Antonio Ng Explained

António Ng
Native Name Lang:zh-mo
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly
Constituency:Macau (Directly elected)
Term Start:30 September 1992
Term End:15 October 2021
Nationality:Macau
Portugal
Birth Date:26 September 1957
Birth Place:Nanhai, Guangdong, China
Party:New Democratic Macau Association

António Ng Kuok Cheong (; born September 26, 1957) was a member in the Macau Legislative Assembly, returned by direct election. He was the founding chairman of the pro-democratic political party New Macau Association. He is also the leader of the political pressure group Union for Democracy Development. Ng has been a major figure in the Macau democracy movement and is one of the three pro-democratic legislators in the Assembly.

After his graduation from Yuet Wah College, Macau, Ng obtained his undergraduate degree in economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Once an employee in a Chinese bank in the early 1990s, Ng lost the job due to political pressure from Beijing.[1]

Election results

YearCandidateHare quotaMandateList VotesList Pct
1992 (ANMD)3,412№4/83,41212.39%
1996 (AMDP)6,331№6/86,3318.73%
2001 (AMDP)8,481№1/1016,96120.95%
2005 (AMDP)11,745№1/1223,48918.80%
2009 (APMD)8,212№3/1216,42411.58%
2013 (APMD)10,986№8/1410,9867.50%
2017 (APMD)10,079№9/1410,0795.84%

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Notes and References

  1. Kwong. Ying-ho. Wong. Mathew Y.H.. 2017. State Size and Democratization in Hybrid Regimes: The Chinese Island Cities of Macau and Hong Kong. Island Studies Journal. en. 12. 2. 121. 10.24043/isj.36. 1715-2593. free.