Elizabeth Quat
{{short description|Hong Kong politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Elizabeth Quat
| image = Elizabeth Quat 20230712.jpg
| caption = Quat in 2023
| native_name = {{nobold|葛珮帆}}
| native_name_lang = zh-HK
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|12|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hong Kong
| nationality =
| party = DAB
| occupation =
| office = Member of the Legislative Council
| term_start = 1 January 2022
| term_end =
| constituency = Election Committee
| predecessor = New constituency
| term_start2 = 1 October 2012
| term_end2 = 31 December 2021
| constituency2 = New Territories East
| predecessor2 = Lau Kong-wah
| successor2 = Constituency abolished
| signature = Elizabeth Quat signature.svg
| education = Greenwich University, Hawaii (BBA, MBA, PhD)
}}
{{Chinese
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| t = 葛珮帆
| s = 葛佩帆
| j = got3 pui3 faan4
| p = Gě Pèifān
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Elizabeth Quat Pei-fan, BBS, JP ({{zh|t=葛珮帆|link=no}}, born 23 December 1966{{cite web|last=Quat|first=Elizabeth|url=http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2012/pdf/introd/LC5_06.pdf|date=14 August 2012|title=Elizabeth Quat Election Platform|access-date=11 September 2012|archive-date=4 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104190351/https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2012/pdf/introd/LC5_06.pdf|url-status=dead}}) is a Hong Kong politician associated with the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. She is a co-founder of the Internet Professional Association (iProA), a director of the World Summit Award and chief executive officer of CB Strategic Investment. All three of her "degrees" were awarded by defunct diploma mill Greenwich University, Hawaii.{{cite web|url=http://webb-site.com/articles/quat.asp|title=E. Quat's degrees don't equate|year=2014|publisher=webb-site|access-date=13 April 2014}}
Quat was elected in 2012 to represent New Territories East in the Hong Kong Legislative Council. She was re-elected in 2021 to represent Election Committee. She has also served as an elected member of the Sha Tin District Council from 2008 to 2015.
Background
Quat received her Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, and Doctor of Philosophy in Management from Greenwich University, Hawaii (which has never been recognized by an accrediting body of the federal Department of Education in the United States and later relocated to Norfolk Island).{{cite web|url=http://www.scfulfil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&itemid=99|title=Elizabeth Quat (Dr), Advisor|year=2011|publisher=SC Fulfil|access-date=29 August 2012}} In 2008, she was certified as a scuba diving instructor and is supporting photographer in a research group within the Ocean Geographic Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.elysiumepic.ogsociety.org/explorers/elizabeth_quat.html|title=Dr. Elizabeth QUAT (EQ)|year=2008|publisher=Elysium Epic|access-date=29 August 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://webb-site.com/articles/quat.asp|title=E. Quat's degrees don't equate|year=2014|publisher=webb-site.com|access-date=11 April 2014}}
In 2000, Quat founded the Internet Professional Association and was president of the group until 2006. She became the director of World Summit Award in 2003. Quat founded the company CB Strategic Investment in 2004 and has been the CEO since then. In 2005, she help founded eHealth Consortium. She was appointed as director for Hong Kong Education City in 2006. In 2007, she found and became the president for the Energy Saving & Environment Concern Alliance. Quat also founded Green ICT Consortium in 2009 and is the chairman of the organisation.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkirc.hk/pdf/general_meetings/agm/2004/Candidate%20Profiles/Elizabeth%20Quat.PDF|title=Elizabeth Quat, President and Co-founder of Internet Professional Association|year=2004|publisher=Hong Kong IRC|access-date=29 August 2012}}
Career in the Legislative Council
In November 2020, Quat said that a face mask manufacturer was challenging the Hong Kong national security law by producing yellow-coloured masks.{{cite news |title=HK face mask manufacturer halts business amid claims of its design violating the national security law |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/159178/HK-face-mask-manufacturer-halts-business-amid-claims-of-its-design-violating-the-national-security-law |work=The Standard |date=18 November 2020}}
In December 2020, Quat asked the government to consider a "lockdown order" for foreign domestic helpers on their day off, claiming that social distancing violations were "getting out of control" by them.{{Cite web|last=Ho|first=Kelly|date=29 December 2020|title=Covid-19: Lock down domestic workers on their day off, says pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/29/covid-19-lock-down-domestic-workers-on-their-day-off-says-pro-beijing-hong-kong-lawmaker/|access-date=29 December 2020|website=Hong Kong Free Press|language=en-GB}} In response, the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, dismissed Quat's idea and said that her suggestion would be inappropriate and discriminatory.{{Cite web|title=Ban on domestic workers' Sunday gatherings may be discriminating, says labour chief|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/163317/Ban-on-domestic-workers%E2%80%99-Sunday-gatherings-may-be-discriminating,-says-labour-chief|website=The Standard}}
In January 2021, the Hong Kong judiciary dismissed Quat's idea, in which she suggested that a council should be used to determine criminal sentencing due to a perceived lack of consistency in penalties.{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong judiciary rebuffs Beijing loyalist Elizabeth Quat on idea of sentencing council ｜ Apple Daily|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210120/PHATS3DLZFEVXNKSWSA4BO3TYI/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Apple Daily|language=zh|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120052356/https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210120/PHATS3DLZFEVXNKSWSA4BO3TYI/|url-status=dead}} The judiciary responded that current appeals and reviews were effective. In February 2021, it was reported that Quat again criticized the judiciary, claiming that the Department of Justice was not making progress in prosecuting those arrested under the National Security Law.{{Cite web |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20210202/bkn-20210202145322707-0202_00822_001.html |title=97人違國安法被捕僅控8人 議員批律政司蝸牛速檢控 |date=2 February 2021 |website=Oriental Daily News |access-date=26 May 2025 |language=zh}}
