Ann Chiang
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蔣麗芸 | |
Member of the Legislative Council | |
In office 1 October 2012 – 31 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Starry Lee |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Constituency | Kowloon West |
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Born | Legislative Councillor entrepreneur politician | 16 May 1955
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Ann Chiang | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 蔣麗芸 | ||||||||
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Ann Chiang Lai-wan,
Background
Chiang was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1993 to 2013.
In 2000, Chiang joined Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and was appointed the vice-chairman of the organisation in 2007.[2] In 1981, she received a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University. Since 2005, she has served as non-executive director in Elec & Eltek International Holdings and chairman of C&L Holdings.[3][4]
Chiang was formerly a member of the Council of the City University of Hong Kong.[5][6]
In 2012, Chiang was elected Member of Legislative Council (Representative for Kowloon West) and retained her seat in 2016.
Controversies
Though the
In 2019, amidst the
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hong Kong experienced a shortage of surgical masks. Chiang publicly advocated steaming masks to sterilise them for re-use by reposting a video from the Chinese broadcaster Guangzhou Broadcasting Network on Facebook demonstrating the practice.[9] Centre for Health Protection controller Wong Ka-hing, a physician, rebuked Chiang's claim, while the centre warned Hong Kongers that surgical masks cannot be reused by steaming, and not to believe messages from "unreliable sources". Fellow legislator Helena Wong called on Chiang to step down as chairman of the Legislative Council's Panel on Health Services. In the face of widespread criticism and ridicule, Chiang stood by her claims, and claimed that medical workers who were infected with SARS in 2003 after re-using face masks would have been fine if they steamed them.[10]
In January 2021, Chiang blamed university representatives for the
References
- Webb-site.com. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Ann Wan: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek. 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Ms Ann CHIANG Lai Wan – Elec & Eltek". Elec & Eltek. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Wong Lai Yeuk-lin, Linda. "Honorary Fellow Dr The Hon Chiang Lai-wan" (PDF). City University of Hong Kong (Citation for honorary fellowship). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "2018 Honours List spotlights CityU community". CityU NewsCentre. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Yuen, Chantal (10 November 2016). "Pro-Beijing lawmaker Ann Chiang under fire for Mandarin pronunciation of oath". Hong Kong Free Press.
- ^ "Lawmaker and anti-bill march activist in row over latter's gay identity". South China Morning Post. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Ann Chiang's steamed re-use mask gets lawmakers boiling". The Hong Kong Standard. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Ann Chiang, health experts spar over 'mask steaming'". RTHK. 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong pro-Beijing lawmakers blast Chinese University over 'black violence' on campus". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.