Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Lu Hsing-yuan

Mr. Hing-yun Loo

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(Lu Hsing-yuan)

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 tending 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 his return to China he has been 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 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.