Councillor Biographies
Cyd Ho, Member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council
Cyd Ho is a broadcaster, civil rights activist, and full-time councillor of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. Ho studied at the University of Waterloo in Canada. She worked in the textile trading industry from 1979 to 1995. In 1993 she founded the United Ants with other prodemocracy political activists. She was a member and co-founder of The Frontier, a pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong. In 2006 Ho became the chairperson of Human Rights Monitor in Hong Kong and the co-convener of Project Civil Referendum, a scheme to pilot and promote the idea of holding a referendum in Hong Kong. She is well-known for promoting universal suffrage, rule of law, human rights, and equal opportunity, as well as advancement in the interests of minority groups.
Watch Cyd Ho talk about the WFC here.
