Abbreviations
BLCC Basic Law Consultative Committee
BLDC Basic Law Drafting Committee
BPA Business and Professional Alliance for Hong Kong
CPPCC Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
DP Democratic Party
ExCo Hong Kong Executive Council
FTU Federation of Trade Unions
HKAA Hong Kong Affairs Advisor
HKMAO Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office
HKPA Hong Kong Progressive Alliance
LegCo Hong Kong Legislative Council
LP Liberal Party
NPC National People’s Congress
PC Preparatory Committee
PL Provisional Legislature 1996–1998
PWC Preliminary Working Committee
SC Selection Committee 1996–1997
4th NPC and CPPCC 1975–1978
5th NPC and CPPCC 1978–1983
6th NPC and CPPCC 1983–1988
7th NPC and CPPCC 1988–1993
8th NPC and CPPCC 1993–1997
9th NPC and CPPCC 1998–2002
10th NPC and CPPCC 2003–2007
11th NPC and CPPCC 2008–2012
12th NPC and CPPCC 2013–2018
Mainland Leaders and Officials
Chen Yi (陳毅 1901–1972). Veteran revolutionary; also served as China’s Foreign Minister.
Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平 1904–1997). Paramount leader of the post-Mao era and chief architect of “one country, two systems”.
Hu Jintao (胡錦濤 b. 1942). General Secretary of the CCP, President of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission 2002–2012.
Hu Yaobang (胡耀邦 1915–1989). CCP leader considered a reformer; died of a heart attack in 1989.
Huang Hua (黃華 1913–2010). Ambassador to the UN 1971–1976 and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1976–1982.
Ji Pengfi (姬鵬飛 1910–2000). Foreign Minister 1972–1974; head of HKMAO, and BLDC.
Jia Qinglin (賈慶林 b. 1940). Politburo member.
Jiang Qing (江青 1914–1991). Mao Zedong’s fourth wife. Played a critical role during the Cultural Revolution as a member of the Gang of Four.
Jiang Zemin (江澤民 b. 1926). Became the top leader after the Tiananmen crackdown.
Li Changchun (李長春 b. 1944). Politburo member.
Li Keqiang (李克強 b. 1955). Premier from 2013.
Li Peng (李鵬 b. 1928). Premier 1988–1998.
Li Qiang (李強 1905–1996). Minister of Foreign Trade; invited MacLehose to Beijing in 1978.
Li Xiannian (李先念 1909–1992). President of China 1983–1988.
Liao Chengzhi (廖承志 1908–1983). Had longstanding connection with Hong Kong. Purged in 1968 but released in 1972. He regained power over Hong Kong affairs in 1978.
Lin Biao (林彪 1907–1971). In 1969 he became the next most powerful person after Mao. Lin supposedly planned a failed coup and during his escape, his plane crashed in Mongolia.
Liu Shaoqi (劉少奇 1898–1969). He was in Guangzhou in 1925 during the strike-boycott. Chairman of China and Head of State from 1959 to 1968 but purged during the Cultural Revolution and died.
Liu Yandong (劉延東 b. 1945). Head of United Front Department until elected to the Politburo in 2007. Her replacement is Du Qinglin (杜青林).
Liu Yunshan (劉雲山 b. 1947). Director of Propaganda Department 2002–2012; Politburo Standing Committee 18th Party Congress.
Luo Guibo (羅貴波 1908–1995). Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister 1957–1970.
Mao Zedong (毛澤東 1893–1976). Led the CCP to victory over the KMT and was the leader of China up until his death.
Peng Zhen (彭真 1902–1997). Veteran revolutionary, who fell out of favour with Mao Zedong in 1966 but was rehabilitated by Deng Xiaoping and was Chairman of the 6th NPC (1983–1988).
Qian Qichen (錢其琛 1928–2017). Foreign Minister 1988–1998 and Vice-Premier 1993–2003 with substantial involvement in Hong Kong affairs.
Qiao Xiaoyang (喬曉陽 b. 1945), PC, Deputy Secretary SCNPC and Chairman of the NPC’s Law Committee.
Tao Zhu (陶鑄 1908–1969). Replaced Fang Fang as the Director of the Provincial Land Reform Committee of the party in Guangdong in 1952. Tao’s assistant was Zhao Ziyang.
Wang Hanbin (王漢斌 b. 1925). 6th to 8th SCNPC, Secretary General of the NPC, and BLDC Vice-Chairman.
Wen Jiabao (溫家寶 b. 1942). Premier from 2003 to 2013.
Wu Xueqian (吳學謙 1921–2008). Foreign Minister 1982–1988 and Vice-Premier 1988–1993.
Xi Jinping (習近平 b. 1953). Vice-President in 2008; took over from Zeng Qinghong on Hong Kong matters at the Politburo before becoming General Secretary in 2012 and President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission in 2013.
Ye Jianying (葉劍英 1897–1986). A Hakka and veteran soldier and military hero; first Party Secretary of Guangdong and held many high offices, including Chairman of the 5th NPC (1978–1983).
Yu Zhengsheng (俞正聲 b. 1945). Politburo member and Chairman of the CPPCC from 2013.
Zeng Qinghong (曾慶紅 b. 1939). Politburo member, Vice-President 2003–2008, and oversaw Hong Kong affairs.
Zhang Dejiang (張德江 b. 1946). Politburo member since 2012 with responsibility for Hong Kong affairs, and Chairman of SCNPC of the 12th NPC.
