100 Notable alumni of
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong is 176th in the world, 32nd in Asia, and 3rd in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Chinese University of Hong Kong sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong won Nobel Prizes in Physics.
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Charles K. Kao
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- academicuniversity teacherentrepreneurphysicistinventor
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Sir Charles Kao Kuen was a Chinese physicist and Nobel laureate who contributed to the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibers with lasers in order to transmit digital data, which laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Internet.
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Adam Cheng
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- singeractortelevision actor
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Adam Cheng Siu-chau is a Hong Kong TVB actor and Cantopop singer.
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Tracy Chu
- Occupations
- film actoractor
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Tracy Chu Tsin-suet is a Hong Kong-born Canadian actress, television presenter and barrister.
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Grace Wong
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- actorsingertelevision presenter
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Grace Wong Kwan-hing is a Hongkonger actress, dancer, singer, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder. She formerly contracted to TVB. She is best known for her role as Fa Man in the martial arts television drama A Fist Within Four Walls.
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Michael Hui
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- film directorjustice of the peacescreenwriterfilm actor
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Michael Hui Koon-man is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, scriptwriter and director. He is the eldest of the four Hui brothers (together with Ricky, Sam, and Stanley) who were prominent figures in the Hong Kong entertainment industry during the 1970s and the 1980s. Michael Hui is considered by many critics to be one of the foremost comedians in the Hong Kong film industry.
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Wong Jing
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- film directorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
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Wong Yat-cheong, better known by his stage name as Wong Jing is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, Wong Jing played a prominent role in Hong Kong cinema during the 1990s.
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Shing-Tung Yau
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- scientistmathematicianuniversity teacherprofessor
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Shing-Tung Yau is a Chinese-American mathematician. He is the director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. Until 2022 he was the William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics at Harvard, at which point he moved to Tsinghua.
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Adia Chan
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- singeractor
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Adia Chan is a Hong Kong actress, singer, model, and spokesperson.
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Christopher Doyle
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- television actorcinematographerfilm directorfilm actoractor
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Christopher Doyle, also known as Dù Kěfēng or Dou Ho-Fung (Cantonese) (traditional Chinese: 杜可風; simplified Chinese: 杜可风) (born 2 May 1952) is an Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer. He has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films, being best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-wai in Chungking Express, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046. Doyle is also known for other films such as Temptress Moon, Hero, Dumplings, and Psycho. He has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, as well as the AFI Award for cinematography, the Golden Horse award (four times), and the Hong Kong Film Award (six times).
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Sammy Leung
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- television actordisc jockeysingeractor
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Sammy Leung Chi Kin is an actor under TVB, DJ, singer, and host for Commercial Radio Hong Kong.
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Tang Ping-keung
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- police officer
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Chris Tang Ping-keung is a Hong Kong law enforcement administrator who has been serving as the Secretary for Security of Hong Kong since June 2021. Tang joined the Hong Kong Police Force in 1987 immediately after his graduation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor of social science in social work. He previously served as the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong from 2019 to 2021, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) from 2018 to 2019, and Director of Operations of the Hong Kong Police Force from 2017 to 2018.
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Serrini
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- singer-songwriter
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Dr. Serruria Leung Ka-yan, better known by her stage name Serrini, is a Hong Kong independent songwriter-singer who started her singing career in 2012. In recent years, her songs mostly relate to current affairs and romantic relationships among young people.
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Raymond Cho
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- actorsingertelevision actor
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Raymond Cho Wing-Lim is a Hong Kong television actor, singer and host. He currently works for the television company, TVB.
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Lau Dan
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Danny Lau Dan is a Hong Kong actor.
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Paul Chan Mo-po
- Enrolled in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Graduated with Bachelor of Accountancy
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peaceinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Paul Chan Mo-po is the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong and former Secretary for Development of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Accountancy functional constituency).
