Andrew Wong (politician)

Andrew Wong
Andrew Wong
Traditional Chinese	黃宏發
Yale Romanization
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Wòhng Wàhng faat
Jyutping	Wong4 Wang4 faat3

Andrew Wong
JP
Andrew Wong JP
黃宏發
	Wong in 2018
President of the Legislative Council
	In office; 11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Chris Patten
Preceded by	Sir John Joseph Swaine
Succeeded by	Rita Fan
Member of the Legislative Council
	In office; 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2004
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Leung Kwok-hung
Constituency	New Territories East
	In office; 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998; (Provisional Legislative Council)
	In office; 11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency	New Territories South-east
	In office; 30 October 1985 – 31 July 1995
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	New Territories East
Personal details
Born	11 December 1943 (age 80); Shanghai, Republic of China
Spouse	Rita Pun Ming-chu
Education	Wah Yan College
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong (BA); Syracuse University (MPA); London School of Economics and Political Science (MPhil)

Andrew Wong Wang-fat OBE, JP (Chinese: 黃宏發; born 11 December 1943) is a Hong-Kong politician who was the last president of the Legislative Council during British rule. He was the only person of Chinese ethnicity to have served in the position during British rule, supported by the pan-democracy camp.^[1]

Andrew Wong was born in Shanghai, Republic of China. He attended Wah Yan College, an all-male Jesuit secondary school in Hong Kong, after which studied at the University of Hong Kong, Syracuse University in the United States and completed an MPhil at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the United Kingdom. Wong is often referred to by the nickname "Uncle Fat" (Chinese: "發叔").

First elected into the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1985, Wong was elected by his fellow members of the Council to the position of its president in 1995. He held the position until 30 June 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 re-elected to the Legislative Council in 1998, and in 2000, after the transfer of sovereignty. He lost his seat at the 2004 Legislative Council elections.

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

In 2021, Wong published 60 Chinese Poems in English Verse. The book is a collection of 60 quatrain poems from the Tang Dynasty which Wong translated from ancient Chinese into English. In his translation Wong focuses on translating into accentual verse to make the poems melodious to the English ear.^[2]

References

^ Lum, Alvin (7 May 2020). "Hong Kong's Legislative Council could face legal challenges if it bypasses House Committee election process: former president Andrew Wong". South China Morning Post.
^ Wong, Andrew (2021). 60 Chinese Poems in English Verse (in English and Chinese). Hong Kong: Minds Publishing Company. pp. viii–xi. ISBN 9789887534204.

External links

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 1991–1995 Served alongside: Emily Lau	Succeeded by Himself as Representative for New Territories South-east
Preceded by Anson Chan	Chairman of Finance Committee 1994–1995	Succeeded by Ronald Arculli
Preceded by Himself as Representative for New Territories East	Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories South-east 1995–1997	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Preceded by John Joseph Swaine	President of the Legislative Council 1995–1997	Succeeded by Rita Fan as President of the Provisional Legislative Council
New parliament	Member of Provisional Legislative Council 1997–1998	Replaced by Legislative Council
New parliament	Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 1998–2004	Succeeded by Leung Kwok-hung

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[1] Lum, Alvin (7 May 2020). "Hong Kong's Legislative Council could face legal challenges if it bypasses House Committee election process: former president Andrew Wong". South China Morning Post.

[2] Wong, Andrew (2021). 60 Chinese Poems in English Verse (in English and Chinese). Hong Kong: Minds Publishing Company. pp. viii–xi. ISBN 9789887534204.

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