Sophie Leung, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sophie Leung

Hong Kong politician

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1945

Place of Birth: Macau, China

Profession: politician, justice of the peace

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun, OBE, GBS, JP (Chinese: ????; born 9 October 1945, Macau) is a resident of the Hong Kong SAR, Mrs.
Sophie Leung had been a Member of the Legislative Council of HKSAR from 1996 to 2012, representing the textile and garment industry, and has been a Deputy of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China since 2003. She is a director since the 1970s of a number of large textile conglomerates in Hong Kong with businesses extending globally, she and her husband, Brian Leung Hung-tak zh:???, chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association.
She founded Seattle Pacific Industries, a privately held company, which manufactures, markets and distributes casual wear under their own fashion labels such as “Union Bay” and “Sergio Valente” in the United States, with annual sales of over US$200 million.
Casual wear bearing fashion labels owned by Seattle Pacific Industries are sold in over 3,000 outlets in the United States, including major high-end department stores such as Macy’s, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and JC Penney.