Andrew Wong

Who is Andrew Wong?

Andrew Wong Wang Fat OBE, JP, was the last president of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during British rule. He was the only person of Chinese ethnicity to have served in the position during British rule, supported by Pan-democracy camp.

Andrew Wong was born in Shanghai, Republic of China. He attended Wah Yan College, a very eminent all male Jesuit secondary school in Hong Kong, after which he continued his tertiary education at the University of Hong Kong, Syracuse University in the United States and completed an MPhil at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Wong is better known among Hongkongers by the nickname "Uncle Fat".

First elected into the Legislative Council in 1985, Wong was elected by his fellow members in the Council to be the Council's President in 1995. He held the position until 30 June 1997, when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.

He served in the Provisional Legislative Council from 1997 to 1998, and was re-elected into the Legislative Council in 1998 and in 2000 after the transfer of sovereignty. He lost his seat at the Legislative Council elections on 12 September 2004.