Simon Ip

Simon Ip Sik-on GBS, CBE, JP
葉錫安
Member of the Legislative Council
In office 9 October 1991 – 31 July 1995
Preceded by	Martin Lee
Succeeded by	Margaret Ng
Constituency	Legal
Personal details
Born	(1948-09-10) 10 September 1948 (age 76) Hong Kong
Spouse	Shelia Mary Wells
Children	2
Alma mater	The College of Law
Occupation	Solicitor and Notary Public

Simon Ip
Traditional Chinese	葉錫安
Simplified Chinese	叶锡安
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Xī'ān Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Yihp Sīk ōn Jyutping Jip^6 Sek^3 on^1

Simon Ip Sik-on, GBS CBE JP (born 10 September 1948) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1991—1995) for the Legal functional constituency.[1]

He was educated at St Stephen's Church School, Hong Kong, and at the Licensed Victuallers' School and The College of Law in England.[2]

Ip adopted a conservative interpretation of the Basic Law and acknowledged the Chinese overlordship of the Hong Kong judiciary.[3]

References

1. Read Their Lips (I): A dossier of political leaders in Hong Kong. Pace Publishing Ltd. p. 120.
2. "Members database". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
3. Lo, Shiu Hing (2000). "The Politics of the Debate over the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong". China Quarterly. 161: 234. doi:10.1017/S0305741000004008. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 154782018.

Legal offices
Preceded by Brian Tisdall	President of Law Society of Hong Kong 1987–1989	Succeeded by Alfred Donald Yap
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Martin Lee	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Legal 1991–1995	Succeeded by Margaret Ng
Sporting positions
Preceded by Thomas Brian Stevenson	Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club 2014–present	Incumbent