Regina Ip

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Ted Hui then splashed water at Regina Ip and was immediately asked to leave. The meeting was suspended for 10 minutes. After the adjournment, Regina Ip told media reporters of the incident and Ted Hui also attempted to snatch the microphone. She also pointed out that the pan-democrats would resort to any means to discuss issues https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/legislative-councillor-splashes-water-at-regina-ip-during-meeting/

NSL: 

The motherland has nothing but good intentions” for Hong Kong, she says.

“Beijing authorities have no option but to get on with introducing a set of laws that will protect national security and discourage separatist activities,” Ip told Tim Sebastian.

The worries about the possibility of arbitrary arrest, trial in mainland China, and diminution of the freedoms of expression, association and of the press, are understandable. But once promulgated and applied in Hong Kong, the well-established common law safeguards of judicial review, habeas corpus, presumption of innocence and proof of guilt beyond reasonable doubt will kick in. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3086619/why-beijings-national-security-law-hong-kong-does-not-spell-end-one

Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, GBS, JP (Chinese: 葉劉淑儀; born 24 August 1950) is a member of the Executive Council (ExCo) and Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), as well as the founder and current chairperson of the New People's Party. She was formerly a prominent government official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and was the first woman to be appointed the Secretary for Security to head the disciplinary service. She is also the founder and Chairwoman of Savantas Policy Institute, a think-tank in Hong Kong.

Ip became a controversial figure for her role advocating the passage of the national security legislation to implement Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23, and after this legislation was withdrawn, she became the first principal official to resign from the administration of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. She took a sabbatical to study for a master's degree. She contested the 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election for the Legislative Council but was defeated by Anson Chan in the two-horse race. She ran again in the 2008 Legislative Council election and won, gaining a seat in the Hong Kong Island. She was re-elected in 2012 and 2016 elections.

In January 2011, she launched a middle-class oriented party called New People's Party.^[12] The party held two seats in the legislature, herself and Michael Tien, after the 2012 Legislative council election, in which Ip was elected with 30,289 votes, despite losing almost half of the votes. She was subsequently appointed to the Executive Council of Hong Kong by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying after the election, in which she served until December 2016 when she ran for the Chief Executive for the second time. Her party expanded its district base when it allied with the Civil Force in 2014. Ip was re-elected to the Legislative Council in 2016, with the highest votes of 60,760 in Hong Kong Island.

Ip is widely known to be keen on the Chief Executive top post. She ran in both 2012 and 2017 Chief Executive elections but did not secure a minimum number of 150 nominations from the 1,200-member Election Committee to enter the race on both occasions. he received the number of nominations "far behind what was needed". She attributed her failure to the restrictive selection process of the 1,200 structure of the Election Committee membership as she was "squeezed out" by the Beijing-supported Lam and democrats-supported Tsang and Woo.^[20]

Controversies[edit]

Ip has taken controversial stances during her career including advocating for the Public Order Ordinance and defending government policy denying right of abode to the children of Hong Kong people born in mainland China since the 1997 handover.

Detractors also took shots at her bushy hairstyle, nicknaming her "Broomhead" (掃把頭). This included a comic book which caricatured her in police uniform and signature bushy hairstyle. She openly admitted that although she disliked the nickname, she would not change her hairstyle just to please her critics.^[26] She had knowingly put on a performance which would harm her popularity, and said "I think I would like to be remembered as somebody who was not afraid to speak out, even if that might affect my popularity."^[2] Ip later said "I made a mistake in promoting the bill" and apologized for remarks she had made while pushing for Article 23.^[27]

Views on democracy[edit]

Ip has been criticised for her perceived inconsistent stance toward democracy. Following her return from the United States, she shifted her public position during her campaign for a seat in the legislative assembly in 2007 by saying "the only way forward for Hong Kong is complete democratization", in contrast to her position before. Todd Crowell of the Asia Times referred to her as a "born-again democrat".^[9] Anson Chan, her main rival supported by the pro-democracy camp in the 2007 by-election, labelled her a "fake democrat" because of this.^[28]

NEB:

(ataca o governo mas não a lei)

The 68-year-old founder of the New People’s Party maintains there is “nothing wrong with the bill,” though she concedes it has amplified public anxieties over Beijing’s influence in the territory.“The root of the fear is, of course, distrust of mainland systems. I completely acknowledge that. But the Chief Executive doesn’t really have the final say. It’s the judges who have the ultimate say,”  Ip said in an interview with HKFP on Friday. “I think we should trust our courts, trust our judges. Our judicial system has a high reputation.” “The government has failed miserably in countering all the misinformation,” she added. “It’s not like all of the videos produced would have you believe – that a butcher who had an argument with his neighbour would face trumped-up charges about submitting false documents in mainland China…” https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/25/exclusive-pro-beijing-lawmaker-regina-ip-hong-kongs-extradition-row-history-repeating/

Pro-Beijing lawmaker Regina Ip has urged anti-extradition law protesters to disperse, in an exclusive interview with HKFP. The comments came as thousands of demonstrators occupied roads stretching from government headquarters in Admiralty to Revenue Tower in Wan Chai. "I strongly condemn such unlawful action, seriously affecting traffic, disrupting government work, LegCo proceedings - we had to cancel our meetings," she told HKFP at her office, two blocks away from the protests. "Large numbers of innocent citizens - their life and work [are] being disrupted."