Zhang Hanfu (章漢夫 1906–1972). Vice-Foreign Minister in the 1950s.
Zhao Ziyang (趙紫陽 1919–2005). General Secretary of the CCP and signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration. He was put under house arrest from 1989 until he died.
Zhou Enlai (周恩來 1898–1976). Foreign Minister 1949–1958 and first Premier of the PRC. He played a unique and vital role in defining Hong Kong policy and relations throughout his career.
Xinhua Hong Kong/Liaison Office, HKMAO, and Mainland officials stationed in the HKSAR
Directors, Xinhua Hong Kong (renamed Liaison Office after 2000) (in chronological order)
Qiao Guanhua (喬冠華 1913–1983). First Director of Xinhua Hong Kong, and Foreign Minister 1974–1976.
Huang Zuomei (黃作梅 1916–1955). Second Director of Xinhua Hong Kong. Also known as Raymond Wong, he was the interpreter and director of international relations for the East River Column and thus a CCP-British go-between. He was invited by the British government to join the victory parade in London in May 1946 and was awarded a medal by King George VI and an MBE. He died when the Kashmir Princess crashed in 1955.
Liang Weilin (梁威林 1911–2008). Third Director of Xinhua Hong Kong 1958–1977, a former guerrilla, he directed the 1967 riots.
Wang Kuang (王匡 1917–2003). Fourth Director of Xinhua Hong Kong 1978–1982. Member of the 5th, 6th, and 7th CPPCC Standing Committee.
Xu Jiatun (許家屯 1916–2016). Fifth Director of Xinhua Hong Kong 1983–1989. Former Party Secretary for Jiangsu 1977–1983, Vice-Chairman BLDC.
Zhou Nan (周南 b. 1927). Sixth Director of Xinhua Hong Kong 1990–1997, previously served as Vice-Foreign Minister, and Ambassador to the UN. He headed the Chinese negotiation team on the Hong Kong’s transfers of sovereignty, and BLDC.
Jiang Enzhu (姜恩柱 b. 1938). Seventh Director of Xinhua, he oversaw the transition to the Liaison Office 1997–2002. A former Vice-Foreign Minister, a member of the Sino-British negotiations team, and Ambassador to Britain 1995–1997, PWC, Deputy Director of the PC.
Gao Siren (高祀仁 b. 1944). Eighth Director of Xinhua, 2002–2009. Headed various party posts in Guangdong before becoming a Deputy Director of Xinhua from 1999 then transferring to the Liaison Office.
Peng Qinghua (彭清華 b. 1957). Ninth Director of Xinhua, 2009–2012. Before becoming Director, he was a Deputy Director of the Liaison Office from 2003.
Zhang Xiaoming (張曉明 b. 1963). Tenth Director 2012–2017. Before becoming Director, he was a Deputy Director of HKMAO.
Wang Zhimin (王志民 b. 1957). Eleventh Director appointed in 2017. He had worked as a deputy director on youth affairs before taking up the directorship of Macao’s Liaison Office.
Other officials at Xinhua Hong Kong (renamed Liaison Office after 2000)
Cao Erbao 曹二寶
Chen Daming 陳達明
He Zhiming 何志明
Huang Shimin 黃施民
Huang Wenfang 黃文放
Huang Zhizhao 黃智超
Li Gang 李剛
Li Guikang 黎桂康
Li Jusheng 李菊生
Liang Shangyuan 梁上苑
Luo Keming 羅克明
Mao Junnian 毛鈞年, Deputy Secretary BLDC.
Pan Zengxi 潘曾錫
Qi Feng 祁烽
Qiao Zhonghuai 喬宗准, son of Qiao Guanhua.
Wang Rudeng 王如登
Wang Zhenmin 王振民, became head of legal department in 2014; former Dean of Tsinghua University’s law school.
Zeng Guoxiong 鄭國雄
Zhang Junsheng 張浚生
Zheng Hua 鄭華
Zhou Ding 周鼎, CCP Macao Secretary, Director of Xinhua Macao.
Zhu Manping 朱曼平
Zou Zhekai 鄒哲開
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (see also Mainland Leaders and Officials)
Chen Zuoer (陳佐洱 b. 1942). Deputy Director, retired in 2008.
Li Hou (李後 b. 1923). Secretary General HKMAO, Secretary to BLDC, and Deputy Director HKMAO.
Liao Hui (廖暉 b. 1942). Son of Liao Chengzhi. Director 1997–2010.
Lu Ping (魯平 1927–2015). Deputy Secretary BLDC and Director of HKMAO 1990–1997.
Pan Shengzhou (潘盛洲 b. 1957). Deputy Director since June 2017.
Wang Guangya (王光亞 b. 1950). Director of HKMAO from 2010.
Others
Lu Xinhua (呂新華). Second Commissioner of China’s Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR.
Ma Yuzhen (馬毓真). Seasoned diplomat and first Commissioner of China’s Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR.
Wang Jitang (王繼堂). Third Commander of the Hong Kong Garrison.
Xiong Ziren (熊自仁). First Commander of the Hong Kong Garrison.
Zheng Yi (鄭義). Vice-chairman of the Preliminary Working Committee.
East River Guerrillas and Agents
Cai Guoliang (蔡國樑). Leader of the Hong Kong–Kowloon Independent Brigade.
Chen Daming (陳達明). A guerrilla who went on to do party work in Beijing and then transferred to Xinhua Hong Kong as Deputy Director in 1982.
