The late Elsie Tu (was Elsie Elliott) 2 June 1913 – 8 December 2015
by Alan Robertson
Those who were CLS students in early 70s cannot fail to remember the vocal social campaigner & leading light of the Urban Council, she often on local TV giving voice to her concerns, a member of it since 1963 and an elected member of the Legislative Council from 1988 to 1995. She married Andrew Hsueh-kwei Tu (a native of Inner Mongolia) in 1985, with whom she had co-founded Mu Kuang English School in an old army tent at Kai TaK, remaining Principal of the school until 2000. Appointed CBE in 1977, she was a first recipient of post-handover Hong Kong’s highest honour, the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 1997. Britain’s Daily Telegraph of 16 December 2015 carried a full obituary (from Alan Robertson)