Background
Mr. Hing-yun Loo also known as H. Y. Loo is the fourth son of the well-known late Loo Kow of Macao. He was born in 1885 in Macao.
Mr. Hing-yun Loo also known as H. Y. Loo is the fourth son of the well-known late Loo Kow of Macao. He was born in 1885 in Macao.
After having received a Chinese education Mr. Loo went to England in 1909. He stayed in England for seven years attending Oxford University and the Inner Temple in London being called to the English Bar in 1916 receiving the M. A. degree in 1915. Mr. Loo learned the French language while in France for about a year.
Since Hing-yun Loo's return to China he was practicing law in Shanghai, Hongkong, and Canton. He was for a time lecturer on Law in the Soochow University. He entered the government service at Canton (Guangzhou) in 1919 when he was appointed a departmental chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1920 Mr. Loo was invited by the Civil Governor, General Chen Chiung-ming, to be his advisor and also a member of the law compiling commission to draft the system of provincial government. In February, 1921 Mr. Loo was appointed Chief Justice of a division of the Supreme Court of the Constitutional government.