Suzanne Wu

Suzanne Wu Shui-shan
胡穗珊
Chairwoman of the Labour Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 December 2015
Preceded by	Lee Cheuk-yan
Personal details
Born	1980 (age 35–36)
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Warwick

Suzanne Wu Shui-shan (Chinese: 胡穗珊) is a politician in Hong Kong. She is currently chairwoman of the pro-democratic Labour Party and project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism.

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 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]

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.