Hong Kong kidnapping victim Queenie Law friendly, independent-minded heiress, say friends

Queenie Rosita Law, the 29-year-old heiress to the Bossini clothing fortune who was kidnapped last Saturday, is known as an independent and down-to-earth member of one of Hong Kong's wealthiest families, friends and former classmates said.

She is the granddaughter of Law Ting-pong, who founded Bossini, and her family has been running the clothing business for decades. Her father, Raymond Law Ka-kui, is a property investor who is involved in some of the city's major development projects.

But unlike many of Hong Kong's elite, Queenie Law, who has an older sister and a younger brother, attended local schools, not international institutions, and developed a career based on her own talent.

For her final two years or so at high school, she attended the Law Ting Pong Secondary School, in Tai Po, which is named after her late grandfather.

The public secondary school is not considered a select institution, and is open to every Hongkonger. Law's former classmates there said she was independent and far from snobbish, making friends with classmates from a wide range of backgrounds.

After secondary school, Law enrolled in Central Saint Martins, a renowned public art university in London, where she studied graphic design and won a prestigious design award in 2009.