Wong Pik-wan
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The Honourable Dr Helena Wong Pik-wan |
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| 黃碧雲 | |
Helena Wong in 2012
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | James To |
| Constituency | Kowloon West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1959 |
| Political party |
Democratic Foundation (1989–90) United Democrats (1990–94) Democratic Party (1994–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Shae Wan-chaw (m. 2001) |
| Residence | Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
| Alma mater |
Kowloon True Light School Chinese University of Hong Kong (B.A., M.Phil.) University of California, Los Angeles (M.A., Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Lecturer |
Helena Wong Pik-wan (Chinese: 黃碧雲, born 21 March 1959) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Kowloon West constituency. She is also an academic staff at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Wong was born in Hong Kong in 1959 and graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Master of Philosophy. She continued to receive her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Political science from University of California, Los Angeles.
She joined the Hong Kong Christian Council in 1984, working on political policies and social affairs. She co-founded the Hong Kong Christian Institute in 1988, an ecumenical Christian non-governmental organisation outside the institutional constraints of the church. She also chaired the Hong Kong Women Christian Council from 1999 to 2002.
She has lectured at Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 1999, with a focus on Hong Kong and mainland China, and women's issues. She held the coordinator position for GEC2801 China Studies from 2004 to 2006.
Wong joined the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation in 1989 and co-founded the first major pro-democracy party, the United Democrats of Hong Kong which became the Democratic Party in 1994.
She became a member in the Election Committee for a sub-sector in Higher Education in 2011.
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