Fang Fang (方方 1904–1971). Directed guerrilla activities on the Mainland from Hong Kong during the civil war up until 1949 and became a Vice-Chairman of the CCP in Guangdong with responsibility for land reform. He was detained in 1966 during the Cultural Revolution, tortured and died in 1971.
Huang Zuomei (黃作梅 1916–1955). Became second Director of Xinhua Hong Kong, see above.
Li Cheng. A guerrilla agent during the Japanese occupation.
Liang Weilin (梁威林 1911–2008). A guerrilla leader who became the longest serving head of Xinhua Hong Kong (see above).
Tan Gan. A guerrilla who then worked for Xinhua Hong Kong as an editor.
Ya Wen. She observed boat movements in the harbour during the Japanese occupation.
Yang Qi (楊奇). A guerrilla who was purged in the 1950s but then transferred to Xinhua Hong Kong to head the regular news section. In 1982, he became the Secretary General at Xinhua Hong Kong before taking over as Publisher of Ta Kung Pao in 1984.
Zeng Sheng (曾生 1910–1995). A principal organiser and Secretary of the Seamen’s Union, who became General and Commander-in-Chief of guerrilla forces in Guangdong. He became Deputy Governor of Guangdong and Mayor of Guangzhou in 1960. He was arrested in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution and incarcerated until 1974. In 1975 he was appointed Vice-Minister of Communications and became Minister in 1979. He retired in 1983 and died in Guangzhou in 1995.
Colonial Governors of Hong Kong
(In chronological order)
Reginald Stubbs (1919–1925)
Cecil Clementi (1925–1930)
Mark Young (1941 and 1946–1947)
Alexander Grantham (1947–1957)
Robert Black (1958–1964)
David Trench (1964–1971)
Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
Edward Youde (1982–1986)
David Wilson (1987–1992)
Chris Patten (1992–1997)
British Officials and Politicians
Humphrey Atkins (1922–1996). Junior Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Hong Kong 1981–1982.
Peter Carrington (1919–2007). Foreign Secretary 1979–1982.
Archibald Clark-Kerr (1882–1951). Ambassador to China 1938–1942.
Percy Cradock (1923–2005). Charge d’Affaires Beijing 1966–1969. From 1978 to 1984 he was the Ambassador to China, where he opened and led the negotiations on the Hong Kong. From 1984 to 1992 he was the Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy Adviser.
Edward Heath (1916–2005). Prime Minister 1970–1974.
Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926). Foreign Secretary 1983–1989.
Douglas Hurd (b. 1930). Foreign Minister 1989–1995.
Richard Luce (b. 1936). Junior Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Asia, including Hong Kong 1983–1985.
John Major (b. 1943). Prime Minister 1990–1997.
Robin McLaren (b. 1934). Ambassador to China 1991–1994.
David Owen (b. 1938). Foreign Secretary 1977–1979.
Anthony Royle (1927–2001). Junior Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Asia, including Hong Kong 1970–1974.
Horace James Seymour (1885–1978). Ambassador to China 1942–1946.
Lord Malcolm Shepherd (1918–2001). Visited Hong Kong during the 1967 riots as Minister of State, Foreign Office 1967–1970.
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013). Prime Minister 1979–1990.
Baroness Janet Young (1926–2002). Leader of the House of Lords 1983–1987.
Hong Kong and Macao Chief Executives
Edmund Ho (何厚鏵 b. 1955). Son of Ho Yin (何賢 1908–1983), who was influential in Macao. First Chief Executive of Macao, served two terms (1999–2009).
Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥 b. 1957). Civil servant. Former Chief Secretary before becoming the Fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong in 2017.
Leung Chun Ying (梁振英 b. 1954). Surveyor. HKAA, Secretary-General BLCC, PWC, PL, ExCo 1997–2012, 10th and 11th CPPCCs. Third Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2012–2017), and made a Vice-Chairman of the 12th CPPCC in March 2017.
Donald Tsang (曾蔭權 b. 1944). Civil servant. Former Financial Secretary and Chief Secretary before becoming Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2005–2012).
Tung Chee Hwa (董建華 b. 1937). Shipping tycoon. HKAA, BLCC, ExCo 1992–1996, 8th CPPCC, and PC. First Chief Executive of Hong Kong (1997–2005) and a Vice-Chairman of 11th and 12th CPPCC.
Hong Kong Tycoons
T. K. Ann (安子介 1912–2000). LegCo 1970–1977, ExCo 1974–1978. BLDC, BLCC, HKAA, PWC, and PC. Several CPPCC terms.
Sally Aw (胡仙 b. 1932). Former owner of Sing Tao Publishing. 8th CPPCC.
Cha Chi Min (查濟民 1916–2007). BLDC, HKAA, PWC, PC, and SC.
Laura Cha (查史美倫 b. 1952) Daughter-in-law of Cha Chi Min. Vice-Chairperson China Securities Regulatory Commission 2001–2004. ExCo 2004 to present, 11th to 12th NPCs.
Payson Cha (查懋聲 b. 1943). Son of Cha Chi Min. SC and 9th to 11th CPPCC. His former wife, Veronica Cha (查伍小貞), served on BLCC.
Bernard Chan (陳智思 b. 1965). Son of Robin Chan, who served on 7th to 10th NPCs, PWC and PC, LegCo 1998–2008, ExCo 2012 to present, and 11th and 12 NPCs.
