advocate chairman of Internet Society
Mok attended Wah Yan College, Hong Kong (Class of 1981), a prestigious 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, United States. Mok is currently a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in Enterprise Management at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, People"s Republic of China.
He founded HKNet in 1994, and contributed the company"s expansion as a major Intellectual Property telecommunications operator in Hong Kong before its acquisition by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Communications in 2000. 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 is currently a Hong Kong Legislative Councillor.
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”.
He is currently a regular columnist for a number of local print media, such as the Hong Kong Economic Journal (since 2000) and Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom magazine (since 2005). In Hong Kong"s 2008 Legislative Council Election, Charles Mok lost to Samson Tam for the seat of the Information Technology Functional Constituency.
He lost at 1982 versus 2017 votes, or 35 votes behind.
Charles Mok had commenced a legal action in the High Court of Hong Kong against Samson Tam in relation to the alleged misconduct of Samson Tam during the period leading up to Hong Kong"s 2008 Legislative Council Election. 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 (1998-1900) 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 Founding Member Hong Kong Democratic Foundation, director
He was also a past chairman and a co-founder of the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association. On 9 September 2012, Charles Mok won his seat (of the Information Technology Functional Constituency) for the Hong Kong Legislative Council with 2,828 votes, against the 2,063 votes which his only opponent, Samson Tam, had received.
