Christine Loh

Dr. Christine Loh JP OBE
Christine Loh Kung-wai at the CWMC 2006.
Member of the Legislative Council
In office 24 May 1998 – 10 September 2000
Preceded by	(none)
Succeeded by	abolished
Constituency	Hong Kong Island
Majority	12.76%
In office 17 September 1995 – 30 June 1997
Constituency	Island Central
Majority	65.32%
In office 1992[1] – 17 September 1995
Constituency	Appointed
Personal details
Born	1 February 1956 (1956-02-01) (age 55) Hong Kong
Political party	Citizens Party (defunct)
Domestic partner	Craig Ehrlich[2][3][4]
Alma mater	University of Hull City University of Hong Kong
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Christine Loh
Traditional Chinese	陸恭蕙
Simplified Chinese	陆恭蕙
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Lù Gōnghùi

Dr. Christine Loh Kung-wai , JP, OBE, born February 1, 1956) is a former Hong Kong Legislator and founder of the Citizens Party and Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor.

Christine Loh is currently the CEO of Civic Exchange, a Hong Kong think tank which she co-founded in 2000. In January 2007 she was named Hong Kong Business' "Woman of the Year for 2006".^[1] She has worked in many areas, including law, business, politics, media and the non-profit sector, but is best known as a leading voice in public policy in Hong Kong, particularly in promoting democracy and environmental protection. In recent years she has also been strongly associated with the campaign to save Hong Kong's Harbour from excessive land reclamation and overdevelopment.^{[citation needed]}

Education and professional career

Loh attended St. Paul's Convent School in Causeway Bay, and later Island School in Midlevels, Hong Kong. She then went to Bedford High School in the UK. Later on she attended the University of Hull, City University of Hong Kong (Masters of Law in Chinese & Comparative Law) and the University of Hull (Doctor of Law, honoris causa) and was trained as a lawyer but she worked for 12 years as a commodities trader (1980–1991), rising to become managing director and later director of business development. Ms. Loh spent fourteen years in the commercial world, holding top regional posts in commodities trading at Philipp Brothers and Phibro Energy — the physical commodities trading arms of U.S. multinational Salomon, Inc. (now Citicorp) — before joining a Hong Kong company (CIM Co. Ltd.) to head their special projects division between 1992 and 1994. In April 2006, she was elected by shareholders of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) to be a director of the company.^[1]

Political career

Christine Loh was appointed to the Legislative Council (LegCo) in 1992. In 1995 and 1998 she ran in two direct elections and won by a large margin.^[5] She was responsible for creating the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, and sponsoring the historic Protection of the Harbour Ordinance. While part of the democratic camp in LegCo, she took a less confrontational approach than some of its members, preferring to keep open lines of communication with the so-called pro-China camp.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, she and Lisa Hopkinson co-founded a Hong Kong-based non-profit think tank, Civic Exchange, and once again entered the political spotlight, but outside of the LegCo.

Other activities

Beginning in 1991, Loh was a host of a public affairs radio programme and a variety of TV programmes.

Affiliations

• Chief Executive, Civic Exchange, 2000–present
• Chairperson, Hong Kong Observers Ltd., 1980s
• Chairperson, Friends of the Earth (HK), 1991–1992; 1993–1994
• Chairperson, Citizens Party (HK), 1997–2000
• Chairperson, Society for Protection of the Harbour, 2003-200?
• Council Member, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1999–2005
• Honorary Research Fellow, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong, 2001–2005
• Member, Advisory Committee, Securities and Futures Commission, 2001–2005
• Board Member, Community Business Advisory Member, International Advisor, Asia Society, USA
• Co-Chair, Human Rights in China, since 2005

Awards

• Woman of the Year ([1]) - 2006
• Outstanding Young Person’s Award 1988
• Communicator of the Year, 1994
• Stars of Asia, Businessweek, 1998
• Stars of Asia, Businessweek, 2000
• Entrepreneur of the Year (Women of Influence Award 2003)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Hong Kong Democratic Foundation. "Person: Christine Loh". Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trzktlMb. 
2. ^ Cohen, Edie (1 February 2006). "It's A Breeze pix: An easy-living Santa Monica house by John Friedman Alice Kimm is green indoors and out". Interior Design. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trxtzevz. 
3. ^ "Apology". South China Morning Post. 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trySnD74. 
4. ^ Oliver, Rachel (12 July 2006). "Downright upright" (DOC). South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trz9ThcI. 
5. ^ "The Hong Kong Observer". HKDF Newsletter. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trys1RLY. 

External links

• Christine Loh's profile at Civic Exchange
• bio at rocky Mountain Institute

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Hong Kong Island Central constituency 1995–1997	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
New parliament	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Hong Kong Island constituency 1998–2000 Served alongside: Martin Lee, Yeung Sum, Gary Cheng	Succeeded by Cyd Ho
Party political offices
New political party	Leader of the Citizens Party 1997–2000	Succeeded by Alex Chan

Persondata
Name	Loh, Christine
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Date of birth	1 February 1956
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Date of death
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