Chan Wing Kee (陳永棋 b. 1947). BLCC, HKAA, PWC, PC, SC, 8th and 9th NPCs, 10th to 12th CPPCCs, and Standing Committee of the 11th and 12th CPPCCs.
Henry Cheng (鄭家純 b. 1946). Son of Cheng Yu Tung, chairman of New World Development Ltd., 11th and 12th CPPCCs, and Standing Committee of 11th and 12th CPPCCs.
Cheng Yu Tung (鄭裕彤 1925–2016). New World Development Ltd., BLCC, HKAA, PWC, PC, and SC.
David Chiu (邱達昌 b. 1954). Son of Deacon Chiu.
Deacon Chiu (邱德根 1925–2017). Far East Group and former ATV chairman; 9th CPPCC.
Henry Fok (霍英東 1923–2006). BLDC, HKAA, PWC, PC, and SC. Served several NPC and CPPCC terms including his last, the 10th CPPCC when he was a Vice-Chairman.
Timothy Fok (霍震霆 b. 1952). Son of Henry Fok. BLCC, SC, LegCo 1998–2012 and several CPPCCs. Member of the International Olympic Committee (2001–2016 and made Honorary Member since 2017) and President, National Olympic Committee of Hong Kong.
Fung King Hei (馮景禧 1922–1985). Xu Jiatun disclosed that when Fung had financial problems, he made arrangements for Mainland institutions to help him.
Charles Ho (何柱國 b. 1949). Chairman of Sing Tao News Corporation. 9th to 12th CPPCCs.
Stanley Ho (何鴻燊 b. 1921). Shun Tak Holdings Ltd. and Sociedade de Turimo e Diversôes de Macau with many businesses related to gambling in Macao. BLCC, SC, and 9th and 10th CPPCCs.
Kwok Tak Sing (郭得勝 1911–1990). Founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties.
Jimmy Lai (黎智英 b. 1948). Founder of Next Media (includes Apple Daily, considered “unfriendly” by the CCP).
Lee Quo Wei (利國偉 1918–2013). Chairman Hang Seng Bank 1988–1997. LegCo, ExCo, HKAA, and SC.
Lee Shau Kee (李兆基 b. 1928). Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. HKAA.
David Li (李國寶 b. 1939). Bank of East Asia. BLDC Vice-Chairman, HKAA, PWC, PC, LegCo 1985–1997, PL, LegCo 1998–2012, and ExCo 2005–2008.
Li Ka Shing (李嘉誠 b. 1928). Founder of Cheung Kong Holdings, BLDC, HKAA, PWC, PC, and SC.
Richard Li (李澤楷 b. 1966). Younger son of Li Ka Shing, CPPCC of Beijing since 2000.
Victor Li (李澤鉅 b. 1964). Elder son of Li Ka Shing, HKAA, 9th to 12th CPPCCs.
Lim Por Yen (林百欣 1914–2005). Lai Sun Group, and at one time the largest shareholder of ATV. HKAA.
Vincent Lo (羅康瑞 b. 1948). Shui On Holdings Ltd., BLCC, HKAA, PWC, PC, SC, and 9th to 12th CPPCCs.
Ma Ching Kwan (馬澄坤). Oriental Press Group, 10th to 11th CPPCCs.
Pao Yue Kong (包玉剛 1918–1991). Shipping tycoon, BLDC Vice-Chairman.
Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫 1907–2014). Shaw Brothers and founder of TVB, HKAA, and SC.
Helmut Sohmen (b. 1939). Son-in-law of Pao Yue Kong and a shipping magnet in his own right. BLCC and LegCo 1985–1988.
Francis Tien (田元灝 1916–1992). Industrialist, LegCo 1971–1985, and father of James and Michael Tien.
Tsang Hin Chi (曾憲梓 b. 1934). Industrialist, BLCC, HKAA, PWC, PC, SC, and 7th and 10th NPCs.
Peter Woo (吳光正 b. 1946). Son-in-law of Pao Yue Kong and chairman of Wharf Holdings and Wheelock and Co. BLCC, HKAA, and 9th to 12th CPPCCs, Standing Committee member. Ran for selection as the first Chief Executive.
Gordon Wu (胡應湘 b. 1935). Chairman of Hopewell Holdings. HKAA, SC, and 6th to 11th CPPCCs.
Hong Kong Officials, Judges, Executive Councillors, and Legislators
Jack Cater (1922–2006). Secretary for Defence; became the Deputy Colonial Secretary (Special Duties) to tackle the 1967 riots. Chief Secretary 1978–1981.
Anson Chan (陳方安生 b. 1940). Chief Secretary until 2001. Ran for election to LegCo in the 2007 by-election and won but did not seek re-election in 2008.
Chan Kam Lam (陳鑑林 b. 1949). DAB, SC, PL, LegCo 2000–2016, and 10th to 12th CPPCCs.
Nicky Chan (陳乃强 1931–2003). Secretary for Lands and Works 1983–1986.
Raymond Chan (陳志全 b. 1972). People Power. LegCo 2012–2016. He retained his seat in the 2016 election but his oath was invalidated in 2017.
Chan Yuen Han (陳婉嫻 b. 1946). FTU, DAB, HKAA, PL, LegCo 1995–2008 and 2012–2016, and 10th to 12th CPPCCs.