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Yu Ying-shih
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- historianphilosophersinologist
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Yu Ying-shih was a Chinese-born American historian, sinologist, and the Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He was known for his mastery of sources for Chinese history and philosophy, his ability to synthesize them on a wide range of topics, and for his advocacy for a new Confucianism. He was a tenured professor at Harvard University and Yale University before his time at Princeton.
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Eddie Chu Hoi-dick
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- environmentalistpolitician
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Eddie Chu Hoi-dick is a Hong Kong social activist and politician. He is a member of the Local Action and founder of the Land Justice League which are involved in conservation and environmental movements. He is known for his actions against the demolition of the Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier and Queen's Pier in 2006 and 2007 and Choi Yuen Tsuen in 2009 and 2010. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election in New Territories West. He resigned from the Legislative Council on 28 September 2020, citing that he would not serve in an "appointed legislature" after Beijing had extended the legislators' terms by a year.
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Sham Yen Yi
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- beauty pageant contestantactor
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Shirley Sham is a Hongkonger actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned the 2014 Miss Earth China and represented China at the Miss Earth 2014 international competition held on November 29, 2014. She has been working for ViuTV since 2018.
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Leung Man-tao
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- television presenterwriterscreenwriter
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Leung Man-tao is a Hong Kong writer, critic and host.
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Sharon Cheung
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- reporterYouTuberradio personality
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Sharon Cheung is a Hong Kong-based journalist and entrepreneur. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1995. She worked for the South China Morning Post from 1995 through 1998 and Hong Kong Cable Television News and Radio Television Hong Kong thereafter. She received the Outstanding Performance Award from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003.
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Lau Siu-lai
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- politician
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Lau Siu-lai is a Hong Kong educator, academic, activist, and politician. She is a sociology lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Hong Kong Community College and the founder of Democracy Groundwork and Age of Resistance. In 2016, Lau was elected to the Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon West geographical constituency until she was disqualified by the court on 14 July 2017 over her oath-taking manner at the inaugural meeting of the Legislative Council on 12 October 2016.
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Priscilla Leung
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- politicianlawyer
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Priscilla Leung Mei-fun SBS JP is a barrister and Hong Kong Legislative Councillor, representing the Election Committee since 2022. She previously represented the Kowloon West constituency from 2008 to 2021. She was a member of Kowloon City District Council.
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Kayi Cheung
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- actormodelbeauty pageant contestant
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Kayi Cheung is a Hongkonger-Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007 and 1st Runner-up of the Miss Chinese International 2008. She also received the Miss Vitality Ambassador award. Cheung had said her goal is to become a successful programme host and to promote healthy living.
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Joseph Sung
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- hepatologistresearcherphysiciangastroenterologist
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Joseph Sung Jao-yiu is a Hong Kong physician and gastroenterologist, and the current Dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), also serving as the Senior Vice President (Health and Life Sciences) of NTU. Previously, he was the Vice-Chancellor and President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
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Christopher Wong
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- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- singerpresentersinger-songwriter
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Christopher Wong Hoi Kan, is a singer-songwriter and disc jockey (DJ) for love songs in Hong Kong. In the 1980s, he began his career as a DJ at RTHK. Before leaving Hong Kong's entertainment sector and heading abroad, he established himself as a singer-songwriter.
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Lam Cheuk-ting
- Enrolled in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Studied in 1999
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lam Cheuk-ting is a Democratic Party politician in Hong Kong. He is a former investigator of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and chief executive of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the North District Council for Shek Wu Hui until March 2021. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2016 through New Territories East.
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Ricky Wong
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- entrepreneur
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Ricky Wong Wai-kay is a telecom and media entrepreneur in Hong Kong. He is the chairman and founder of Hong Kong Television Network, and the founder of Hong Kong Broadband Network. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees, United College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Chung King-fai
- Enrolled in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 1955-1958 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English
- Occupations
- actorpoliticiantelevision actor
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Chung King-fai, SBS, is a Hong Kong actor and pioneer of contemporary performing art. He is also a director, TV producer, programme host and performing arts educator. He is the founder and president of the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies, Art Form Panels of the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Chairman of Exploration Theatre, and Art Director of Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
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Macy Chan
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- singeractor
- Biography
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Macy Chan is a Hong Kong actress and singer.
