14 Facts About Roger Lobo

Sir Rogerio Hyndman Lobo, CBE, JP, generally known as Roger Lobo, was a British Hong Kong businessman, philanthropist and politician.

Roger Lobo was a member of the Urban Council, Executive Council and Legislative Council.

Roger Lobo was famous for his Lobo Motion in Legislative Council of Hong Kong during the negotiation of the future of Hong Kong between the United Kingdom and the PRC in early 1980s.

Roger Lobo settled in Macau and married Branca Hyndman, the great-granddaughter of Scottish-born Colonel Henry Hyndman, who served in the British East India Company at Bengal and whose son Henrique settled in Macau either in the late 18th or early 19th century.

Pedro Jose Roger Lobo was a famous and important businessman, politician and philanthropist of Macau.

Roger Lobo studied in the Lyceum in Macau and La Salle College in Hong Kong.

Roger Lobo was appointed as a member of the Urban Council on 1 April 1965.

Roger Lobo was a member of the Executive Council between 1967 and 1985, the Legislative Council between 1972 and 1985 and the Urban Council between 1965 and 1978.

On 14 March 1984, Roger Lobo tabled the famous Roger Lobo Motion in the Legislative Council:.

Roger Lobo participated in many public services in Hong Kong, including the Civil Aid Service, of which he became the commissioner in 1977, and was appointed as the head of Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority.

Rogerio Lobo married Margaret Mary Choa; they had five sons and five daughters, as well as 28 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Roger Lobo was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1972 and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1978.

Roger Lobo was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 1984.

Roger Lobo was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by The University of Hong Kong in 1982.