Cheng Yiu Tong (鄭耀棠 b. 1948). FTU, DAB, BLCC, HKAA, PWC, PC, SC, LegCo 1995–1997, PL, ExCo 2000–2017 and 7th to 11th NPCs.
Stephen Cheong (張鑑泉 1941–1993). Business executive. BLCC, HKAA and LegCo 1985–1993.
Anthony Cheung (張炳良 b. 1952). Academic. Former member of DP. LegCo 1995–1997 and ExCo 2005–2017. Secretary for Transport and Housing (2012–2017).
Selina Chow (周梁淑怡 b. 1945). LegCo 1981–1997, PL, LegCo 1998–2008, ExCo 1991–1992 and 2003–2008, and 11th to 12th CPPCCs.
Chow Shouson (周壽臣 1861–1959). Major political figure of his time. ExCo and a close adviser to the Hong Kong government during the strike-boycott in 1925–1926 working with Robert Kotewall.
Chow Tse-ming (周梓銘). In 1955, Chow Tse-ming was the janitor who worked on the aeroplane Kashmir Princess. He was thought to have planted a bomb on the airplane, which exploded in mid-air killing Huang Zuomei and others who were on board. He is believed to have disappeared to Taiwan.
Choy So Yuk (蔡素玉 b. 1950). DAB, LegCo 1997–2008, CPPCC Fujian Province, and 11th to 12th NPCs.
David Chu (朱幼麟 b. 1944). HKPA, HKAA, PWC, PC, SC, LegCo 1995–1997, PL, LegCo 1998–2004, and 10th NPC.
Eddie Chu (朱凱廸 b. 1977). Social activist. Land Justice League, won a seat to LegCo in 2016.
Chung Shui Ming (鍾瑞明 b. 1951). Bank director, senior researcher for Xinhua News Agency, Chief Executive of Government Land Fund, Member of Sino-British Land Commission. DAB, ExCo 1997–2002, and 11th to 12th CPPCCs.
Chung Sze Yuen (鍾士元 b. 1917). LegCo 1968–1978, ExCo 1972–1988, HKAA, PC, and ExCo 1997–1999.
Lydia Dunn (鄧蓮如 b. 1940). Senior executive with the Swire Group, and the senior member of ExCo under David Wilson and Chris Patten. She left Hong Kong after 1997 to live in London.
Rita Fan (范徐麗泰 b. 1942). ExCo under David Wilson but was not reappointed by Chris Patten. She resigned her appointed seat in LegCo and established close ties with China serving on the 9th and 10th NPCs. She served on the PL, then was elected via the Election Committee before standing for direct election in 2004. LegCo President from 2000 to 2008. She did not seek re-election, but became a Vice-Chairperson of 11th to 12th NPCs.
Joseph Fok (霍兆剛 b. 1962). Court of Appeal judge.
Nellie Fong (方黃吉雯 b. 1949). LegCo 1988–1991, HKAA, PWC, PC, and ExCo 1997–2002 and 10th to 12th CPPCCs.
Frederick Fung (馮檢基 b. 1953). Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood. BLCC, and PC, LegCo 1991–1997, PL, and LegCo 2000–2016.
Arthur Garcia (賈施雅 b. 1924). High Court judge.
Albert Ho (何俊仁 b. 1951). Solicitor. DP and Chairman 2006–2012, LegCo 1995–1997 and 1998–2016. Ran in Chief Executive selection in 2012.
Ip Kwok Him (葉國謙 b. 1951). DAB, LegCo 1995–1997, PL, LegCo 1998–2004 and 2006–2016, and 10th to 12th NPCs.
Regina Ip (葉劉淑儀 b. 1950). Secretary for Security until 2003. Ran in LegCo 2007 by-election and lost to Anson Chan but won in 2008. Founded New People’s Party in 2011. Ran in 2017 Chief Executive selection but failed to get enough nominations. ExCo 2012 to present.
Kan Yuet Keung (簡悅強 1913–2012). LegCo 1961–1972 and ExCo 1966–1980. Travelled to Beijing with Murray MacLehose in 1979 and met Deng Xiaoping.
Robert Kotewall (羅旭和 1849–1949). Worked closely with Chow Shouson during the strike-boycott of 1925–1926 to advise the Hong Kong government. He was appointed to ExCo in 1936 when Chow stepped down.
Jeffrey Lam (林健鋒 b. 1951). Businessman. Formerly LP, BPA, LegCo 2004 to present, ExCo 2012 to present.
Peggy Lam (林貝聿嘉 b. 1928). District Council 1985–2003, LegCo 1988–1995, PWC, PC, SC, PL, and Chairman, Hong Kong Federation of Women.
Ambrose Lau (劉漢銓 b. 1947). HKPA, HKAA, PWC, PC, LegCo 1995–1997, PL, LegCo 1998–2004, 9th to 12th CPPCCs.
Emily Lau (劉慧卿 b. 1952). Journalist. Founder member of the Frontier, which merged with the DP in 2009 and was a Vice-Chairperson before becoming Chairperson (2012–2016). LegCo 1991–1997 and 1998–2016.
Lau Chin Shek (劉千石 b. 1944). Unionist. LegCo 1991–1997 and 1998–2008.
Lau Wong Fat (劉皇發 1946–2017). Heung Yee Kuk, HKAA, BLDC, PWC, PC, LegCo 1985–1997, PL, LegCo 1998–2016, ExCo 2009–2012, 10th and 11th CPPCCs.
