Charles Mok
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Charles Mok (traditional Chinese: 莫乃光; pinyin: Mò NáiGuang; born 1965 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong based Internet entrepreneur and IT advocate. He was the co-founder of HKNet in 1994, it is believed that he contributed the company's expansion as an IP telecommunications operator in Hong Kong. He was a founding chairman of Internet Society, Hong Kong Chapter, and the ex-officio member and ex-president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation. He was also a past chairman and a co-founder of the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association.
He has been actively promoting the industry's development and digital comprehension in the region since the early 1990s. He has been actively participating in the community to promote fair competition, media freedom, personal privacy, consumer protection, healthcare, transport, human rights and democracy development in Hong Kong. In 1999, he was awarded as one of Hong Kong’s " Ten Outstanding Young Digi Persons”.
He is currently a regular columnist in the Hong Kong Economic Journal (since 2000) , The Sun Daily (since 2003) , and CUP magazine (since 2005).
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[edit] Education
Mok attended Wah Yan College, Hong Kong (Class of 1981). He receive's his Bachelor and Master Degrees, in 1985 and 1987 respectively, in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, United States. Mok is currently a Ph. D candidate in Enterprise Management at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, People's Republic of China.
[edit] Public services
- Internet Society Hong Kong Chairman
- Hong Kong Information Technology Federation Ex-officio Member; Past President (2001-05)
- Hong Kong Computer Society Chair, Health Information Technology Special Interest Division
- Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association Past Chairman (1998-00)
- Web-based Services and Computer Network Working Group, Vice Chairman, Chairman.
- Supporting Services Development Committee, Vice Chairman.
- Radio Television Hong Kong Member, Television Programme Advisory Committee
- HK Human Rights Monitor Founding Member
- Hong Kong Democratic Foundation, Director
[edit] Publication
- “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support Policy by Government: HKSAR as Example”, “Waiguo Jingji Yu Guanli” (“Foreign Economics and Management”) Journal Vol. 28, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, August 2006
