Andrew Wong

Andrew Wong

Andrew Wong Wang Fat, OBE, JP, (Chinese: 黃宏發) (born December 11, 1943) was the last president of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during British rule, the first and only Hong Kong Chinese to served the post.

Andrew Wong was born in Shanghai, China. He attended The University of Hong Kong and the Syracuse University. Wong is better known among Hongkongers by the nickname "Uncle Fat" "發叔" (叔 means uncle).

First elected to the Legislative Council in 1985, Wong was elected from among members of the council to be the President in 1995. He held the position until June 30 1997, when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.

He served in the Provisional Legislative Council from 1997 to 1998, and was reelected to the Legislative Council in 1998 and 2000 after the transfer of sovereignty. He lost his seat at the Legislative Council elections on September 12, 2004.

Wong served in the Sha Tin District Board from 1981 to 1991. He was lecturer in the Department of Government and Public Administration of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

External links

* [http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/members/yr00-04/wwf.htm Profile on the LegCo website]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Andrew Cheng — The Honourable Andrew Cheng Kar Foo 鄭家富 Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong In office …   Wikipedia

  • Andrew Regan — Born December 14, 1965 (1965 12 14) (age 45) Manchester, England, UK Residence Geneva, Switzerland Nationality British …   Wikipedia

  • Wong Chin Foo — (Pinyin: Huang Qingfu [Mae M. Ngai, [http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/american quarterly/v057/57.1ngai.html Transnationalism and the Transformation of the Other ] , American Quarterly 57.1 (2005) 59 65. Accessed online 17 October 2007.] ) was a Chinese… …   Wikipedia

  • Andrew Dabeka — Andrew Robert Dabeka (* 25. Oktober 1978 in Ottawa) ist ein kanadischer Badmintonspieler. Karriere Andrew Dabeka nahm 2008 im Herreneinzel an Olympia teil. Er verlor dabei gleich in der ersten Runde und wurde somit 33. in der Endabrechnung. 2001… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Andrew Scheer — (né le 20 mai 1979 à Ottawa) est un homme politique canadien ; en 2009, il est député à la Chambre des communes du Canada, représentant la circonscription saskatchewanaise de Regina Qu Appelle depuis l élection de 2004 sous la bannière du… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Andrew To — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Andrew To Andrew To (En Chino:陶君行; *1966) es un miembro del consejo del distrito de Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong. Es también el secretario general de la Liga de los Socialdemócratas. Su esposa, Jackie Hung, es líder del… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Andrew Mondshein — Andrew Steven Mondshein (* 28. Februar 1957)[1] ist ein US amerikanischer Cutter. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Filmografie (Auswahl) 3 Auszeichnungen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Andrew Kevin Walker — (né en 1964 à Altoona en Pennsylvanie, aux États Unis) est un scénariste américain. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie 2.1 Scénariste 2.2 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Andrew Dessler — PhD is a professor at Texas A M University in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He has produced theories of the role of water vapor [Sherwood, S.C., and A.E. Dessler. 2000. On the control of stratospheric humidity. Geophysical Research… …   Wikipedia

  • Andrew Toti — Andrew J. Toti (24 July, 1915 ndash; 20 March, 2005 ) was a world renowned American inventor. Toti was born in Visalia, California, and died in Modesto, California. He held more than 500 U.S. patents at the time of his death. Toti was honored by… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”