Claudia Mo
| The Honourable Claudia Mo Man-ching 毛孟靜 | |
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| Claudia Mo addresses 1 July marchers in 2008 | |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Fung |
| Constituency | Kowloon West |
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| Born | 18 January 1957 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Chinese (Hong Kong) |
| Political party | Civic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Philip Bowring |
| Children | two sons |
| Alma mater | Carleton University |
| Occupation | Legislative councillor Journalist Columnist Television presenter |
| Religion | Christianity |
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| Traditional Chinese | 毛孟靜 | ||||||||||
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Claudia Bowring (born Mo Man-ching on 18 January 1957), known professionally as Claudia Mo, is a Hong Kong journalist and politician. She is a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon West geographical constituency.
She is a founding member of the Civic Party, which she represented, unsuccessfully, in the Kowloon West geographical constituency in the 2008 Legislative Council election.[1] But in 2012, she won one of this constituency's five available seats.
Mo is a former journalist, having worked at Agence France-Presse, The Standard and TVB. She also hosted a number of RTHK TV and radio programmes, including "Media Watch" and "City Forum".[2][3]
Personal life and education
Mo was born in Hong Kong and has family roots in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Mo is married to journalist Philip Bowring and they have two sons. She is also known as Claudia Bowring.
She graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada with a Bachelor degree in journalism with English studies.
References
- ↑ 2008 Legislative Council Election
- ↑ Executive Committee of Civic Party
- ↑ "Ms MO, Claudia Man Ching 毛孟靜". Chinese University. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
External links
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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| Preceded by Frederick Fung |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon West 2012–present Served alongside: Priscilla Leung, Ann Chiang, Wong Yuk-man, Helena Wong |
Incumbent |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Wong Yuk-man Member of the Legislative Council |
Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council |
Succeeded by Michael Tien Member of the Legislative Council |
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