Sophie Leung
Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun, OBE, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician. She was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1996 to 2012, representing the textile and garment industry, and became a Deputy of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China in 2003.
Career
She has been a director since the 1970s of large textile conglomerates in Hong Kong with businesses extending globally, together with her husband, Brian Leung Hung-tak :zh:梁孔德, chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association. She founded Seattle Pacific Industries, a privately held company, which manufactures, markets, and distributes casual wear under its labels such as Union Bay and Sergio Valente in the United States with annual sales of over US$200 million. Casual wear-bearing fashion labels owned by Seattle Pacific Industries are sold in over 3,000 outlets in the United States, including department stores such as Macy's, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and JC Penney.Legislation
- HKSAR Deputy, 12th Of National People's Congress, PRC
- Councillor, Fourth Term of The Legislative Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Member of Finance Committee
- Chairman, Committee on Members' Interests, Legislative Council
- Member, Panel on Commerce and Industry, Legislative Council
- Member, Panel on Constitutional Affairs, Legislative Council
- Member of Panel on Development
- Member of Panel on Housing
- Member, Subcommittee on Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee