Margaret Ng

Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee[1] (Chinese: 吳靄儀; born 25 January 1948) is a politician, barrister, writer and columnist in Hong Kong. She was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2012.

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Ng. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Margaret Ng and the Chinese-style name is Ng Ngoi-yee.
Dr
Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee
吳靄儀
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office
11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded bySimon Ip
Succeeded byReplaced by Provisional Legislative Council
ConstituencyLegal
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 September 2012
Preceded byNew parliament
Succeeded byDennis Kwok
ConstituencyLegal
Personal details
Born (1948-01-25) 25 January 1948
Tai Wai, New Territories, British Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong (BA, MA, P.C.LL.)
University of Cambridge (BA)
Boston University (PhD)
OccupationBarrister
Margaret Ng
Traditional Chinese吳靄儀
Simplified Chinese吴霭仪

Biography

Before entering the legal profession, 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 a columnist for South China Morning Post.

Besides being a lawyer and journalist, 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]

She was a former director at Stand News and a former Civic Party lawmaker at Legislative Council of Hong Kong.[3]

Arrests

On 18 April 2020, Ng was arrested as one of 15 Hong Kong high-profile democracy figures, on suspicion of organizing, publicizing or taking part in several unauthorized assemblies between August and October 2019 in the course of the anti-extradition bill protests. Following protocol, the police statement did not disclose the names of the accused.[4][5] On 16 April 2021, she was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment suspended for 24 months.[6]

On 29 December 2021, Ng and six other people linked to Stand News were arrested on suspicion of breaching a colonial-era law covering conspiracy to print or distribute seditious materials that were supposedly published at the pro-democracy outlet. She was released on bail next day together with the five of the detained.[7][3][8]

Academic history

See also

References
  1. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  2. "World Report 2000: Events of December 1998 – November 1999", pg 183. Human Rights Watch
  3. "Ng in fight for papers taken in Stand News raid". The Standard. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. Yu, Elaine; Ramzy, Austin (18 April 2020). "Amid Pandemic, Hong Kong Arrests Major Pro-Democracy Figures". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. Wong, Rachel (18 April 2020). "15 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested in latest police round up". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. Davidson, Helen (16 April 2021). "'I won't give up': four of the politicians and activists sentenced in Hong Kong". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. "Hong Kong pro-democracy news site closes after raid, arrests". Associated Press. AP News. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  8. Lau, Siu Fung; Chung, Raymond (3 January 2021). Mudie, Luisetta (ed.). "Third Hong Kong news organization closes amid crackdown on dissent". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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