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 byMartin Lee
Succeeded byMargaret Ng
ConstituencyLegal
Personal details
Born (1948-09-10) 10 September 1948 (age 76)
Hong Kong
SpouseShelia Mary Wells
Children2
Alma materThe College of Law
OccupationSolicitor and Notary Public
Simon Ip
Traditional Chinese葉錫安
Simplified Chinese叶锡安
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Xī'ān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYihp Sīk ōn
JyutpingJip6 Sek3 on1

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]

  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.