Fanny Law (羅范椒芬 b. 1953). Permanent Secretary, Education and Manpower Bureau until 2007. ExCo 2012 to present. Member of 11th to 12th NPC.
Allen Lee (李鵬飛 b. 1940). Businessman. Former LP member and founding Chairman. LegCo 1978–1997, and 1998–2000, HKAA, PC, PL 1997–1998, ExCo 1985–1992, and 9th to 10th NPCs.
Martin Lee (李柱銘 b. 1938). Barrister. Founding Chairman of DP. BLDC (until 1989), LegCo 1991–1997 and 1998–2008.
Richard Charles Lee (利銘澤 1905–1983). ExCo and LegCo.
Lee Wing Tat (李永達 b. 1955). Social activist. DP, BLCC, LegCo 1991–1997 and 1998–2012.
Alan Leong (梁家傑 b. 1958). Barrister. Chairman of Civic Party since 2016. LegCo 2004–2012. He ran against Donald Tsang in the 2007 Chief Executive selection.
Antony Leung (梁錦松 b. 1952). Banker. PC, ExCo 1997–2002. Financial Secretary 2002–2003.
Elsie Leung (梁愛詩 b. 1939). Solicitor. DAB, HKAA, Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress 1983–1988, SC and Secretary for Justice 1997–2005.
Leung Kwok Hung (梁國雄 b. 1956). League of Social Democrats. LegCo 2004–2016. He retained his seat in 2016 but was disqualified due to improper oath taking.
Andrew Li (李國能 b. 1948). A reporter during the 1967 riots, who became a barrister and then Chief Justice of the HKSAR, 1997–2010.
Li Kwan Ha (李君夏 b. 1937). Retired Police Commissioner. 10th CPPCC.
Simon Li (李福善 1922–2013). Appeal Court judge. HKAA, BLDC, PWC, and PC. Ran in first Chief Executive selection.
Donald Liao (廖本懷 b. 1929). Civil servant, held posts as Secretary for Housing, and Secretary for Home Affairs, HKAA.
Benjamin Liu (廖子明 b. 1931): High Court judge.
Lo Tak Shing (T. S. Lo 羅德丞 1935–2006). Solicitor. LegCo 1974–1985, ExCo 1980–1985, BLCC, and 10th CPPCC.
Roger Lobo (羅保 1923–2015). LegCo 1972–1985 and ExCo 1978–1985.
Geoffrey Ma (馬道立 b. 1956). Chief Justice since 2010.
Ma Lik (馬力 1952–2007). DAB, HKAA, Deputy Secretary General BLCC, SC, LegCo 2004–2007, and 9th NPC.
Siu Sin Por (邵善波 b. 1949). HKAA, Deputy Secretary General PC, SC, Head of Central Policy Unit 2012–2017, and several CPPCCs.
Szeto Wah (司徒華 1931–2011). Teacher and former head of the Professional Teachers’ Union. Chairman of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China. BLDC (resigned in 1989), LegCo 1985–1997 and 1998–2004.
Maria Tam (譚惠珠 b. 1945). Barrister. DAB, LegCo 1981–1991 and ExCo 1983–1991, BLDC, HKPA, Basic Law Committee, 9th to 12th NPCs.
Tam Yiu Chung (譚耀宗 b. 1949). FTU, DAB, HKAA, BLDC, PWC, PC, PL, LegCo 1998–2016, ExCo 1997–2002, 10th to 12th CPPCCs.
Henry Tang (唐英年 b. 1952). Son of industrialist Tang Hsiang Chien (唐翔千, BLCC). 7th to 9th CPPCCs, LP, LegCo 1991–1997 and 1998–2002 and PL. Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology 2002–2004, Financial Secretary 2004–2007, and Chief Secretary 2007–2011. He ran for Chief Executive in 2012 and lost.
James Tien (田北俊 b. 1947). Son of Francis Tien. Chairman of LP succeeding Allen Lee (and resigned as Chairman after the 2008 LegCo election due to the party’s poor results), BLCC, LegCo 1993–1997, PL, LegCo 1998–2008, ExCo 2002–2003, 10th to 11th CPPCCs, and LegCo 2012–2016.
Michael Tien (田北辰 b. 1950). Son of Francis Tien. Resigned from LP, joined New People’s Party but resigned in 2017 and created Roundtable, LegCo 2012 to present, 11th to 12th NPCs.
Tsang Lai Yu (曾勵予). Sister of Tsang Yok Sing and Tsang Tak Shing, was jailed for a month for participating in the riots in 1967.
Tsang Tak Shing (曾德成 b. 1949). Chief Editor of Ta Kung Pao in 1988 before joining the HKSAR government’s Central Policy Unit in 1998. Secretary for Home Affairs 2007–2015, and 7th to 10th NPCs.
Tsang Yok Sing (曾鈺成 b. 1947). Teacher. DAB founding Chairman (until 2003). Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress 1983–1988, HKAA, PWC, PC, PL, LegCo 1998–2016, and President 2008–20-16, ExCo 2002–2008, 8th NPC, and 10th to 11th CPPCCs.
Elsie (Elliot) Tu (杜葉錫恩 1913–2015). Urban Councillor. BLCC, LegCo 1988–1997, SC, PL 1997–1998.
Joseph Wong (王永平 b. 1948). Secretary for Civil Service (2000–2006) and then Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (2006–2007) before retiring.
Wong Kwok Hing (王國興 b. 1949). FTU, DAB, LegCo 2004–2016.
