Claudia Mo

The Honourable Claudia Mo Man-ching
毛孟靜
Claudia Mo addresses 1 July marchers in 2008
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2012
Preceded by	Frederick Fung
Constituency	Kowloon West
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-18) 18 January 1957 Hong Kong
Nationality	Chinese (Hong Kong)
Political party	Civic Party
Spouse(s)	Philip Bowring
Children	two sons
Alma mater	Carleton University
Occupation	Legislative councillor Journalist Columnist Television presenter
Religion	Christianity

Claudia Mo
Traditional Chinese	毛孟靜
Simplified Chinese	毛孟静
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Máo Mèngjìng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Mou4 Maang6 zing6 Yale Romanization Mòuh Maahng jihng

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Mo.

Claudia Bowring (born Mo Man-ching on 18 January 1957), known professionally as Claudia Mo, is a Hong Kong journalist and politician. She is a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon West geographical constituency.

She is a founding member of the Civic Party, which she represented, unsuccessfully, in the Kowloon West geographical constituency in the 2008 Legislative Council election. But in 2012, she won one of the constituency's five available seats.

Mo is a former journalist, having worked at Agence France-Presse, The Standard and TVB. She also hosted a number of RTHK TV and radio programmes, including "Media Watch" and "City Forum".

Mo wrote a book called "We Want True Democracy" published in 2015, and has also authored English language learning books.

Personal life and education

Mo was born in Hong Kong and has family roots in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Mo is married to journalist Philip Bowring, former editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, and they have two sons. She is also known as Claudia Bowring.

She attended high school in Toronto, and in 1979 graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada with a Bachelor's degree in journalism with English studies. After graduating she worked at Agence France-Presse (AFP) translating French wires into Chinese. She was later promoted to chief Hong Kong correspondent for AFP, covering in this role the Tiananmen Square massacre, an event which she describes as a "watershed [...] that cemented my journalistic principles and political beliefs".

Television career

• News at 6:30 – TVB, 1982–85
• Media Watch – RTHK, 1991–2008
• City Forum – RTHK, 1993–95
• All-Primary Schools Inter-school Quiz – RTHK, 1992–94
• We're All Parents – Cable Television

External links

• Official website

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Frederick Fung	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon West 2012–present Served alongside: Priscilla Leung, Ann Chiang, Wong Yuk-man, Helena Wong	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Wong Yuk-man Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Michael Tien Member of the Legislative Council