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Kwong Chi-kin
Kwong Chi-kin (, born 15 February 1958 in Hong Kong) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing labour industry. He graduated as a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He graduated as a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from the University of London. He is now the legal adviser of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated .... External linksLegislative Councillor of Hong Kong Federation of Trade Union References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwong, Chi-Kin 1958 births Living people Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Solicitors of Hong Kong Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of the University of London HK LegCo Members 2004–2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour (constituency)
The Labour functional constituency () is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was one of the 12 functional constituency seats created for the 1985 Legislative Council election. It corresponds to the Labour Subsector in the Election Committee. The constituency is composed of 697 bodies that are trade unions of which all the voting members are employees. The constituency composed of two seats when it first created by in 1985 as two of the 12 original functional constituency seats. It was held by the two largest labour unions at that time, the pro-Communist Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and pro-Nationalist Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council (TUC). Since 1998, the constituency composed of three seats, two occupied by the FTU and one occupied by the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU), both pro-Beijing. Return members 1985–1997 (2 seats) 1998–present (3 seats) Electoral results The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of The Chinese University Of Hong Kong
This list of Chinese University of Hong Kong alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a public research university in Shatin, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second oldest university and was founded as a federation of three existing colleges – Chung Chi College, New Asia College and United College – the oldest of which was founded in 1949. Today, CUHK is organised into nine constituent colleges and eight academic faculties, and remains the only collegiate university A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the C ... in the territory. The university operates in both English and Chinese, although classes in most colleges are taught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solicitors Of Hong Kong
A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have Admission to practice law, legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to practise there as such. For example, in England and Wales a solicitor is admitted to practise under the provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974. With some exceptions, practising solicitors must possess a practising certificate. There are many more solicitors than barristers in England; they undertake the general aspects of giving legal advice and conducting legal proceedings. In the jurisdictions of England and Wales and in Northern Ireland law, Northern Ireland, in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and Queensland, Hong Kong, South Africa (where they are called ''Attorneys in South Africa, attorneys'') and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1958 Births
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ip Wai-ming
Ip Wai-ming, MH (; born 1965) is the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in functional constituency (Labour) (2008–2012). He is the labour representative of the Labour Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ip, Waiming 1965 births Living people Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Hong Kong trade unionists HK LegCo Members 2008–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026 Alumni of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Peking University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Kwok-hing
Wong Kwok-hing BBS MH (, Vietnamese : ''Vương Quốc Hưng'' ; born 29 March 1949, Haiphong, North Vietnam) is a Hong Kong trade unionist and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories West constituency from 2008 to 2012, and representing the Hong Kong Island from 2012 to 2016. __TOC__ Biography Wong is a member of Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and was one of the 52 founding members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, which is the largest party and trade unions of the Pro-Beijing camp. He was previously a member of Eastern District Council for the Provident constituency. Wong strongly opposed the filibuster, which was mostly led by four LegCo members of People Power and League of Social Democrats The League of Social Democrats (LSD) is a social democratic party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Chan Po-ying, wife of Leung Kwok-hung, it positions itself as the radical wing of the pro- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Fung-ying
Li Fung-ying () (born 2 December 1950 in Hong Kong) is a trades unionist in Hong Kong. She is the third vice-chairperson of the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions, the third largest trade union in Hong Kong. Until 2012, she was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), in the Labour functional constituency. Although the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions is the subsidiary trade union of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (pro-democracy camp), Li's political stance is categorized to be in pro-Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ... camp in the Legco. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leung Fu-wah
Leung Fu-wah, BBS, MH, JP (born 21 October 1951, Hong Kong) is a trade unionist and vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions. He was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2000–04 for the Labour. He was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star The Bronze Bauhinia Star (, BBS) is the lowest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of C ... by the SAR government in 2011. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Leung, Fu-wah 1951 births Living people HK LegCo Members 2000–2004 Hong Kong trade unionists Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Council Of Hong Kong
The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong's hybrid representative democracy. The functions of the Legislative Council are to enact, amend or repeal laws; examine and approve budgets, taxation and public expenditure; and raise questions on the work of the government. In addition, the Legislative Council also has the power to endorse the appointment and removal of the judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the Chief Judge of the High Court, as well as the power to impeach the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Following the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, the National People's Congress disqualified several opposition councilors and initiated electoral overhaul in 2021. The current Legislative Council consists of three groups of constituencies—geographical constituencies (GCs), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Federation Of Trade Unions
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated trade unions. Presided by Ng Chau-pei and chaired by Kingsley Wong, it currently holds four seats in the Legislative Council and five seats in the District Councils. The HKFTU has long been seen as a satellite organisation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It played a leading role in the 1967 riots against British rule in Hong Kong, which were suppressed by the colonial government. In the 1980s, the HKFTU, along with the conservative business elites, led efforts against faster democratisation during the run up to the Chinese resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997. HKFTU trade unionists were among the founding members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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