Philip Wong (黃宜弘 b. 1938). HKAA, BLCC, LegCo 1991–1997, PL, LegCo 1998–2012, and 9th to 10th NPCs.
Wong Po Yan (黃保欣 b. 1923). Businessman. LegCo 1979–1988, HKAA, BLDC, BLCC, PWC, PC, SC, and 9th NPC.
Wilfred Wong (王英偉 b. 1952). Former Deputy Secretary, Civil Service Branch and Managing Director of Shui On Holdings Ltd. Member of BLCC, PWC, PC, 9th to 11th NPCs
Woo Kwok Hing (胡國興 b. 1946). Retired judge. Ran for Chief Executive selection in 2017.
Alex Wu (吳樹熾 1920–2005). Businessman. LegCo 1975–1985, and HKAA.
T. L. Yang (楊鐵樑 b. 1929). Chief Justice 1988–1996, BLCC and ExCo 1997–2002. Ran in first Chief Executive selection.
Others
Louis Cha (查良鏞 b. 1924). Famous author, founder, and former publisher of Ming Pao. BLDC, BLCC, PC.
Chen Duxiu (陳獨秀 1879–1942). An intellectual and founder of the CCP.
Chen Jianping (陳建平). Known to be Lu Ping’s protégé and a former correspondent of Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po stationed in Beijing. A medium-level cadre, Chen acted as liaison between Tung Chee Hwa and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office. He stayed on to serve Donald Tsang, promoted to be Senior Special Assistant by C. Y. Leung, and continues to serve Carrie Lam.
Chen Jiongming (陳炯明 1878–1933). The head of the Guangdong administration and a rival of Sun Yat-sen.
Percy Chen (陳丕士 1901–1989). In 1947, he established a private law practice in Hong Kong as a barrister. In 1956, he founded the Marco Polo Club. He was invited to witness the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984. Member of the 6th CPPCC.
Cheng Wing Kin (鄭永健). Convicted for offering bribes to District Council election candidates in 2915.
Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石 1887–1975). When Sun Yat-sen died in 1925, Chiang took control of the KMT and became the overall leader of the Republic of China in 1928. He lost the civil war to the CCP and escaped to Taiwan.
Horace Chin Wan Kan (陳雲根 b. 1961). Also known as Chin Wan (陳雲). Author of various works advocating localism.
Ching Cheong (程翔 b. 1949). Vice-editorial manager of Wen Wei Po. After 4 June 1989, Ching resigned in protest and, with others, founded Commentary. In 1996, he joined the Straits Times. In 2005, he was detained on the Mainland charged with spying for Taiwan and sentenced to imprisonment for five years. He was released on 5 February 2008.
Tony Choi (蔡東豪 b. 1964). Founder of House News and The Stand News.
Alex Chow (李大釗 b. 1990). Student activist.
Fei Xiaotong (費孝通 1910–2005). Distinguished Chinese social scientist and anthropologist. BLDC Vice-Chairman.
Fei Yiming (費彝民 1908–1988). Publisher of Ta Kung Pao. BLDC Vice-Chairman and 2nd to 5th CPPCCs and 5th to 7th NPCs.
Fu Qi (傅奇). Famous movie star turned director and producer.
Franklin Charles Gimson (1890–1975). Colonial administrator, who briefly served as the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong before the surrender to the Japanese on 25 December 1941. He established a short-lived provisional government after the liberation of Hong Kong.
Gu Zhenghong (顧正紅 1905–1925). A worker and CCP member who was killed on 15 May 1925 in Shanghai that sparked riots.
Gu Zhuoheng (谷卓恒). Chairman of Sing Pao Media Enterprises.
Cecil Harcourt (1892–1959). Rear Admiral. He received the surrender from the Japanese after the war.
He Xianging (何香凝 1872–1972). A KMT official who broke with the nationalists and formed the KMT Revolutionary Committee in Hong Kong.
Hsueh Ping (薛平). A reporter at Xinhua News Agency sentenced to imprisonment during the 1967 riots.
Hu Sheng (胡繩 1918–2000). Director, Party Research Centre of the CCP Central Committee, and BLDC Vice-Chairman.
Jiang Zaizhong (姜在忠). Head of Ta Kung Wen Wai Media Group.
Lt. Donald W. Kerr. Member of the US Air Force, who was rescued after his aeroplane was shot down in 1944 in Hong Kong.
Ko Cheuk Hung (高卓雄 1902–1987). Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in the early 1950s. Early CPPCC member.
Wellington Koo (顧維鈞 1887–1985). Member of the Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He was subsequently the Chinese Ambassador to Britain.
Lam Bun (林彬 1930–1967). A radio talk show host who was assassinated by a death squad of leftists in 1967.
Lam Wing Kee, Lee Bo, and other booksellers (林榮基 and 李波). The five staff of Mighty Current Publishing who went missing included Gui Minhai (桂民海), Lui Bo (呂波), and Cheung Jiping (張志平).
Nathan Law (羅冠聰 b. 1993). Student activist. Chairman of Demosistō, who won a seat to LegCo in 2016 but had his oath invalidated in 2017.
Lau Siu Lai (劉小麗 b. 1976). Lecturer. Founder of Democracy Groundwork, who won a seat to LegCo in 2016 but had her oath invalidated in 2017.
Baggio Leung Chung Hang (梁頌恆 b. 1986). Youngspiration candidate who won a seat to LegCo in 2016 but failed to take his oath.
