Constituency Kowloon West Name Priscilla Leung | Spouse(s) Prof. Wang Guiguo Nationality Chinese Role Barrister | |
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Born 18 November 1960 (age 64) Hong Kong ( 1960-11-18 ) Alma mater Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSSc)Renmin University (LLM, JSD)University of Hong Kong(PCLL) Occupation BarristerAssociate professor Similar People Starry Lee, Frederick Fung, Ann Chiang, Helena Wong, Wong Kwok‑hing | ||
LOT. US MUI CHEUK-YIN / PRISCILLA LEUNG,
Priscilla Leung Mei-fun (Chinese: 梁美芬; born 18 November 1960, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong Legislative Councillor, representing the Kowloon West constituency since 2008. She is also a member of Kowloon City District Council.
Contents
- LOT US MUI CHEUK YIN PRISCILLA LEUNG
- message from dr priscilla leung
- Politics and law
- LegCo member
- Controversies
- LegCo Members Resignations and By Election
- Scouts for Occupy Central Movement
- Education
- Publications
- Awards
- References
She began her career in the China department at the international law firm Johnson Stokes & Master. She is a barrister and an associate professor at the City University of Hong Kong's School of Law, where her husband, Wang Guiguo, was the Dean. She has taught at the School of Law for the past 24 years and specialises in Chinese Law, Hong Kong Basic Law and conflict of laws between mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
message from dr priscilla leung
Politics and law
Leung has been politically active and outspoken on radio and television on cross-border matters and is well known as an expert on Chinese Law.
Leung was the editor-in-charge of the Chinese Law Reports from 1993.
LegCo member
Leung's political opponents accused her of having been supported by the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government and the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions in her bid for a Legco seat. She insisted that she was an independent in 2008 and a constructive political force, not a puppet controlled by Beijing. Leung has been a supporter of most governments bills.
Leung is a social conservative, she is strongly opposed to same-sex marriage and equal rights for same-sex couples.
She is currently the chairman of the Legislative Council's Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services.
Leung led opposition to the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement of September 2014.
Controversies
On 13 January 2010, fellow legislator Albert Chan said that some people "教狗屎法律", literally, "teach dog shit law", in an apparent reference to Leung. Chan refused to withdraw his comment and LegCo president Tsang Yok-sing subsequently ruled that no LegCo rules had been violated. Leung, along with six other legislators, then protested against Tsang's decision, insisting that Albert Chan had defamed her, and walked out of the chamber to boycott the meeting.
LegCo Members' Resignations and By-Election
On 21 January 2010, in a response to the quasi-referendum on universal suffrage which was triggered by the resignation of five pan-democrat members of LegCo, Leung announced she would introduce a private member's bill which would forbid resigned legislators from running in elections in the same four-year term. Ronny Tong criticised her move as a contravention of the Basic Law: he said such a bill would infringe the right to stand for elections protected under Article 26 and would be inconsistent with Article 74 which prohibits individual legislators from tabling bills that relate to the political structure.
A less-extreme government bill, imposing a six-month prohibition on running for election after resignation, was passed in May 2012, in the face of filibustering efforts from legislators Leung Kwok-hung and Albert Chan.
Scouts for Occupy Central Movement
On July 2014, she championed the Hong Kong Government's establishment of the "Voluntary Scouts".
Education
Publications
Leung published different articles and books, in English and Chinese, on the areas of Chinese Law, Hong Kong Basic Law and conflict of laws between mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Awards
Leung was awarded the Ten Outstanding Young Persons award for the year 2000 by the Christian group Junior Chamber International Hong Kong who, in 2015, claimed membership of about 2,000.