve years as a commodities trader (1980-1991) and rising to become managing director and later director of business development. The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university in the East Riding of Yorkshire which was founded in 1927. ... The City University of Hong Kong (CityU) (Traditional Chinese: 香港城市大學) is one of the universities in Hong Kong. ...


She was appointed to the Legislative Council (LegCo) in 1992 and ran in two elections. She was responsible for creating the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, and sponsoring the historic Protection of the Harbour Ordinance. The Legislative Council (abbreviated as LegCo; Chinese: 立法會, Pinyin: Lìfǎ Huì; formerly 立法局, Lìfǎ Jú) is the unicameral legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


From 1991, Loh a host of a public affairs radio programs and a variety of TV programs. 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 2000, she and Lisa Hopkinson co-founded Civic Exchange and once again entered the political spot-light, but outside of the Legco. This article is about the year 2000. ...


Awards won by Loh:

  • Outstanding Young Person’s Award 1988
  • Communicator of the Year 1994
  • Stars of Asia, Businessweek 1998
  • Stars of Asia, Businessweek 2000
  • Entreprenuer of the Year (Women of Influence Award 2003)
  • Peter Bryce Award 2004

She has be affiliated with a variety of political and business organizations: BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. ...

  • Chairperson, Friends of the Earth (HK) - 1991-1992 and 1993-1994.
  • Chairperson, Citizens Party (HK) - 1997-2000
  • Council Member, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1999-2005
  • Honorary Research Fellow, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong, 2001-2005
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Securities and Futures Commission, 2001-2005
  • Board Member, Community Business Advisory Member, International Advisor, Asia Society, USA
  • Board Member, Human Rights in China, USA (2005 - 2007)

Friends of the Earth is an international network of environmental organizations in 70 countries. ... The main entrance of the HKUST Sundial The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST, or UST) (Chinese: 香港科技大學; Cantonese Yale: hēung góng fō geih daaih hohk, Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 fo1 gei6 dai6 hok6; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Kējì Dàxué) was established in 1991 under... The University of Hong Kong (zh-hk: 香港大學, zh-cn: 香港大学, pinyin: Xiānggǎng Dàxué; abbreviated as HKU and 港大) is an English-speaking university. ... The situation of human rights in the Peoples Republic of China has been criticized by various sources, including other nations - particularly Western democracies - as well as international organizations, as being poor in many respects. ...

Reference

  • Christine Loh
Preceded by:
None
Leader of the Citizens Party (Hong Kong)
1997-2000
Succeeded by:
Alex Chan Kai-chung


 
 

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