Kam Nai-wai explained

Kam Nai-wai
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Honorific-Suffix:MH
Birth Date:1 November 1960
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Office:Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Constituency:Hong Kong Island
Term Start:1 October 2008
Term End:30 September 2012
Predecessor:Yeung Sum
Successor:Sin Chung-kai
Alma Mater:City Polytechnic of Hong Kong (now: City University of Hong Kong)
Hong Kong Baptist University
Party:Democratic Party
Occupation:District Councillor

Kam Nai-wai MH (; born 1960, Hong Kong) is a founding member of the Democratic Party,[1] and was a former member of Central and Western District Council.[2] He is also a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Geographical constituency, Hong Kong Island). His profession is as a social worker and he is a director of an IT company.

Kam served on the former Urban Council and district councils from 1995.[3]

Political career

In 2007, Kam planned to participate in 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election after the former chairman of DAB, Ma Lik, died of colon cancer. He later withdrew from the election process, denying that it was under pressure from fellow democrats who feared splitting the vote with Anson Chan.[4] He won praise for his support for victims of the Lehman minibonds saga in 2008.

In the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election he won the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency seat for the Democratic Party.

Views, policy positions and Legco voting

In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council functional constituencies.[5]

Personal life

Kam is married to Candy.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dphk.org/2003/councilor/district2.asp?iId=122 Profile of Kam Nai-wai in Democratic Party Website (Chinese Version)
  2. http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/central_d/english/member_detail.htm#member11 Central & Western District Council Members (2008 - 2011)
  3. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7719c19ff0024210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News Democrat faces sexual harassment inquiry
  4. http://hk-magazine.com/feature/kam-nai-wai Feature on Kam Nai-wai in HK Magazine
  5. Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, SCMP, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010