Margaret Ng

Dr Margaret Ng
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 September 1995
Constituency	Legal
Internal Vice-Chairman of the Civic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 January 2011
Preceded by	Alan Leong
Personal details
Born	25 January 1948 (1948-01-25) (age 63) Hong Kong
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong University of Cambridge

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ng.

Dr Margaret Ng Ngoi Yee ^[1] (Chinese: 吳靄儀; born 1948, Hong Kong) is a politician, barrister, writer and columnist in Hong Kong. She has been a member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 1995.

In every legislative election held since the creation of the Hong Kong SAR, Ng has been returned with resounding majorities to represent the Legal Functional Constituency. Ng belongs to the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group (the former Basic Law Article 23 Concern Group), a pro-democratic organization which has specifically campaigned against the efforts of the pro-Beijing administration to abridge the civil liberties of Hong Kong residents. Ng is also an executive committee member of the Civic Party.

Biography

Before entering legal practice, Margaret Ng worked at the University of Hong Kong and Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase). She also held senior positions in journalism, serving as publisher and deputy editor-in-chief of the Ming Pao newspaper; and as columnist for South China Morning Post.

Besides being a lawyer and journalist of profound experience and acumen, Ng is also an accomplished expert in the fields of philosophy and literature. She has written several volumes of critical studies on the wuxia novels of Jin Yong and earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree from Boston University.

She appeared in a BBC documentary, The Last Governor, which followed Chris Patten and the last years of British rule in Hong Kong.

Like many politicians from the Pan-democrat camp, Ng is denied entry into the Mainland. On 12 September 1999, she was barred travel there to attend a conference on China's constitution.^[2]

Academic history

• B.A., University of Hong Kong (HKU)
• M.A., University of Hong Kong (HKU)
• Ph.D, Boston University
• B.A. (Law), Cambridge University
• Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, University of Hong Kong (HKU)

See also

• List of graduates of University of Hong Kong

References

1. ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/pf_fc_legal.html
2. ^ "World Report 2000: Events of December 1998-November 1999", pg 183. Human Rights Watch

External links

• Margaret Ng's Personal Site

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Simon Ip	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Legal constituency 1995–1997	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
New seat	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Legal constituency 1998 – present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Fred Li Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by James To Member of the Legislative Council

Persondata
Name	Ng, Margaret
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Date of birth	1948
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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