Suzanne Wu
Suzanne Wu Shui-shan | |
|---|---|
胡穗珊 | |
| Chairwoman of the Labour Party | |
| Assumed office 13 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Cheuk-yan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Warwick |
Suzanne Wu Shui-shan (Chinese: 胡穗珊) is a politician in Hong Kong. She is currently chairwoman of the pro-democratic Labour Party and project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism.
Biography
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 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]
References
- ^ 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.