Gloria Chang
Hong Kong activist (born 1977)
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Gloria Chang Wan-ki (Chinese: 張韻琪; born 1977[1]) is a Hong Kong environmental activist who served as president of the Hong Kong University Students' Union in 2000. She was a main critic of the university leaders during the "Pollgate" controversy concerning government pressure on Robert Chung Ting-yiu, who conducted polls.[2][3]
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Chang in 2014 | |
| President of the Hong Kong University Students' Union | |
| In office 2000–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Chan King-chi |
| Succeeded by | Bibi Ngai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) |
| Education | St. Mary's Canossian College |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong (BSocSc) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 張韻琪 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张韵琪 | ||||||||||
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She was a major contributor to the resignation of the former Vice Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Professor Cheng Yiu-chung.[4][5] Chang was arrested for "illegal assembly" while protesting university fees in 2000.[6][7] As of February 2007, she was working at Greenpeace Hong Kong as a climate and energy campaigner.[8][9] In 2011, she travelled to the North Pole as part of her work with Greenpeace.[10] She is also a Roman Catholic.[11]
Chang, along with HKU politics professor Joseph Chan were the middlemen in coordinating the televised debate between protest leaders and government officials amid the 2014 Umbrella Movement.[12] She opposed the confrontational, non-cooperative approach of radical protesters and called for dialogue and compromise on both sides.
