14 Facts About Audrey Eu

Audrey Eu Yuet-mee is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician who represented Hong Kong Island in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 2000 to 2012.

Audrey Eu was born on 11 September 1953 in Hong Kong.

Audrey Eu studied at St Francis' Canossian College from 1960 to 1970, and matriculated from St Paul's Co-educational College in 1972.

Audrey Eu earned her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hong Kong and her Master of Laws from the London School of Economics.

Audrey Eu was called to the Bar in England in 1977 and the Bar in Hong Kong in 1978 and was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 1993.

Audrey Eu continues to practice and specialises in civil law.

Audrey Eu shot to prominence on the right of abode issue, at the time of the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997, she held a firm stance against the interpretation of the Hong Kong Basic Law by the National People's Congress.

Audrey Eu contested the Hong Kong by-election that year and successfully gained a seat at the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, replacing Gary Cheng, who resigned from his seat amid controversy.

Audrey Eu then became a founding member of the Basic Law Article 23 Concern Group, which later became the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group, then the Civic Party in 2005.

Audrey Eu's campaigning helped her significantly raise her public profile after 1 July 2003, demonstrations.

Audrey Eu stood for and was returned in the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency for the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election.

Audrey Eu was placed second on the Civic Party ticket, behind newcomer Tanya Chan, who was elected.

Audrey Eu got 525 votes less than her former running mate in the 2004 election Cyd Ho.

Audrey Eu was on defence team of Jimmy Lai, opposite to her brother, Benjamin Yu Yuk-hoi, who led the prosecution of Lai beginning in 2021.