JP
(born 24 August 1950 in Hong Kong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
(LegCo), as well as the co-founder and current chairwoman of the New People's Party
and Savantas Policy Institute.
She was formerly a prominent government official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(HKSAR). She was the first woman to be appointed as Secretary for Security
to head the disciplinary service.
Ip became a controversial figure for her role advocating the passage of legislation to implement Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23
, and after this legislation was withdrawn, she became the first principal official
to resign from the administration of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.
"Are you seriously telling me that taxi drivers, restaurant waiters and workers at McDonald's will want to discuss these proposals with me? A draft bill is for the experts" --Regina Ip dismissing pleas for the government to give the public more time to digest Article 23 proposals, at Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council, September 26, 2002
"Hitler came to power by democratic election, and he killed seven million Jews. One-person, one-vote is no panacea." --Regina Ip defending the lack of democracy in China, at a forum on Article 23 at City University of Hong Kong, October 28, 2002
"I have no problems with comment that is meant to criticize or scrutinize. I respond only because there has been exaggeration, misrepresentation, and descriptions that are completely divorced from reality. This is a matter of deceiving the public, and I feel obligated to point that out." --Regina Ip's remarks in the Legislative Council about her critics, January 15 2003