黃碧雲

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Helena Wong Pik-wan, born in Hong Kong on 21 March 1959, is a political scientist and politician, a member of the Democratic Party who represented the Kowloon West geographical constituency in the Legislative Council. She attended Kowloon True Light Middle School, graduating in 1979, then studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she took a bachelor's degree in religious studies and a master of philosophy in government and public administration. She went on to the United States and obtained a master's degree and a doctorate in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, specialising in comparative politics and public policy. After returning to Hong Kong she taught at the City University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, giving courses in politics and general education. In 1999 she joined the general education centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a lecturer, working there on general education and public affairs research until her retirement in 2019. Beyond academia she was active in the Democratic Party as a senior member and followed human rights, education and social policy, and she wrote from time to time on policy issues in the press and on public platforms. In 2012 she stood for the Democratic Party in the Kowloon West geographical constituency, was elected and was returned again in 2016, serving in the council until 2020. As a scholar turned politician she set out her positions on constitutional development, education policy and human rights, and took part in a range of council work related to public administration and civil rights. In 2021 she was arrested in connection with the pro-democracy primary case and later charged. On 19 November 2024, after pleading guilty, she was sentenced to 78 months' imprisonment, or six years and six months.