Selina Chow
Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee GBS, JP |
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周梁淑怡 | |
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Selina Chow in 2008
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Chairwoman of the Liberal Party | |
In office 15 December 2012 – 1 December 2014 |
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Leader | James Tien |
Preceded by | Vincent Fang (acting) |
Succeeded by | Felix Chung |
Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
In office 1991–1992 |
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Appointed by | Sir David Wilson |
In office 22 September 2003 – 19 September 2008 |
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Appointed by | Tung Chee-hwa Donald Tsang |
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
In office 1 September 1981 – 31 July 1995 |
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Appointed by | Sir Murray MacLehose Sir Edward Youde Sir David Wilson |
In office 11 October 1995 – 13 July 2004 |
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Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Vincent Fang |
Constituency | Wholesale and Retail |
In office 6 October 2004 – 16 July 2008 |
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Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Wong Kwok-hing |
Constituency | New Territories West |
Chairwoman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board | |
In office 1 April 2000 – 1 April 2007 |
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Preceded by | Lo Yuk-sui |
Succeeded by | James Tien |
Personal details | |
Born | Liang Shuk-yee 25 January 1945 Hong Kong |
Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Spouse(s) | Joseph Chow Ming-kuen |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Hong Kong |
Alma mater | St. Paul's Co-Educational College Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama University of Hong Kong |
Occupation | Legislative Councillor |
Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, GBS, JP (Chinese: 周梁淑怡) (born 25 January 1945) was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. She is the current chairperson of the Liberal Party. She is also well known in Hong Kong for her career in broadcasting.
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Education
Selina was born Liang Shuk-yee on 25 January 1945 in Hong Kong. An alumna of St. Paul's Co-educational College, she obtained a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Hong Kong, and a postgraduate diploma from Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in the UK.[1]
Professional career
Chow is unique in Hong Kong's broadcast television industry in that at various points during her career in television, she was employed by all three television stations that have existed in Hong Kong's television history. She started out as a weather presenter.[2] She was first hired as an episodic drama director for Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and became its Assistant General Manager.
On account of her quality reputation, Chow was recruited from TVB by Commercial Television to be its new General Manager in an attempt to resurrect the ailing station in July 1976. Chow later became the director of Asia Television.
Political career
Executive and Legislative Councils
Chow was first appointed as member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong by the then Governor Sir Murray MacLehose in 1981. She continued to serve on the Legislative Council as an appointed unofficial member until 1995 when she represented the Wholesale and Retail functional constituency in the 1995 LegCo elections. She was returned to the LegCo in 2004 in the New Territories West geographical constituency direct election, but lost her seat in the 2008 election. She then resigned from Executive Council, in which she had been appointed by Governor Sir David Wilson in 1991 for the first time and by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa since 2003.
She is the founding member of the pro-business conservative Liberal Party. She was the party's vice-chairwoman from 1998 until 2008 when she lost her seat in the LegCo elections. She became the vice-chairwoman for the second time in January 2011 after Tommy Cheung resigned from the office.[3][4]
In December 2012, she was elected unopposed as Liberal Party chairperson, taking the reins following the party's exceptionally poor performance in the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election, and the consequent resignation of Miriam Lau. The leadership process had been slated for completion in October but in the event acting chairman Vincent Fang was required to keep the seat warm for a further two months.[5]
Tourism Board and other positions
Chow joined the Hong Kong Tourist Association in 2000 as chairman, and continued to serve as chairman of the committee when the Association became the Hong Kong Tourism Board in 2001. During her chairmanship, she was criticised by the mass media by appointing her friend, Clara Chong as the executive director. Chong's leadership was severely questioned of maladministration and overspending.[6]
She has also been a board member of the Hong Kong Airport Authority, honorary adviser to Against Child Abuse, and director of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Society.
See also
References
- ↑ Members' Biography, Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 January 2008
- ↑ Emily Tang, Stars unite to kick-off Selina Chow's Legco bid, The Standard, 26 August 2004
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Chow new chairperson of Liberal Party, RTHK News, 15 Dec 2012, Accessed 15 Dec 2012
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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New constituency | Member of Legislative Council Representative for Wholesale and Retail 1995–1997 |
Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council |
New parliament | Member of Provisional Legislative Council 1997–1998 |
Replaced by Legislative Council |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for Wholesale and Retail 1998–2004 |
Succeeded by Vincent Fang |
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New seat | Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories West 2004–2008 Served alongside: Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan, Tam Yiu-chung, Leung Yiu-chung, Albert Chan, Lee Wing-tat, Cheung Hok-ming |
Succeeded by Wong Kwok-hing |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by | Vice-Chairperson of the Liberal Party 1998–2008 With: Ronald Arculli (1998–2000) Miriam Lau (2000–2008) |
Succeeded by Tommy Cheung |
Preceded by | Vice-Chairperson of the Liberal Party 2011–2012 Served alongside: Vincent Fang |
Succeeded by Felix Chung |
Preceded by as Acting Chairman | Chairperson of the Liberal Party 2012–2014 |
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Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourist Association 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Herself as Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board |
Preceded by
Herself
as Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourist Association |
Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board 2001–2007 |
Succeeded by James Tien |
Order of precedence | ||
Preceded by
Lee Shing-see
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |
Hong Kong order of precedence Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |
Succeeded by Chang Hsin-kang Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |
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