Charles Mok
Encyclopedia
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
advocate. He founded HKNet
HKNet
HKNet is an internet service provider in Hong Kong. It is a part of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Group. Previously one of the major players in the broadband market, HKNet began retreating from the consumer market, and in 2005, transferred its residential customers to the larger Netvigator ISP...
in 1994, and contributed the company's expansion as a major IP telecommunications operator in Hong Kong before its acquisition by NTT Communications in 2000. He was a founding chairman of Internet Society, Hong Kong Chapter, and the ex-officio member and ex-president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation. He was also a past chairman and a co-founder of the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association.
He has been actively promoting the industry's development and digital comprehension in the region since the early 1990s. He has been actively participating in the community to promote fair competition, media freedom, personal privacy, consumer protection, healthcare, transport, human rights and democracy development in Hong Kong. In 1999, he was awarded as one of Hong Kong’s " Ten Outstanding Young Digi Persons”.
He is currently a regular columnist for a number of local print media, such as Hong Kong Economic Journal
Hong Kong Economic Journal
The Hong Kong Economic Journal is a Chinese language daily newspaper published in Hong Kong by the Shun Po Co., Ltd. Available in both Hong Kong and Macau, the newspaper mainly focuses on economic news and other related issues...
(since 2000) and CUP magazine (since 2005).
In Hong Kong's 2008 Legislative Council Election, Charles Mok lost to Samson Tam
Samson Tam
Samson Tam Wai Ho, JP is an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong . He is the chairman and one of the founders of Group Sense Limited, the manufacturer of "Instant-Dict" Chinese-English electronic dictionary...
for the seat of the Information Technology Functional Constituency. He lost at 1982 versus 2017 votes, or 35 votes behind. Charles Mok had commenced a legal action in the High Court of Hong Kong against Samson Tam
Samson Tam
Samson Tam Wai Ho, JP is an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong . He is the chairman and one of the founders of Group Sense Limited, the manufacturer of "Instant-Dict" Chinese-English electronic dictionary...
in relation to the alleged misconduct of Samson Tam
Samson Tam
Samson Tam Wai Ho, JP is an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong . He is the chairman and one of the founders of Group Sense Limited, the manufacturer of "Instant-Dict" Chinese-English electronic dictionary...
during the period leading up to Hong Kong's 2008 Legislative Council Election.
Education
Mok attended Wah Yan College, Hong KongWah Yan College, Hong Kong
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong is an eminent grant-in-aid secondary school in Hong Kong. It was founded on 16 December 1919, by Tsui Yan Sau Peter . It is a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys run by the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus...
(Class of 1981), which was (and still is) a prestigious Roman Catholic single-gender secondary school in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. He received his Bachelor and Master Degrees, in 1985 and 1987 respectively, in Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
from Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Mok is currently a Ph. D candidate in Enterprise Management at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
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Public services
- Professional Commons, Vice-Chairman (2008- )
- Internet Society Hong Kong Chairman
- Hong Kong Information Technology Federation Ex-officio Member; Past President (2001–05)
- Hong Kong Computer SocietyHong Kong Computer SocietyFounded in 1970, the Hong Kong Computer Society is a non-profit organisation focused on developing Hong Kong's Information Technology industry...
Chair, Health Information Technology Special Interest Division - Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association Past Chairman (1998-00)
- Web-based Services and Computer Network Working Group, Vice Chairman, Chairman.
- Supporting Services Development Committee, Vice Chairman.
- Radio Television Hong KongRadio Television Hong KongRadio Television Hong Kong is a public broadcasting organisation in Hong Kong that is operated as an independent department in the government under the Broadcasting Authority. RTHK operates seven radio channels, and produces television programmes that are then broadcast through local television...
Member, Television Programme Advisory Committee - HK Human Rights MonitorHong Kong Human Rights MonitorHong Kong Human Rights Monitor is a local non-governmental organization which was established in April 1995. It aims at promoting better human rights protection in Hong Kong in the aspect of legislation and people's everyday life....
Founding Member - Hong Kong Democratic FoundationHong Kong Democratic FoundationThe Hong Kong Democratic Foundation was established on 27 October 1989 by Jimmy McGregor and Dr Leong Che-hung as a political party. HKDF had four legislators when it was founded: Mr Jimmy McGregor, Dr Leong Che-hung, Ms Leung Wai-tung and Mr Chan Ying-lun...
, Director
Publication
- “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support Policy by Government: HKSAR as Example”, “Waiguo Jingji Yu Guanli” (“Foreign Economics and Management”) Journal Vol. 28, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, August 2006