Alan_Leong

Alan Leong

Alan Leong

Hong Kong politician

Alan Leong Kah-kit[1] (Chinese: 梁家傑; born 22 February 1958), SC is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon East geographical constituency and former chairman of the now-disbanded Civic Party. He was also vice-chairperson of the Independent Police Complaints Council.

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Leong. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Alan Leong and the Chinese-style name is Leong Kah-kit.
Quick Facts SC, Chairperson of the Civic Party ...

Early career

Leong graduated with an LLB from the University of Hong Kong and an LLM from Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. He was chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association from 2001 to 2003.

Political career

As chairperson of Hong Kong Bar Association, he mobilised many barristers to participate in the July 1 protests. He won a seat in the Legislative Council in the 2004 election.

In January 2011, Leong was elected the second leader of the Civic Party, replacing Audrey Eu.[2]

2007 Chief Executive election

Leong was nominated by the Civic Party as its party candidate for the Chief Executive election in 2007. He was also supported by the pan-democrats, including the Democratic Party.

Leong later secured 132 nominations and became the first Pan-democracy camp candidate to succeed in joining the Chief Executive election. In the end Leong lost to Donald Tsang in the CE election on 25 March 2007, gaining 123 votes from the 800-member Election Committee.

"Five Constituencies Referendum"

Main article: 2010 Hong Kong by-election

In January 2010, Leong and other four lawmakers, Albert Chan, Tanya Chan, Leung Kwok-hung and Wong Yuk-man resigned their seats to force by-elections, in which they all stood, which they called on to be treated as a referendum to press the Chinese Central Government into allowing universal suffrage in Hong Kong.[3] On 16 May 2010, he was re-elected as a lawmaker in the by-election.[4]

Violence may sometime be THE solution to a problem

In a public forum held between the HKU president and college faculties and students dated July 18, 2019 during 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, Leong claimed that "Violence may sometime be THE solution to a problem", which was refuted by the President Xiang Zhang.[5]

Dissolution of the Civic Party and retirement

After the Civic Party failed to form a new executive committee in December 2022, Leong stated the party would be dissolved in 2023. He also announced his intention to retire from politics after the party's dissolution, saying he was "old enough to retire as a politician".[6]

Personal life

Leong is married with three children.

References

  1. [1]
    Alan Leong's official website profile Archived 30 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Civic Party elects new leader, chairman". RTHK. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Hong Kong MPs quit in attempt to push Beijing towards direct elections". the Guardian.
  4. [4]
    "Pro-democracy lawmakers win by-elections". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  5. [5]
    "University president under fire for stance on protesters". University World News.
  6. [6]
    Ho, Kelly (5 December 2022). "'That's the end of it': Hong Kong pro-democracy Civic Party to fold after no nominees received for exec. committee". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leong Kah-kit, Alan.
More information Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Party political offices ...
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Alan_Leong, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.