Kennedy Wong
Kennedy Wong | |
|---|---|
| 黃英豪 | |
 Wong in 2020 | |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Wong Ting-kwong |
| Constituency | Import and Export |
| Member of the Provisional Legislative Council | |
| In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1963 Hong Kong |
| Political party | DAB |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Kent |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
Kennedy Wong Ying-ho BBS, JP (born 23 February 1963 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong solicitor. He is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong. He was also the member of the Provisional Legislative Council which existed from 1996 to 98 and councillor of the Hong Kong Baptist University. He was the part-time member of the government's Central Policy Unit from 2002 to 2004 and the member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee.[1]
In December 2021, it was reported that Wong was eligible to vote four times in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, yielding 0.0371484% of the total voting value (elected seats), which is 7475 times more than the value of an average voter's total voting value.[2]
According to Wong's January 2022 declaration of assets, he owns shares in about 40 separate companies.[3]
In July 2022, Wong was one of 18 DAB lawmakers who argued that businesspeople should have their own quarantine hotel rooms in Shenzhen, separate from the rest of the population going from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, who use a ballot system to allocate rooms.[4]
In August 2022, Wong announced that he would travel to Indonesia to clarify misconceptions about Hong Kong, and discuss "the true situation in Hong Kong, because unfortunately the international media has not properly reported the whole situation, in particular what really happened in 2019 and what the Hong Kong government as well as different sectors are [doing] to bring us to the next level."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Positions of Wong, Kennedy Ying Ho". Web-site Hong Kong. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ FactWire (15 December 2021). "Factwire: 41 privileged voters have 7,200 times greater power than a regular Hong Kong voter following election revamp". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "How well can Hong Kong's affluent lawmakers represent ordinary residents?". South China Morning Post. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Businesspeople call for own Shenzhen hotel quota – RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "DAB to visit ASEAN countries to promote Hong Kong - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
External links
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Media related to Kennedy Wong Ying-ho at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Kent
- Delegates to the 14th National People's Congress from Hong Kong
- Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians
- HK LegCo Members 2022–2025
- Hong Kong pro-Beijing politicians
- Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017
- Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the Provisional Legislative Council
- New Century Forum politicians
- Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star
- Hong Kong solicitors