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Joey Leung
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- actorfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Joey Leung Wing-Chung, is a Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter / playwright, program host (TV & Radio) and drama tutor.
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Ann Chiang
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- politician
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Ann Chiang Lai-wan, SBS, JP, is the chair of C&L Holdings and a former pro-Beijing member of Hong Kong Legislative Council. She is the second daughter of Chiang Chen who was a Hong Kong entrepreneur.
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Raymond Chan
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- actorpoliticianradio personality
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Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, also called Slow Beat (慢必) in his radio career, is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (representing the New Territories East constituency), presenter and former chief executive officer of Hong Kong Reporter.
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Lester Shum
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- social activist
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Lester Shum Ngo-fai is a Hong Kong social activist and politician. He was a leader of the 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and served as deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) from April 2014 to March 2015. He was a member of the Tsuen Wan District Council for Hoi Bun from 2020 to 2021.
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Au Nok-hin
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- politician
- Biography
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Au Nok-hin is a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong. He is the former member of the Legislative Council for Hong Kong Island from 2018 to 2019 and member of the Southern District Council for Lei Tung I from 2012 to 2019.
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Alice Mak
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- politiciantrade unionist
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Alice Mak Mei-kuen is a Hong Kong politician, currently serving as Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs. She was formerly a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Election Committee, representing the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions. She graduated from Department of English of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has been a member of the Kwai Tsing District Council since 1993, and represented the Wai Ying constituency until 2019.
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Chin Wan
- Enrolled in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English
- Graduated with Master of Philosophy in comparative literature
- Occupations
- university teacherwriter
- Biography
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Horace Chin Wan-kan, better known by his pen name Chin Wan, is a Hong Kong scholar advocating localism, best known for his publications On the Hong Kong City-State series. He is the founder and leader of the Hong Kong Resurgence Order and is the ideological leader of the "Hong Kong Autonomy Movement," dubbed as the "godfather of localism" in Hong Kong. Until mid-2016, Chin was an assistant professor at the Department of Chinese of Lingnan University.
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Skye Chan
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- actorflight attendantbeauty pageant contestant
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Skye Chan is a Hongkonger actress and beauty pageant titleholder who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Hong Kong 2008. She represented Hong Kong in Miss World 2008 where she did not even win a place, but in Miss Chinese International 2009, she was crowned 1st runner-up. Following her win, she became an actress for TVB and a language translator, as she can speak three languages: English, Japanese, Chinese dialects Mandarin and Cantonese.
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Christine Choi
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- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christine Choi Yuk-lin, is the current Secretary for Education in Hong Kong, formerly the principal of Fukien Secondary School (Siu Sai Wan) [zh; zh-yue] and vice-chairlady of Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers.
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Joanna Tse
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Joanna Tse Yuen-Man was a Hong Kong pulmonologist who died during the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong after volunteering to save patients with the syndrome.
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Law Chi-kwong
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peace
- Biography
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Dr Law Chi-kwong, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician who served as Secretary for Labour and Welfare between 2017 and 2022. He is an associate professor in social work at the University of Hong Kong.
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Norman Chan
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- justice of the peace
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Norman Chan Tak-lam, GBS, JP, is a Hong Kong banker, treasury official, and civil servant. Chan was Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority from 2009 to 2019. He previously served as Director of the Office of the Chief Executive of the HKSAR and Regional Vice-Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank.
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John Tong Hon
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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John Tong Hon is a prelate of the Catholic Church from Hong Kong. A cardinal since 2012, he was auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong from 1996 to 2008, then coadjutor bishop of the diocese for a year, and Bishop of Hong Kong from 2009 to 2017. In January 2019, he became the apostolic administrator of the diocese, in a caretaker role, after the death of his successor, Michael Yeung.
