Woo Kwok-hing
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Woo Kwok-hing GBS |
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| 胡國興 | |
Woo in October 2016
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| Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court | |
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In office 1 January 2004 – January 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Mayo (vacant from 2002) |
| Succeeded by | Wally Yeung |
| Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission | |
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In office 23 July 1993 – 17 August 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Pang Kin-kee |
| Personal details | |
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13 January 1946 Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Nationality | British (1991–2016) Hong Kong Chinese |
| Spouse(s) | Rowena Tang Siu-ting |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
Ying Wa College University of Birmingham University College London |
| Profession | Judge |
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| Traditional Chinese | 胡國興 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wùh Gwok hīng |
| Jyutping | Wu4 Gwok3 hing1 |
Woo Kwok-hing, GBS (Chinese: 胡國興; born 13 January 1946) is a retired Hong Kong judge. He was the vice-president of the Court of Appeal of the High Court and former chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) and commissioner on Interception of Communications and Surveillance. In the 2017 Chief Executive election, he received 21 votes in the 1,194-member Election Committee and lost to the eventual winner Carrie Lam.
Woo was born in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon in 1946 into a construction business family. He was educated at the Ying Wa College and graduated from the University of Birmingham with a bachelor's degree of laws in 1968 and University College London with a master's degree of laws in 1969. He said he wanted to be a lawyer after watching the film Witness for the Prosecution starring Charles Laughton.
He was called to the English Bar in 1969 and the Hong Kong Bar in 1970. He first worked at a law firm of Ronald Arculli. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1987. He was in private practice from 1970 to 1992.
He became the head of the Department of Law & Business of Hong Kong Shue Yan College in 1986. He was appointed Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 1992 and Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court in 2000. He was a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court and was appointed vice-president of the Court of Appeal of the High Court in 2004. He retired from the judiciary in January 2011 and continued to serve as deputy judge until 2016.
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