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Charles Mok
Charles Mok
Chinese	莫乃光
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Mò Nǎiguāng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Mok6 Naai5 Gwong1

Charles Peter Mok
JP
Charles Peter Mok JP
莫乃光
Member of the Legislative Council
	In office; 1 October 2012 – 1 December 2020
Preceded by	Samson Tam
Succeeded by	Duncan Chiu ; (Technology and Innovation)
Constituency	Information Technology
Personal details
Born	25 October 1964 (age 60); Hong Kong
Nationality	Hong Kong (China)
Political party	Professional Commons
Residence	Hong Kong
Alma mater	Wah Yan College; Purdue University
Website	charlesmok.hk

Charles Peter Mok, JP (born 1964 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong–based Internet entrepreneur and IT advocate who formerly represents the Information Technology functional constituency on the Hong Kong Legislative Council.^[1]

Mok founded HKNet in 1994, and contributed the company's expansion as a major IP telecommunications operator in Hong Kong before its acquisition by NTT Communications in 2000.^[2] He was a founding chairman of Internet Society, Hong Kong Chapter, and the ex officio member and ex-president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation. He was also a past chairman and a co-founder of the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association. He is currently a Hong Kong Legislative Councillor.^[3]

He has been actively promoting the industry's development and digital comprehension in the region since the early 1990s. He has been actively participating in the community to promote fair competition, media freedom, personal privacy, consumer protection, healthcare, transport, human rights and democracy development in Hong Kong. In 1999, he was awarded as one of Hong Kong's " Ten Outstanding Young Digi Persons”.

Mok is currently a regular columnist for a number of local print media, including the Hong Kong Economic Journal (since 2000) and CUP magazine (since 2005).

In Hong Kong's 2008 Legislative Council Election, Mok lost to Samson Tam in the Information Technology functional constituency with 1982 votes, just 35 fewer than Tam's total of 2017 votes. Mok commenced a legal action in the High Court of Hong Kong against Tam in relation to the latter's alleged misconduct during campaigning.

In the 2012 election, Mok won the Information Technology seat with 2,828 votes, against 2,063 votes for the incumbent, his only opponent, Tam.^[4] He was reelected his Legislative Council seat in the 2016 election.

Charles is a Visiting Scholar at the Global Digital Policy Incubator of the Cyber Policy Center at Stanford University, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society, and a board member of the International Centre for Trade Transparency and Monitoring.

Education

Mok attended Wah Yan College, Hong Kong (Class of 1981), a Roman Catholic single-gender secondary school in Hong Kong. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees, in 1985 and 1987 respectively, in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, United States. Mok was a PhD candidate in Enterprise Management at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, People's Republic of China.

Electoral history

2008 Hong Kong legislative election

^[5]

Hong Kong legislative election, 2008: Information Technology
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tam Wai-ho	2,017	50.44	+7.79
	Nonpartisan	Charles Peter Mok	1,982	49.56
Majority			35	0.88
Total valid votes			3,999	100.00
Rejected ballots			138
Turnout			4,137	71.96
Registered electors			5,749
	Independent gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2012 Hong Kong legislative election

Hong Kong legislative election, 2012: Information Technology^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Prof Commons)	Charles Peter Mok	2,828	57.82	+8.26
	Independent	Tam Wai-ho	2,063	42.18	−8.26
Majority			765	15.64
Total valid votes			4,891	100.00
Rejected ballots			204
Turnout			5,095	76.19
Registered electors			6,687
	Independent gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2016 Hong Kong legislative election

^[7]

Hong Kong legislative election, 2016: Information Technology
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Prof Commons	Charles Peter Mok	6,253	64.61	+6.79
	Nonpartisan	Eric Yeung Chuen-sing	3,425	35.39
Majority			2,828	29.22
Total valid votes			9,678	100.00
Rejected ballots			205
Turnout			9,883	81.74	+5.55
Registered electors			12,091
	Prof Commons hold		Swing

Public services

Professional Commons, Vice-Chairman (since 2008)
Internet Society Hong Kong Chairman
Hong Kong Information Technology Federation Ex officio Member; Past President (2001–2005)
Hong Kong Computer Society Chair, Health Information Technology Special Interest Division
Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association Past chairman (1998–2000)
Web-based Services and Computer Network Working Group, Vice-Chairman, Chairman.
Supporting Services Development Committee, Vice-Chairman.
Radio Television Hong Kong Member, Television Programme Advisory Committee
HK Human Rights Monitor Founding Member
Hong Kong Democratic Foundation, director

Publication

"Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support Policy by Government: HKSAR as Example”, “Waiguo Jingji Yu Guanli” (“Foreign Economics and Management”) Journal Vol. 28, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, August 2006

References

^ Introduction to Candidates Archived 12 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine – 2008 Legislative Council Election. Retrieved 17 January 2010
^ Company Background Archived 12 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine – HKNet. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
^ "Charles Mok won the 2012 Legislative Council Information Technology Sector Election".
^ "Charles Mok won the 2012 Legislative Council Information Technology Sector Election".
^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Election Results".
^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2016/eng/result/rs_fc_Z.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Samson Tam	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Information Technology 2012–2020	Succeeded by Duncan Chiu (Technology and Innovation)
Preceded by James To	Convenor of pro-democracy camp 2017–2018	Succeeded by Claudia Mo