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{{Short description|Hong Kong Internet entrepreneur and IT advocate}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Mo (Chinese surname)|Mok]]|lang=Chinese}}
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| name                = Charles Mok
| native_name         = {{nobold|莫乃光}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-hk
| honorific-suffix    = [[Justice of Peace|JP]]
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| office1             = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]
| term_start1         = 1 October 2012
| term_end1           = 1 December 2020
| predecessor1        = [[Samson Tam]]
| successor1          = [[Duncan Chiu]] <br> <small>([[Technology and Innovation (constituency)|Technology and Innovation]])</small>
| constituency1       = [[Information Technology (constituency)|Information Technology]]
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| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|10|25}}
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| nationality         = Chinese (Hong Kong)
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| party               = [[Professional Commons]]
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| residence           = Hong Kong
| alma_mater          = [[Wah Yan College, Hong Kong|Wah Yan College]]<br />[[Purdue University]]
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| website             = {{url|charlesmok.hk/}}
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| c = 莫乃光
| j = Mok6 Naai5 Gwong1
| p = Mò Nǎiguāng
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'''Charles Peter Mok Nai-kwong''', [[Justice of Peace|JP]] (born 25 October 1964) is a Hong Kong–based Internet entrepreneur and [[Information technology|IT]] advocate who formerly represents the [[Information Technology (constituency)|Information Technology]] [[functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]] on the [[Hong Kong Legislative Council]].<ref>[http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/pf_fc_it.html Introduction to Candidates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912133417/http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/pf_fc_it.html# |date=12 September 2008 }} – 2008 Legislative Council Election. Retrieved 17 January 2010</ref>

[[File:Professor Douglas Arner with Charles Mok.jpg|right|260px|thumb|Mok is interviewed by Professor [[Douglas W. Arner]](centre) from the [[University of Hong Kong]] on [[FinTech]].]]
Mok founded [[HKNet]] 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.<ref>[http://www.hknet.com/en/about_hknet/company_background/overview.html Company Background] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212142002/http://www.hknet.com/en/about_hknet/company_background/overview.html |date=12 December 2009 }} – [[HKNet]]. Retrieved 17 January 2010.</ref> 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 is currently a Hong Kong Legislative Councillor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Mok won the 2012 Legislative Council Information Technology Sector Election|url=http://hk.news.yahoo.com/fcresults.html}}</ref>

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”.

Mok is currently a regular columnist for a number of local print media, including the ''[[Hong Kong Economic Journal]]'' (since 2000) and ''CUP magazine'' (since 2005).

In Hong Kong's [[2008 Hong Kong legislative election|2008 Legislative Council Election]], Mok lost to [[Samson Tam]] in the [[Information Technology (constituency)|Information Technology]] [[functional constituency]] with 1982 votes, just 35 fewer than Tam's total of 2017 votes.  Mok commenced a legal action in the [[High Court of Hong Kong]] against Tam in relation to the latter's alleged misconduct during campaigning.

In the [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012 election]], Mok won the Information Technology seat with 2,828 votes, against 2,063 votes for the incumbent, his only opponent, Tam.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Mok won the 2012 Legislative Council Information Technology Sector Election|url=http://hk.news.yahoo.com/fcresults.html}}</ref> He was reelected his Legislative Council seat in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 election]].

Charles is a [https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/people/charles-mok Visiting Scholar at the Global Digital Policy Incubator] of the Cyber Policy Center at Stanford University, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society, and a board member of the International Centre for Trade Transparency and Monitoring.

==Education==
Mok attended [[Wah Yan College, Hong Kong]] (Class of 1981), a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] single-gender secondary school in Hong Kong. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees, in 1985 and 1987 respectively, in [[Electrical Engineering]] from [[Purdue University]], United States. Mok was a PhD candidate in Enterprise Management at [[Shanghai University of Finance and Economics]], People's Republic of China.

==Electoral history==

===[[2008 Hong Kong legislative election]]===
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  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Samson Tam|Tam Wai-ho]]
  |votes      = 2,017
  |percentage = 50.44
  |change     = +7.79
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  |party      = Nonpartisan politician
  |candidate  = [[Charles Peter Mok]]
  |votes      = 1,982
  |percentage = 49.56
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 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 35
   |percentage = 0.88
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   |votes      = 3,999
   |percentage = 100.00
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   |votes      = 138
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{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      =  4,137
  |percentage = 71.96
  |change     = 
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{{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 5,749
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   |winner     = Independent (politician)
   |loser      = Nonpartisan politician
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===[[2012 Hong Kong legislative election]]===
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  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |side       = The Professional Commons
  |candidate  = Charles Peter Mok
  |votes      = 2,828
  |percentage = 57.82
  |change     = +8.26
}}
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   |votes      = 4,891
   |percentage = 100.00
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{{Election box turnout||votes=5,095|percentage=76.19|change=}}
{{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 6,687
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   |loser      = Nonpartisan politician
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===[[2016 Hong Kong legislative election]]===
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      =  The Professional Commons
  |candidate  = Charles Peter Mok
  |votes      = 6,253
  |percentage = 64.61
  |change     = +6.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Nonpartisan politician
  |candidate  = Eric Yeung Chuen-sing
  |votes      = 3,425
  |percentage = 35.39
  |change     = 
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 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 2,828
   |percentage = 29.22
   |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box total valid
   |votes      = 9,678
   |percentage = 100.00
   |change     = 
}}
{{Election box rejected|
   |votes      = 205
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{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      =  9,883
  |percentage = 81.74
  |change     = +5.55
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{{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 12,091
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   |winner     = The Professional Commons
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==Public services==
* [[Professional Commons]], Vice-Chairman (since 2008)
* [[Internet Society Hong Kong]] Chairman
* Hong Kong Information Technology Federation ''Ex officio'' Member; Past President (2001–2005)
* [[Hong Kong Computer Society]] Chair, Health Information Technology Special Interest Division
* Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association Past chairman (1998–2000)
* Web-based Services and Computer Network Working Group, Vice-Chairman, Chairman.
* Supporting Services Development Committee, Vice-Chairman.
* [[Radio Television Hong Kong]] Member, Television Programme Advisory Committee
* [[Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor|HK Human Rights Monitor]] Founding Member
* [[Hong Kong Democratic Foundation]], 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

==See also==
*[[HKNet]]
*[[Mok]]
*[[Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.hkdnr.hk/company_info/events_news.jsp?item=15 HKIRC]
*[http://charlesmok2006.blogspot.com/ Official Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090204035231/http://www.it360.hk/ IT360 Newsletter for the Hong Kong IT Industry]

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