Suzanne Wu

Suzanne Wu Sui-shan (Chinese: 胡穗珊; born (1980-11-05)5 November 1980) is a Hong Kong politician. She is the former chairwoman of the pro-democratic Labour Party and project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism. After leaving Labour in 2017, she co-founded Community March.

Suzanne Wu
胡穗珊
Chairwoman of the Labour Party
In office
13 December 2015 – 22 August 2017
Preceded byLee Cheuk-yan
Succeeded byKwok Wing-kin
Personal details
Born (1980-11-05) 5 November 1980
Political partyLabour Party (2011–17)
Community March
Alma materHong Kong Polytechnic University
University of Warwick

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's 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] On 23 August 2017, she resigned from the chair and withdrew from the Labour Party. Subsequently she co-founded Community March.[3]

References
  1. "工黨換班 女將胡穗珊任主席". Ming Pao. 13 December 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. "新地區組織「社區前進」誕生 劍指2019年區會選舉". Apple Daily 蘋果日報. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Lee Cheuk-yan		 Chairperson of the Labour Party
2015–2017		 Succeeded by
Chiu Shi-shun
(acting)
Political offices
Preceded by
Benny Yeung Tsz-hei		 Member of Yau Tsim Mong District Council
Representative for Yau Ma Tei South
2020–present		 Incumbent
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