Liberal Voices from China: The Hong Kong Example

Issue Date October 1998
Volume 9
Issue 4
Page Numbers 4-8
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About the Author

Martin C.M. Lee is chairman of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party and a member of its Legislative Council. He is a lawyer and a former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association. In April 1997 the National Endowment for Democracy presented him with its Democracy Award in recognition of his contributions to the democratic cause in Hong Kong.

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