Simon Ip

葉錫安Member of the Legislative CouncilIn office
9 October 1991 – 31 July 1995Preceded byMartin LeeSucceeded byMargaret NgConstituencyLegal Personal detailsBorn (1948-09-10) 10 September 1948 (age 75)
Hong KongSpouseShelia Mary WellsChildren2Alma materThe College of LawOccupationSolicitor and Notary Public
Simon Ip
Traditional Chinese葉錫安
Simplified Chinese叶锡安
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Xī'ān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYihp Sīk ōn
JyutpingJip6 Sek3 on1

Simon Ip Sik-on, GBS CBE JP (born 10 September 1948) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1991—1995) for the Legal functional constituency.[1]

He was educated at St Stephen's Church School, Hong Kong, and at the Licensed Victuallers' School and The College of Law in England.[2]

Ip adopted a conservative interpretation of the Basic Law and acknowledged the Chinese overlordship of the Hong Kong judiciary.[3]

References

  1. ^ Read Their Lips (I): A dossier of political leaders in Hong Kong. Pace Publishing Ltd. p. 120.
  2. ^ "Members database". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  3. ^ Lo, Shiu Hing (2000). "The Politics of the Debate over the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong". China Quarterly. 161: 234. doi:10.1017/S0305741000004008. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 154782018.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Brian Tisdall
 President of Law Society of Hong Kong
1987–1989 		Succeeded by
Alfred Donald Yap
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Legal
1991–1995 		Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Thomas Brian Stevenson
 Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club
2014–present 		Incumbent
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