Ng Siu-hong explained

Andy Siu-hong Ng
Office:Wokingham Borough Councillor
Constituency:Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates
Office2:Central and Western District Councillor
Constituency2:Mid Levels East
Party:Liberal Democrats (UK) (2023–)
Otherparty:Democratic Party (HK) (?–2021)
Residence:Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Majority2:1,521 (50.9%)
Predecessor2:Jackie Cheung
Successor2:Constituency abolished

Andy Siu-hong Ng (Cantonese: 吳兆康, Chinese: cy=ǹgh shiuh hōng,born 1979) is a Hong Kong-born English politician. Ng is now a local councillor in Wokingham, England and was a councillor in the Central and Western District Council in Hong Kong.[1]

Early life

Ng attended Raimondi College, on the Mid-Levels in the City of Victoria on Hong Kong Island – which served as the polling station of the constituency he later represented. He was a graphic designer.

Political career

Hong Kong

Ng, a member of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong,[2] was first elected to the Mid-Levels East constituency in the 2015 local elections after winning 50.9% of votes and defeating a pro-Beijing candidate. He is considered a close ally of Ted Hui, a councillor of the same party for a neighbouring constituency in the district.[3] In June 2018 he was attacked by a resident while promoting the annual 1 July march, apparently over his opposition against local liquor licences.[4]

His majority in the constituency was further increased in the 2019 elections, to 57.28% (2,672 votes) with a gain of 6.38%, amidst the large wave of anti-government protests.[5] He resigned on 29 April 2021, effective from May, after the government intended to introduce oath-taking requirement for local councillors.[6] Ng later revealed that he resigned because he was concerned of his involvement in the democracy movement.[7]

United Kingdom

Ng's family migrated to Reading, England in 2021. He joined various local groups to Hongkongers, and became a member of the Liberal Democrats in 2023. He was selected to run for the seat of Maiden Erlegh and Whitegates in the Wokingham Borough Council in the 2024 local elections. Ng was elected with 1,162 votes to the three-member ward.[8] Ng is the second from Hong Kong to sit on an English local authority[9] after Ying Perrett who secured a seat at the Bisley & West End ward of Surrey Heath Borough Council in the November 2023 elections,[10] and the first who had held an elected office in Hong Kong. Ng believed voters "have chosen a Hongkonger to represent them in the council because we share similar values", and the victory "has proven that Hongkongers can still win by participating in politics in Britain".

Electoral performances

Central and Western District

Personal life

Ng is married with two children. The family is Catholic.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hong Kong polls: Record turnout in 1st vote since protests started. 2019-11-24. LiveMint.com. en. 2019-12-12.
  2. Web site: Introduction To Candidate . 2019-12-12 . www.elections.gov.hk.
  3. Web site: 林劍 . 2021-04-29 . 區議員宣誓︱許智峯「戰友」吳兆康突宣布辭任 未說明原因 . 2024-05-04 . 香港01 . zh-HK.
  4. News: Kao . Ernest . 28 June 2018 . Man 'kicked plastic stool from under' Democratic Party district councillor Ng Siu-hong as he promoted Hong Kong's annual July 1 march . 19 December 2019 . South China Morning Post.
  5. Web site: 2019 District Councils Election - Election Results . 2019-12-12 . www.elections.gov.hk.
  6. Web site: 民主黨吳兆康辭任中西區區議員 未交代是否與宣誓有關 立場報道 立場新聞 . 2021-05-06 . 立場新聞 Stand News . en.
  7. Web site: Wu . Carmen . 2024-03-08 . 專訪|吳兆康出選禾京咸區議會 成首位移英前香港區議員參選 . 2024-05-04 . 棱角媒體 . zh-HK.
  8. Web site: Local government and PCC election results 2024 . 4 April 2024 .
  9. Web site: 2024-05-04 . 香港前區議員當選英國禾京咸地方議會議員 吳兆康:望港人更有效在議會內外發聲 . 2024-05-04 . Yahoo News . zh-Hant-HK.
  10. News: 2024-05-04 . Hongkonger elected to UK local authority after moving under BN(O) migrant scheme . 2024-05-04 . South China Morning Post . en. Ezra. Cheung.