Kingsley Wong Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Native Name Lang:zh-Hant-HK
Office:Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Term Start:16 April 2018
Predecessor:Ng Chau-pei
Office2:Member of the Legislative Council
Term Start2:1 January 2022
Constituency2:Election Committee
Predecessor2:Constituency created
Party:FTU

Kingsley Wong Kwok (born 1968) is a Hong Kong FTU politician who is the chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.[1]

He has been one of the members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Election Committee constituency which was newly created under the 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes.

In July 2022, he tested positive for COVID-19, one day after taking photos with Chief Executive John Lee during the first "antechamber chat"; he also met with Paul Lam and Horace Cheung, and sat next to Maggie Chan Man-ki and Peter Koon Ho-ming.[2] Wong began self-isolation rather than government quarantine.[3]

In October 2022, Wong said that directorate-levels Civil Servants should not be allowed to have dual nationality, saying that even if they take an oath of loyalty to the Hong Kong government, it might not be enough to eliminate their divided loyalties.[4]

In August 2023, he called on the Hong Kong justice department to continue to try to ban the song Glory to Hong Kong, after a judge ruled against a proposed ban by the government.[5]

Electoral history

2021 legislative election

Election Committee[6]

No.CandidatesAffiliation Votes%
1Luk Chung-hung1,178
2Ma Fung-kwok1,234
3Kingsley Wong Kwok1,192
4Chan Hoi-yan1,292
5Tang Fei1,339
6Michael John Treloar Rowse454
7Paul Tse Wai-chun1,283
8Diu Sing-hung342
9Tseng Chin-i919
10Nelson Lam Chi-yuen970
11Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming1,102
12Andrew Lam Siu-lo1,026
13Chow Man-kong1,060
14Doreen Kong Yuk-foon 1,032
15Fung Wai-kwong708
16Chan Yuet-ming1,187
17Simon Hoey Lee1,308
18Judy Kapui Chan1,284
19Wong Chi-him956
20Maggie Chan Man-ki1,331
21So Cheung-wing1,013
221,124
23Tu Hai-ming834
24Tan Yueheng1,245
25Ng Kit-chong1,239
26Chan Siu-hung1,239
27Hong Wen1,142
28Dennis Lam Shun-chiu1,157
29Rock Chen Chung-nin1,297
30Yung Hoi-yan/CF1,313
31Chan Pui-leung1,205
32Lau Chi-pang1,214
33Carmen Kan Wai-mun1,291
34Nixie Lam Lam1,181
35Luk Hon-man1,059
361,322
37Lilian Kwok Ling-lai1,122
38Lai Tung-kwok1,237
39Leung Mei-fun/KWND1,348
40Ho Kwan-yiu1,263
41Chan Hoi-wing941
42Alice Mak Mei-kuen1,326
43Kevin Sun Wei-yung891
44Stephen Wong Yuen-shan1,305
45Lee Chun-keung1,060
461,342
47Kenneth Leung Yuk-wai1,160
48955
49Lam Chun-sing1,002
50Charles Ng Wang-wai958
51Choy Wing-keung818

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions. January 23, 2022.
  2. Web site: Standard . The . Lawmaker who attended Wednesday's "antechamber chat" tests positive for Covid . 2022-07-14 . The Standard . en.
  3. Web site: Lawmaker Kingsley Wong tests positive for Covid-19 - RTHK . 2022-07-14 . news.rthk.hk . en-gb.
  4. Web site: Standard . The . No plans to change nationality rules for civil servants: Erick Tsang . 2022-10-28 . The Standard . en.
  5. Web site: 2023-08-04 . 3 political parties urge appeal against court block on ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ ban . 2023-08-05 . South China Morning Post . en.
  6. Web site: Legislative Council General Election results: Election Committee constituency. www.info.gov.hk.