Fighting for equality: Law Bik-chi plans to be first woman to referee a Hong Kong Premier League match
Match official closing in on quest to take charge at top level of domestic men’s game
Referee Law Bik-chi aims to claim another first for women in Hong Kong soccer, following in the footsteps of trailblazing coach Chan Yuen-ting, who steered Eastern to the league championship in 2016.
Having been a referee at various levels for more than a decade, Law quit her full-time job last year to try to become the first female match official to operate at the highest level of the domestic game – the Hong Kong Premier League.
“I started as a referee in 2006, becoming a Fifa women’s referee in 2013, and now my target is to be the first female match official in the Hong Kong Premier League,” said Law, who took part in a refereeing course conducted in Hong Kong by English Premier League referee Bobby Madley ahead of Wednesday’s EPL Asia Trophy.
“The Bundesliga is going to have its first female referee in the new season and this is going to bolster our intention to have the same thing happen in Hong Kong,” said Law.
In Germany, 38-year-old police officer Bibiana Steinhaus was last month named one of the four new referees in the top flight for the 2017-18 season.
