12 Facts About Cyd Ho

Cyd Ho Sau-lan is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Island constituency.

Cyd Ho is a founding member of the Labour Party, since December 2011, and currently holds the position of vice-chairwoman.

Cyd Ho has garnered a reputation for promoting universal suffrage, rule of law, human rights, and equal opportunity, as well as advancement in the interests of women, homosexuals and other minority groups.

Cyd Ho worked in the textile trading industry from 1979 to 1995.

Cyd Ho was elected a legislative councillor for the geographical constituency of New Territories East in 1998 in the first Legco election since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the UK to China.

Cyd Ho chaired bills committees such as the 2004 Education Bill and the 2004 Examination Authority Bill, and was vice-chair of the panel on environmental affairs.

Cyd Ho was elected as a District Council member of the Central and Western district via the Kwun Lung constituency in November 2003, unseating veteran Ip Kwok-him of the DAB with a margin of 64 votes.

Cyd Ho supported members of other pro-democracy political groups such as Civic Act-up, which were contesting seats in the Wanchai district council.

Cyd Ho was defeated by a slim margin to her nearest DAB rival, Choy So-yuk.

Cyd Ho hosted a radio show on the internet radio station My Radio on Thursday nights.

Cyd Ho's running mate in 2004, Audrey Eu of the Civic Party, obtained 30,362.

Cyd Ho lost in the 2016 Hong Kong legislative election with 19,376 votes, placed ninth in the Hong Kong Island constituency, along with the former party chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, leaving the Labour Party only one representative in the legislature.