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Tam Tak-chi
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- presenterpoliticianactivistactor
- Biography
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Tam Tak-chi, also called "Fast Beat" (Chinese: 快必) in his radio career, is a former Hong Kong radio presenter, actor and currently a social activist. He was the vice chairman of the pro-democracy political party People Power.
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Heidi Chu
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- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Heidi CHU Hoi Ting is the 2nd runner-up and winner of Miss International Goodwill of the 2001 Miss Hong Kong contest. She is currently a presenter/actress of TVB television company, which is also her management agent from 2005. She is also a guest host for MetroFinance radio station. In 2007, Heidi has been a Guest DJ at RTHKs (Radio 2 Channel) Morning Suite Program.
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Chuang Shuk-kwan
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Chuang Shuk-kwan is a Hong Kong doctor specialising in public health medicine, currently serving as the head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong. She has had a leading role in the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including giving more than 700 official public briefings, from January 2020 to September 2022, for which she received praise as patient, frank and reassuring.
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Eddie Ng
- Occupations
- justice of the peace
- Biography
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Eddie Ng Hak-kim GBS, JP is a former Secretary for Education in the Hong Kong Government. From 2017, he is a temporary adjunct professor at the MBA Centre of Shanghai University.
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Tsui Lap-chee
- Occupations
- university teachergeneticist
- Biography
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Lap-Chee Tsui is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong.
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Fanny Law
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peace
- Biography
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Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun is a former non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. She was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.
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Helena Wong
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- politicianacademic
- Biography
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Helena Wong Pik-wan is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Kowloon West constituency. She is also an academic staff member at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Erick Tsang
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Erick Tsang Kwok-wai is a Hong Kong government official. Since 2020, he has been Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, one of the principal officials of Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was Director of Immigration.
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Ventus Lau
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ventus Lau Wing-hong is a Hong Kong politician. He is the convenor of the Shatin Community Network and the founding convenor of the Community Network Union, an alliance of the localist community groups in different districts. He came to media attention in the 2018 New Territories East by-election and his candidacy was disqualified by the returning officer for his previous pro-Hong Kong independence stance. For his participation in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries he was part of a mass arrest on national security charges in January 2021 and remains in jail as of October 2021.
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Chan Kin-man
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- columnist
- Biography
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Chan Kin-man is a former associate professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is one of the founders of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace campaign that strove for universal suffrage for the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election in 2017.
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Peter Löscher
- Occupations
- chief executive officerentrepreneurinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Peter Löscher is an Austrian manager who was the CEO of Siemens from 2007 until 2013. As of 2017, Löscher remains as the only CEO to be hired from outside the conglomerate in the 170-year history of Siemens. Before joining Siemens, he worked as president for Global Human Health at global pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.
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Lee Ming-kwai
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dick Lee Ming-kwai is a retired Hong Kong law enforcement administrator who formerly served as the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007.
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Tang Fei
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Tang Fei, MH is a Hong Kong politician and educator. He is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Election Committee constituency. He is also a former chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (FEW) and former principal of the Heung To Secondary School (Tseung Kwan O).
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Cathy Leung
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Cathy Yu-Yan Leung is a Hong Kongese professional darts player who mainly plays at the soft-tip darts events in Asia and occasionally at the steel-tip in World Darts Federation (WDF). She is also a former Cantopop singer for Boombeat Music and show hostess.
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Raphael Wong
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Raphael Wong Ho-ming, also known by his nickname "Village Head", is a Hong Kong social activist and politician. He is formerly the chairman of the League of Social Democrats (LSD) and was one of the leaders in the 2014 Hong Kong protests.
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Chan Yuen-ting
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Chan Yuen Ting is a former football player and coach. She is the current head coach of Jiangsu L.F.C. In 2016, she became the first woman to coach a men's professional football team to the championship of a nation's top league. In 2017, she became the first woman to coach a male football club in a top-flight continental competition when she managed Eastern against Guangzhou Evergrande in a match of AFC Champions League.
