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Jason Y. Ng is a Hong Kong-based author and news columnist and an activist for various progressive causes.

Background

Ng was born in Hong Kong but moved away to Italy while a child, around 1985, and lived in the United States and Canada, before returning to Hong Kong in 2005.^[1]^[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in finance and electrical engineering from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. Ng is admitted to the New York bar and the Massachusetts bar.

Ng's parents were born in Taishan, Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. They lived in Hong Kong, where his father was a newspaper illustrator until, during the lead-up to the Hong Kong Handover in 1997, they emigrated to Canada.

Career

Ng is the author of three books that together track Hong Kong's post-colonial development: Hong Kong State of Mind (2010), No City for Slow Men (2013) and Umbrellas in Bloom (2016). The last chronicles the 2014 Hong Kong protests, also known as the Umbrella Movement.

Ng contributes opinion columns to the South China Morning Post and Hong Kong Free Press and news pieces and commentary to the Guardian. Between 2014 and 2016, he was a classical music and opera critic for Hong Kong Time Out.

In addition to a full-time job as a corporate financial lawyer, Ng teaches international securities law at the University of Hong Kong, as an adjunct associate professor in the Faculty of Law.

In 2016, Ng was elected President of PEN Hong Kong,^[3] the local chapter of PEN International that promotes literature and defends the freedom of expression around the world. He is also an ambassador for Shark Savers Hong Kong and frequent advocate for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, the freedom of expression, and the rights of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong.^[2] In 2019, Ng was elected Co-convenor of the [https://hkplg.org/ Progressive Lawyers Group], a group of Hong Kong-based lawyers dedicated to promoting rule of law and human rights.

Honours

In 2011, Ng was named "Man of the Year" by Elle Men (HK) magazine.^[4] In 2013, Hong Kong State of Mind was chosen as the book prize for the Harvard Book Award in Hong Kong.^[5] In the following year, No City for Slow Men was chosen as the book prize for the same award for that year.^[6]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Short fiction anthologies

External links

References

1. ^[https://theclickbook.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/blogging-in-hongkong-an-interview-with-jason-y-ng/ Blogging in Hong Kong: An Interview with Jason Y Ng], theclickbook, 2 June 2013
2. ^¹HELP talks to Jason Y. Ng, 8 May 2017
3. ^{{cite news|last1=Chiu|first1=Peace|title=Hong Kong writers relaunch literary group in face of unprecedented threat to free speech|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2045576/hong-kong-writers-relaunch-literary-group-face|agency=South China Morning Post|issue=13 November 2016}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Online and On Topic|url=http://www.igafencu.com/gm/content_en.php?pid=2273&is=64&cat=5|issue=June 2013|publisher=Gafencu Men}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Reporter B|title=The Harvard Book Prize 2013 啟發學生活出快樂人生|url=http://www.educationpost.com.hk/zh-hk/resources/business/130516-event-Harvard-Book-Prize-2013|issue=16 May 2013|publisher=SCMP Education Post}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=哈佛書獎優勝者分享金錢非萬能|url=http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=164193&target=2|issue=19 May 2014|publisher=Sing Tao Daily}}