Anna Lo
Anna Manwah Lo ( Chin.盧曼華 / 卢曼华Pinyin Lú Mànhuá Jyutping Lou4 Maan6waa4 kant. Lo Manwah; born June 16, 1950 in Hong Kong ) is a Northern Irish politician.
Lo moved into a European Parliament in 2007 as the first Asian-born Chinese woman and the first person with a migrant background to enter the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in the Belfast South constituency . Lo was born in Hong Kong and moved to London with her then husband, a journalist for the Belfast Telegraph , and later to Northern Ireland in 1974. This uncomplicated move was made possible by a passport from the former crown colony of Hong Kong. In the following years she worked as a social worker and was publicly committed to combating racism . She is a board member in the Northern Ireland Chinese Welfare Association . Her children moved from Northern Ireland and she continues to live there with her second husband.
Footnotes
- ^ Spiegel.de, Felix Zeltner: How a Chinese woman wants to change Northern Ireland, from April 4, 2007 (accessed on May 17, 2010)
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lo, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lo, Anna Manwah (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hong Kong |