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Ivan Lam
- Occupations
- schoolchildsocial activist
- Biography
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Ivan Lam Long-yin is a Hong Kong political activist who, together with Joshua Wong, established the Hong Kong student activist group, Scholarism, in May 2011. In 2018, he replaced Nathan Law as the chairperson of Demosisto. In December 2020, Lam was sentenced to seven months in prison for his role during the 2019 protests. Along with him, activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow were also convicted. On 12 April 2021, he was released from prison.
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Clarisse Yeung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying is a Hong Kong politician. She is a former chairwoman of the Wan Chai District Council, representing Tai Hang.
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Ho Kai Ming
- Occupations
- trade unionist
- Biography
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Jonathan Ho Kai-ming is a Hong Kong politician. He is member of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) and former member of the Kwun Tong District Council. In the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, he is elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong through Labour functional constituency.
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Tommy Cheung
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Tommy Cheung Sau-yin is a Hong Kong activist and a former Yuen Long District Councillor. He is the former spokesman of Scholarism, president of the Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the standing committee of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS).
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Tang Ka-piu
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peacesocial worker
- Biography
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"Bill" Tang Ka-piu is a Hong Kong politician who currently served as a legislative councillor and district councillor (2007–2019).
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Gary Chan
- Enrolled in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Graduated with Master of Social Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gary Chan Hak-kan, BBS, JP is a current member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He represents the New Territories North East constituency and is a chairperson of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) political party.
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Sophy Wong
- Years
- 1992-.. (age 32)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Sophy Wong, also known as SOPHY, is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter.
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Yu Chui Yee
- Occupations
- radio personalitywheelchair fencercolumnist
- Biography
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Alison Yu Chui Yee is a wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong. When she was 11 years old, she had bone cancer, leading to the amputation of her left leg. She began as a swimmer but switched to fencing at the age of 17. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won four gold medals in both the individual and team events of épée and foil. She was the first athlete to win four gold medals in fencing in category A in 2004. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she represented Hong Kong again, but since the team matches were canceled, she only won one gold and one silver medal in the individual events.
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Kenneth Chan
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Enrolled in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- In 1990 graduated with Bachelor of Social Science
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Kenneth Chan Ka-lok, born 12 June 1968) was, from 2012 until 2016, an elected member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency. He was the chairman of the Hong Kong Civic Party. He is an Associate Professor in political science at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests include the political economy of the European Union and comparative politics of post-communist Central Europe.
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Edward Lau Kwok-fan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edward Lau Kwok-fan, MH, JP is a Hong Kong politician. He is the member of the executive committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and former member of the North District Council, representing Yan Shing until 2019. In the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, he succeeded DAB veteran legislator Ip Kwok-him in the District Council (First) functional constituency to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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Lui Lai Yiu
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Lui Lai Yiu is an athlete from Hong Kong specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. She also won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
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Sin Chung-kai
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sin Chung-kai is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. He was the chairman and a member of Kwai Tsing District Council for the Wah Lai constituency. He was one of the two vice-chairmen of the Democratic Party until December 2012, and now serves as a member of the Executive Committee.
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Roy Tam
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Roy Tam Hoi-pong is a Hong Kong activist and politician. Known for advocating environmental activism and localism and as a former member of the Tsuen Wan District Council, Tam was charged with in 2021 with subversion in Hong Kong 47 case.
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Lo Wai-kwok
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peaceengineer
- Biography
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Lo Wai-kwok, is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Engineering constituency since 2012 LegCo election, representing the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA). In 2016, he succeeded Andrew Leung to become the chairman of the BPA.
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Yiu Kit Ching
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Christy Yiu Kit-Ching is a long-distance runner from Hong Kong. She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China and the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Stephen Wong
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stephen Wong Yuen-shan is a Hong Kong policy researcher and politician who is the senior vice president of the Our Hong Kong Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded by the former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, and also the executive director of the foundation's public policy institute. In 2021, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Council for the 1,448-strong Election Committee constituency which was newly created under the electoral overhaul imposed by Beijing.
