Elizabeth Quat

Elizabeth Quat, BBS, JP (Chinese: 葛珮帆, born 23 December 1966[1]) is a Hong Kong politician associated with the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. She is a co-founder of the scandal-rocked Internet Professional Association (iProA), a director of the World Summit Award and chief executive officer of CB Strategic Investment. All three of her "degrees" were awarded by defunct diploma mill Greenwich University, Hawaii.[2]

The Honourable Elizabeth Quat BBS, JP
葛珮帆
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2012
Preceded by	Lau Kong-wah
Constituency	New Territories East
Personal details
Born	23 December 1966 Hong Kong
Political party	DAB
Alma mater	Greenwich University, Hawaii (BBA, MBA, PhD)
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Elizabeth Quat
Traditional Chinese	葛珮帆
Simplified Chinese	葛佩帆
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gě Pèifān Yue: Cantonese Jyutping got3 pui3 faan4

Quat was elected in 2012 to represent New Territories East in the Hong Kong Legislative Council. She has also served as an elected member of the Sha Tin District Council from 2008 to 2015.

Background

Quat received her Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, and Doctor of Philosophy in Management from Greenwich University, Hawaii (which has never been recognized by an accrediting body of the federal Department of Education in the United States and later relocated to Norfolk Island).[3] In 2008, she was certified as a scuba diving instructor and is supporting photographer in a research group within the Ocean Geographic Society.[4][5]

In 2000, Quat founded the Internet Professional Association and was president of the group until 2006. She became the director of World Summit Award in 2003. Quat founded the company CB Strategic Investment in 2004 and has been the CEO since then. In 2005, she help founded eHealth Consortium. She was appointed as director for Hong Kong Education City in 2006. In 2007, she found and became the president for the Energy Saving & Environment Concern Alliance. Quat also founded Green ICT Consortium in 2009 and is the chairman of the organisation. She is currently a master student at the University of Hong Kong for marriage and family therapy.[6]

In November 2020, Quat claimed that a face mask manufacturer was challenging the Hong Kong national security law by producing yellow-coloured masks.[7]

In December 2020, Quat asked the government to consider a "lockdown order" for foreign domestic helpers on their day off, claiming that social distancing violations were "getting out of control" by them.[8] In response, the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, dismissed Quat's idea and said that her suggestion would be inappropriate and discriminatory.[9]

In January 2021, the Hong Kong judiciary dismissed Quat's idea, in which she suggested that a council should be used to determine criminal sentencing due to a perceived lack of consistency in penalties.[10] The judiciary responded that current appeals and reviews were effective.[10] In February 2021, it was reported that Quat again criticized the judiciary, claiming that the Department of Justice was not making progress in prosecuting those arrested under the National Security Law.[11]

Honours

Quat received Ten Outstanding Young Persons and Ten Outstanding Young Digi Persons awards in 2001, and named The Most Successful Women 2002.[3]She was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.[12]

References

1. Quat, Elizabeth (14 August 2012). "Elizabeth Quat Election Platform" (PDF).
2. "E. Quat's degrees don't equate". webb-site. 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
3. "Elizabeth Quat (Dr), Advisor". SC Fulfil. 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
4. "Dr. Elizabeth QUAT (EQ)". Elysium Epic. 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
5. "E. Quat's degrees don't equate". webb-site.com. 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
6. "Elizabeth Quat, President and Co-founder of Internet Professional Association" (PDF). Hong Kong IRC. 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
7. "HK face mask manufacturer halts business amid claims of its design violating the national security law". The Standard. 18 November 2020.
8. Ho, Kelly (2020-12-29). "Covid-19: Lock down domestic workers on their day off, says pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
9. "Ban on domestic workers' Sunday gatherings may be discriminating, says labour chief". The Standard.
10. "Hong Kong judiciary rebuffs Beijing loyalist Elizabeth Quat on idea of sentencing council ｜ Apple Daily". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-01-20.
11. Kong, Dimsumdaily Hong (2021-02-02). "Department of Justice criticised for slow prosecution rate of offenders of National Security Law". Dimsum Daily. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
12. "Appendix to the 2017 Honours List" (PDF). Hong Kong SAR Government. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

External links

• Elizabeth Quat LinkedIn profile