In February 2021, Quat said that BBC produced "fake news" that discredited mainland China's government, and that BBC deserved to have their programming dropped by RTHK.{{Cite web |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20210212/bkn-20210212212614296-0212_00822_001.html |title=歐盟批評港台停播BBC節目 議員反駁不容外國指指點點 |date=12 February 2021 |website=Oriental Daily News |access-date=26 May 2025 |language=zh}} Later, Quat said that RTHK had issues and was "left unsupervised" under its former Director of Broadcasting, Leung Ka-wing.{{Cite web|title=DAB hopes to see 'editorial improvement' at RTHK – RTHK|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1576418-20210219.htm?|access-date=20 February 2021|publisher=RTHK|language=en-gb}} In contrast, the RTHK's Programme Staff Union stated that they had serious doubts about the new director, Patrick Li, and that the government had made moves to strip editorial independence from RTHK.{{Cite web|title=RTHK has lost its editorial independence: union – RTHK|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1576428-20210219.htm?|access-date=20 February 2021|publisher=RTHK|language=en-gb}}
In April 2021, Quat stated that the COVID-19 situation in India was out of control, and that flights from there to Hong Kong should be restricted, despite a mandatory 21-day hotel quarantine for inbound passengers.{{Cite web |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20210405/bkn-20210405184215953-0405_00822_001.html |title=英國巴西等4國禁飛令本月21日解除 議員憂變種病毒殺入社區 |date=5 April 2021 |website=Oriental Daily News |access-date=26 May 2025 |language=zh}}
In December 2021, it was reported that Quat was eligible to vote four times in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, yielding 0.0475578% of the total voting value (elected seats), which is 9569 times more than the value of an average voter's total voting value.{{Cite web|last=FactWire|date=2021-12-15|title=Factwire: 41 privileged voters have 7,200 times greater power than a regular Hong Kong voter following election revamp|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/12/16/factwire-41-privileged-voters-have-7200-times-greater-power-than-a-regular-hong-kong-voter-following-election-revamp/|access-date=2021-12-16|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB}}
On 5 January 2022, Carrie Lam announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-05|title=Bars, gyms to close, 6pm restaurant curfew as Hong Kong ramps up Omicron battle|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3162190/coronavirus-hong-kongs-fifth-wave-has-already|access-date=2022-01-07|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}} One day later, it was discovered that Quat attended a birthday party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man, with 222 guests.{{cite web | url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1628558-20220112.htm | title=衞生防護中心最新發現洪為民宴會人數為222人 - RTHK }}[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-10/hong-kong-finds-another-suspected-covid-case-at-notorious-party Hong Kong Finds New Suspected Covid Case at Official’s Scandal-Hit Birthday Party]{{Cite web|date=2022-01-07|title=All 170 guests of Covid-19 scandal-hit birthday party sent to quarantine|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3162476/coronavirus-19-hong-kong-lawmakers-attended-birthday-party|access-date=2022-01-07|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}} At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19, causing all guests to be quarantined.
In July 2022, Quat proposed legislation to prohibit insulting people, stating "There are views pointing out that a number of incidents involving insulting other persons have happened in Hong Kong in recent years. Such acts not only trample on other persons' dignity and damage their reputation, but also encourage the trend of bullying in the community. Moreover, it is learnt that quite a number of public officers, while discharging duties, have experienced they themselves and their family members being insulted."{{Cite web |title=Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Council Meeting (Agenda) 13 July 2022 |url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr2022/english/counmtg/agenda/cm20220713.htm#q_15 |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=www.legco.gov.hk}}
In February 2023, when talking about foreign domestic helpers, Quat said she heard complaints and that "If it's not about job-hopping, it's that they don’t match their product descriptions. Let’s not say 'product,' but they come to Hong Kong and they don't know how to do any of the things they said they could do. Domestic workers' contracts, and domestic worker policies, only help the domestic worker. They don’t help the employers."{{Cite web |last=Leung |first=Hillary |title=Domestic workers' union slams Hong Kong lawmakers' 'racist' proposals as legislature discusses crackdown on 'job-hopping' - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2023/02/15/domestic-workers-union-slams-hong-kong-lawmakers-racist-proposals-as-legislature-discusses-crackdown-on-job-hopping/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=hongkongfp.com |language=en-GB}}
In July 2023, after the government lost at an attempt to ban the song Glory to Hong Kong, Quat said that the government should keep trying to ban the song.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=James |date=2023-08-08 |title=Hong Kong gov't advisor urges 'restraint' from lawmakers calling for legal reform over protest song |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/08/hong-kong-govt-advisor-urges-restraint-from-lawmakers-calling-for-legal-reform-over-protest-song/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}
Honours
Quat received Ten Outstanding Young Persons and Ten Outstanding Young Digi Persons awards in 2001, and named The Most Successful Women 2002. She was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://gia.info.gov.hk/general/201706/30/P2017062900879_262114_1_1498740755626.pdf |title=Appendix to the 2017 Honours List |publisher=Hong Kong SAR Government|date = 1 July 2017 |access-date=5 October 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/elizabeth-quat/0/460/3a6/ Elizabeth Quat LinkedIn profile]
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