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Huang Yang
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Huang Yang is a Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. He is also the assistant coach of the club.
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Candace Chong Mui Ngam
- Occupations
- screenwriter
- Biography
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Candace Chong Mui Ngam is a Chinese playwright from Hong Kong who has written scripts for play such as The French Kiss (2005), Murder in San José (2009) and The Wild Boar (2012). She has won the Hong Kong Drama Award four times in the category of Best Script and in 2010 was given the title best drama artist by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
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Joe Chung
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical punditwriter
- Biography
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Joe Chung is a writer and political commentator from Hong Kong, who lives in Stavanger, Norway. He is known for his best-seller books I Don't Want to be Chinese Again and China is Stranger than Fiction, severely criticizing Chinese culture, both of which garnered support in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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Ken Chow Wing-kan
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chow Wing Kan, was a member of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance and the Liberal Party, and is a political figure of the Hong Kong Pro-Beijing camp. He has worked in the district of Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long District for many years. He served as a member of the Yuen Long District Council from October 1994, being re-elected five times until he failed in 2019, amid a sweeping Pan-democrat victory.
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Eddie Yue Wai-man
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- international forum participantbusinessperson
- Biography
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Eddie Yue Wai-man, JP, is the 3rd and current Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, having held the position since 1 October 2019.
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Tao Kwok Cheung
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- philosopher
- Biography
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Tao Kwok Cheung is a Hong Kong philosophy professor. He was born in Huizhou, Guangdong, and moved to Hong Kong in 1959 at the age of four. He teaches General Education courses in the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a full-time professor since 1990 and retired in 2015 to be a part-time assistant professor. He founded the Philosophia Cultural Society (睿哲文化學會) with other University lecturers in 2001 and is also a council member of Society for Life and Death Education. He publishes articles in a special column "Philosophy in an array of stars" (繁星哲語]) in the Hong Kong Economic Journal and in Ming Pao.
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Leonard Cheng Kwok-Hon
- Occupations
- professorjustice of the peace
- Biography
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Professor Leonard Cheng Kwok-Hon, BBS, JP is the current president of the Lingnan University of Hong Kong. Before that he was appointed Dean of the School of Business and Management of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2009 to 2013.
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Richard Tsoi
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong is a Hong Kong politician and the former vice-chairman of the Democratic Party. He ran for many Legislative Council and District Council elections and was elected as Sha Tin District Councillor in 2003. On March 5, 2020, Tsoi resigned from duties after joint petition from colleagues against his criticism of local restaurants being discriminatory towards Mainland Chinese amid the coronavirus epidemic.
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Christopher Lau
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christopher Lau Gar-hung was the chairman of People Power political party in Hong Kong. He is a presenter for Hong Kong People Reporter and MyRadio. He ran for office in the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election.
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Dennis Leung Tsz Wing
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dennis Leung Tsz-wing, MH is a Hong Kong politician and teacher. He is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Labour constituency, representing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU).
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Sherry Tsai
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Sherry Tsai is a retired swimmer from Hong Kong. She competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics in the 50 m freestyle, 100 m and 200 m backstroke, and 200 m individual medley (six events in total), with the best achievement of 28th place. She attended and swam for the University of California, Berkeley in the USA.
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Alfred Sit
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Alfred Sit Wing-hang, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong government official. Since 2020, he served as Secretary for Innovation and Technology from 2020 to 2022.
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Zunzi
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- editorial cartoonist
- Biography
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Wong Kei-kwan, better known by his pen name Zunzi (Chinese: 尊子), is a Hong Kong political cartoonist known for his satire and pro-democracy stance and had been described as "the territory's most prominent political cartoonist".