Li Dazhao (李大釗 1888–1927). Founder of the CCP with Chen Duxiu.
Li Jichen (李濟深 1885–1959). A KMT high-ranking military official who broke with the nationalists and formed the KMT Revolutionary Committee in Hong Kong. He was appointed to the SCNPC in 1954.
Li Weimen (林偉民 1887–1927). A union leader who became a CCP member in the 1920s.
Li Zisong (李子誦). Former chief editor of Wen Wei Po in Hong Kong.
Lian Guan (連貫 1906–1991). A CCP leader in Hong Kong during the 1940s and the Secretary of the Eighth Route Army’s party branch office in Hong Kong.
Liao Zhongkai (廖仲愷 1877–1925). A Hakka and the KMT’s finance chief. He provided the CCP with considerable funds to support the Hong Kong strikers in Guangzhou during the strike-boycott of 1925–1926. Father of Liao Chengzhi and grandfather of Liao Hui.
Lin Junwei (林君蔚). School inspector with the Education Department, who together with Zhang Rendao (張仁道), a graduate of the well-known high school, Queen’s College, and Li Yibao (李義保), a primary school teacher, founded Zhenshanmei Magazine (真善美雜誌) in 1920.
Ling Wanyan (凌宏仁). Headmaster of the left-wing Sai Kung Public School in the 1960s.
Liu Bocheng (劉伯承 1892–1986). Together with Deng Xiaoping, they gave an order to blockade the Yangtze, intending to hold the Amethyst at bay.
Liu Changle (劉長樂 b. 1951). Chairman of Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd. who, together with Chan Wing Kee, invested in ATV.
Lo Man Tuen (盧文端 b. 1948). DAB, Vice-Chairman of CPPCC’S foreign affairs sub-committee.
Henry Luk (陸海安). Editor of the right-wing newspaper Chun Pao (真報) during the 1960s.
Mak Hoi Wah (麥海華). Social activist and BLCC.
Mok Ying Kwai (莫應溎 1901–1997). Businessman from a prominent comprador family who became a committed CCP supporter and was appointed to the BLDC.
Ng Hong Man (吳康民 b. 1926). NPC from 4th NPC, BLCC, and HKAA.
Lt. Col. Lindsay Ride (1898–1977). With the help of Francis Lee Yiu Piu, who made arrangements with the guerrillas, Ride established the British Army Aid Group (BAAG) in South China to help escapees and to smuggle medicines into the POW camps in Hong Kong
Shi Hu (石慧). A famous “leftist” movie star in the 1960s.
Song Jiaoren (宋教仁 1882–1913). An anti-Qing revolutionary and a founder of the KMT together with Sun Yat-sen. He was assassinated.
Song Qingling (宋慶齡 1893–1981). Wife of Sun Yat-sen. She formed the Defend China League (保衛中國同盟) in Hong Kong in June 1938 and was quite successful in rallying support for the resistance.
Su Zhaozheng (蘇兆徵 1885–1929). A union leader who became a CCP member in the 1920s.
Suen Kai Cheong (孫啟昌 b. 1953). DAB, Member of Wanchai District Council 1991–1993, Urban Council 1994–1999, SC 1996–1997, Wanchai District Council 2000–2003. Lost the 2003 election and was an appointed District Councillor in Wanchai in 2007.
Sun Yat-Sen (孫中山 1866–1925). Founder of the KMT and considered father of the revolution by both the KMT and CCP.
Benny Tai (戴耀廷 b. 1964). Legal scholar who came up with the idea of Occupy Central with Love and Peace in 2013.
Tang Bingda (湯秉達). A key committee member of the Anti-Persecution Committee.
Edward Tyrer. Hong Kong’s Police Commissioner who was replaced in July 1967.
Liza Wang (汪明荃 b. 1947). Singer and entertainer. Member of the 7th to 11th CPPCCs.
Wong Jo Fun. Principal of Chung Wah Middle School who was arrested and detained during the 1967 riots.
Joshua Wong (黃之鋒 b. 1996). Student activist. Founder of Scholarism, and General Secretary of Demosistō.
Xi Yang (席揚). Reporter for Ming Pao who was convicted of trafficking financial state secrets in 1993. A banker, Tian Ye, was convicted of passing financial state secrets to Xi Yang.
Xu Simin (徐四民 1914–2007). Chairman of The Mirror. Member of BLCC, HKAA, PWC, PC, SC 1996–1999, 5th to 9th CPPCCs.
Yau Wai Ching (游蕙禎 b. 1991). Youngspiration candidate who won a seat to LegCo in 2016 but failed to take her oath.
Yeung Kwong (楊光). FTU leader and chairman of Hong Kong–Kowloon All Sectors Anti-Persecution Committee.
Edward Yiu (姚松炎 b. 1964). Surveyor. He won a seat to LegCo in 2016 but had his oath invalidated in 2017.
Zhang Xueliang (張學良 1900–2001). Warlord of Manchuria who kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek on 12 December 1936.
Bibliography
Rola Luzzatto and Rennie Remedios, Hong Kong Whos Who: An Almanac of Personalities and Their Histories, 1958–1960.
Rola Luzzatto and Joseph Walker, Hong Kong Whos Who: An Almanac of Personalities and Their Comprehensive Histories, 1970–1973.
“Who’s Who”, South China Morning Post, 1979.
Who’s Who in Hong Kong, Database Publishing, 1984 edition.
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