Suzanne Wu Explained

Suzanne Wu
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Office:Chairwoman of the Labour Party
Term Start:13 December 2015
Term End:22 August 2017
Predecessor:Lee Cheuk-yan
Successor:Kwok Wing-kin
Birth Date:1980 11, df=yes
Party:Labour Party (2011–17)
Community March
Alma Mater:Hong Kong Polytechnic University
University of Warwick

Suzanne Wu Sui-shan (; born 1980 11, df=yes) 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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ming Pao. 工黨換班 女將胡穗珊任主席. 13 December 2015.
  2. News: New Hong Kong Labour Party leader urges equality for women in politics and better policies for caregivers. Jeffie. Lam. 16 December 2015. South China Morning Post.
  3. Web site: 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. 2019-02-12.