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Samson Tam
- Occupations
- justice of the peace
- Biography
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Samson Tam Wai-ho, JP was an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Functional constituency, Information Technology) from 2008 to 2012. He is the chairman and one of the founders of Group Sense (International) Limited, the manufacturer of "Instant-Dict" (Chinese: 快譯通) Chinese-English electronic dictionary. He graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with a BSc degree. Afterwards he was awarded a PhD degree by Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received "The Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong" in 1992 and was named one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons” in 1997. He is also the president of Kitchee SC.
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Antonio Ng
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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António Ng Kuok Cheong is currently a member in the Macau Legislative Assembly, returned by direct election. He was the founding chairman of the pro-democratic political party New Macau Association. He is also the leader of the political pressure group Union for Democracy Development. Ng has been a major figure in the Macau democracy movement and is one of the three pro-democratic legislators in the Assembly.
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Bruce Liu
- Occupations
- politiciansolicitor
- Biography
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Bruce Liu Sing-lee is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician. He is the former chairman of the moderate Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood and an elected member of Kowloon City District Council (2008–2011) representing the Kai Tak constituency.
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Ma Ngok
- Born in
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- political scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Ngok Ma is a Hong Kong political scientist.
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Tam Kwok Kiu
- Occupations
- justice of the peace
- Biography
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Tam Kwok-kiu, MH, JP is a Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) politician in Hong Kong. He is the current member of the Sham Shui Po District Council, serving from 1985 to 2011 and again since 2016. He had also been chairman and vice-chairman of the council.
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Rosanda Mok Ka-han
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rosanda Mok Ka-han is a Democratic Party politician in Hong Kong and a member of Wong Tai Sin District. She is the former chairman of the pro-democracy pro-grassroots Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) and former member of the Kowloon City District Council for Ma Tau Wai.
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Chan Yung
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peace
- Biography
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Brave Chan Yung, BBS, JP is a Hong Kong pro-Beijing politician. He is the vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and chairman of the New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS). He has been the Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress since 2013, and since 2022 he became a member of the Legislative Council, representing the HKSAR Members of NPC and CPPCC, Representatives of National Organisations constituency.
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Lavender Cheung
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Lavender Cheung is a former news anchor of Cable TV Hong Kong of Hong Kong. Cheung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and she received Monbusho Scholarship from Japanese Government in 1995. She then attended Keio University in Japan for a master's degree in Law, majored in Political Studies.
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Chan Chak-to
- Occupations
- politiciansoftware engineer
- Biography
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Chan Chak-to is a Hong Kong politician and activist. He is known to be his outright pro-Hong Kong independence stance and his active involvement in the electoral politics as a localist. He is currently the convenor of the district-based Kowloon East Community, which commands one seat in the District Councils.
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Ching Cheung Ying
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- politicianschool teacher
- Biography
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Ching Cheung-ying is a Hong Kong politician and retired schoolteacher. He is formerly the representative of the Sun Tin Wai constituency of Sha Tin District Council and the former chairperson of the Council. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Johnson Yeung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Johnson Yeung Ching-yin is a Hong Kong pro-democracy social activist, who was former convener of the Civil Human Rights Front and Secretary-General of the Hong Kong Federation of Students.
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Chan King-ming
- Occupations
- politicianbiochemist
- Biography
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Chan King-ming is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He served as the vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong from 2004 to 2006. He is also an associate professor in the department of biochemistry and Environmental Science Program of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Emily Ying Yang Chan
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China - Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Emily Ying Yang Chan is a clinical humanitarian doctor and global academic expert in public health and humanitarian medicine based in Hong Kong. She is Assistant Dean and Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine, Professor at the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Director at the Centre for Global Health (CGH), Director of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Director of the Centre of Excellence (ICoE-CCOUC) of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), Visiting Professor of Public Health Medicine at the Oxford University Nuffield Department of Medicine, Fellow at Harvard University FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Honorary Professor at University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, and Fellow at Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. She was appointed CEO of the GX Foundation in 2019.
