Audrey Eu

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In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Eu. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Audrey Eu and the Chinese-style name is Eu Yuet-mee.
Audrey Eu Yuet-mee
Gary Cheng
Succeeded byChristopher Chung
ConstituencyHong Kong Island
Leader of Civic Party
In office
19 March 2006 – 8 January 2011
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byAlan Leong
Personal details
Born (1953-09-11) 11 September 1953 (age 70)
Hong Kong
Political partyCivic Party
SpouseEdmund Woo Kin-wai
Alma materSt. Francis' Canossian College
St. Paul's Co-educational College
University of Hong Kong
London School of Economics
OccupationBarrister
Audrey Eu
Hanyu Pinyin
Yú Ruòwēi
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYùh Yeuhk mèih
JyutpingJyu4 Joek6mei4

Audrey Eu Yuet-mee

SC is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and was founding leader of the Civic Party. She was a member of the executive committee of the Civic Party, focusing on party development. In politics, Eu has focused on matters relating to the Basic Law
.

Early life and legal career

Audrey Eu was born on 11 September 1953 in Hong Kong. She studied at St. Francis' Canossian College from 1960 to 1970, and matriculated from St. Paul's Co-educational College in 1972.[1]

She earned her

London School of Economics and Political Science.[4]

Political career

Eu decided to enter into politics in 2000. She contested the

Basic Law Article 23 Concern Group, which later became the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group, then the Civic Party in 2005.[citation needed
]

Article 23 Concern Group

In 2002, when the Hong Kong Government wanted to alter the existing

Basic Law Article 23 Concern Group. Before the draft Bill became public, Eu put forward strong opinions and statements opposing certain measures of the Article 23 legislation. Her campaigning helped her significantly raise her public profile after 1 July 2003, demonstrations.[citation needed
]

Article 45 Concern group

Concern started to grow among Hong Kong residents later about

Articles 45 and 68 of the Basic Law in 2004. There were also uncertainties concerning the future of the next 2007 Chief Executive election and the next 4th LegCo elections in 2008. In response, Eu, along with other barristers including Margaret Ng and Ronny Tong, formed the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group that advocated fully democratic processes in the form of universal suffrage in both elections. She found most support with the middle-class.[citation needed
]

Eu ran for the

Hong Kong Democratic Party LegCo candidate Martin Lee had more than enough votes to be elected, directly impacting Cyd Ho's election chances.[citation needed
]

Civic Party

Eu was the founding leader of the party, and held the office from 19 March 2006 to 8 January 2011.[5]

She stood for and was returned in the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency for the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. She was placed second on the Civic Party ticket, behind newcomer Tanya Chan, who was also elected. After deducting the quotient required for the first seat, the remainder to Eu was only 30,362, enable Eu to win a seat in the constituency with the lowest number of vote. She got 525 votes less than her former running mate in the 2004 election Cyd Ho. However, Eu lost her seat in the Legislative Council in September 2012 after gave up her safe seat in Hong Kong Island geographical constituency to Kenneth Chan Ka-lok.[citation needed]

2009 Reform package

In the debate over the Hong Kong government's

Democratic Party's compromise proposal to have the five new district council functional constituency seats returned by popular election.[6]

Other positions

Eu is a patron of

Consumer Council's Management Committee of its Consumer Legal Action Fund.[citation needed
]

Eu is a practising barrister. She was on defence team of Jimmy Lai, opposite to her brother, Benjamin Yu Yuk-hoi, who led the prosecution of Lai beginning in 2021.[7]

References

  1. ^ Sites offer overview of political parties, South China Morning Post, by Jacky Wong, 9 January 2001
  2. ^ "Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee, SC, JP". Members' biographies. Legislative Council Commission. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  3. ^ singtao.ca. "法律界讚年輕能幹人緣好 張舉能任高院首席法官_星島日報_加拿大多倫多中文新聞網。 Canada Toronto Chinese newspaper". news.singtao.ca. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ^ "LSE announces its new Honorary Fellows", London School of Economics website. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Civic Party elects new leader, chairman". RTHK. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  6. ^ Divisions remain over DP compromise Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Standard, 20 June 2010
  7. ^ Wang, Wallis (28 January 2021). "Sibling lawyers to slug it out in high-profile Jimmy Lai court battle". The Standard. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association
1997–1999 		Succeeded by
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Gary Cheng
 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Hong Kong Island
2000–2012 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
New political party Leader of Civic Party
2006–2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of Civic Party
2012–2016 		Succeeded by
Alan Leong
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