Suzanne Wu
Suzanne Wu | |
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胡穗珊 | |
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| Chairwoman of the Labour Party | |
| In office 13 December 2015 – 22 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Cheuk-yan |
| Succeeded by | Kwok Wing-kin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1980 |
| Political party | Labour Party (2011–17) Community March |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Warwick |
Suzanne Wu Sui-shan (Chinese: 胡穗珊; born 5 November 1980) is a Hong Kong politician. She is the former chairwoman of the pro-democratic Labour Party and project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism. After leaving Labour in 2017, she co-founded Community March.
Biography
[edit]Wu graduated from the St Stephen's College and Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a degree in Language, Culture and Communication. She later went to England with a scholarship and studied at the University of Warwick with a master's degree in Gender and International Development.[1]
She once led union members to occupy the vice chancellor’s office at the Polytechnic University to call for higher pay for the cleaning staff when she served as a student union leader at the institution. Their pay eventually was raised from some HK$4,500 to HK$6,000.[2] She had been a director at the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), focusing on the interests of cleaning workers and security guards, and is also a project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism, advocating gender equality. She is also a founding member of the Labour Party. On 13 December 2015, she replaced Lee Cheuk-yan as the chairwoman of the Labour Party after defeating two other candidates with about 60% support.[1] On 23 August 2017, she resigned from the chair and withdrew from the Labour Party. Subsequently she co-founded Community March.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "工黨換班 女將胡穗珊任主席". Ming Pao. 13 December 2015.
- ^ Lam, Jeffie (16 December 2015). "New Hong Kong Labour Party leader urges equality for women in politics and better policies for caregivers". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "新地區組織「社區前進」誕生 劍指2019年區會選舉". Apple Daily 蘋果日報. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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