Hau Man-kin explained

Hau Man-kin
Office1:Member of the Yuen Long District Council
Term Start1:1 January 2020
Term End1:8 July 2021
Predecessor1:Chan Sze-ching
Constituency1:Tin Shing
Birth Date:2 May 1992
Birth Place:British Hong Kong
Residence:Hong Kong
Citizenship:Hong Kong
Party:Tin Shui Wai Connection

Hau Man-kin (Chinese: t=侯文健; born 2 May 1992) is a Hong Kong social activist and former member of the Yuen Long District Council for Tin Shing. He is formerly a covenor of the Tin Shui Wai Connection.

Biography

Raised in Yuen Long, Kwan formed Tin Shui Wai Connection with other Tin Shui Wai netizens in 2019 aiming at contesting in the 2019 District Council election against the pro-Beijing incumbents.[1] Kwan ran against pro-Beijing incumbent Lau Kwai-yung in Tin Shing and received 3,347 votes, winning the seat by a narrow margin of 517 votes.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: 【區議會選舉2019】連登仔連線阻建制自動當選 爭天水圍做第19區. 2019-09-16. HK01.
  2. News: Hong Kong Election Results Give Democracy Backers Big Win . The New York Times . 25 November 2019 . pro-democracy candidates captured 389 of 452 elected seats, up from only 124 and far more than they have ever won. . https://web.archive.org/web/20191125064446/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/world/asia/hong-kong-election-results.html . 25 November 2019 . live . 24 November 2019 . Bradsher . Keith . Ramzy . Austin . May . Tiffany .