Rosanda Mok Explained

Rosanda Mok
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Office:Chairperson of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
Term Start:23 January 2016
Term End:24 September 2016
Predecessor:Bruce Liu
Successor:Sze Tak-loy
Office1:Member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council
Term Start1:1 January 2020
Term End1:9 July 2021
Predecessor1:Wu Chi-wai
Constituency1:King Fu
Office2:Member of the Kowloon City District Council
Term Start2:1 January 2000
Term End2:31 December 2015
Predecessor2:Luk Wai-kong
Successor2:Terence Siu
Constituency2:Ma Tau Wai
Birth Date:23 May 1972
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Party:Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
Democratic Party (2017–present)
Alma Mater:Chinese University of Hong Kong
Occupation:Politician

Rosanda Mok Ka-han (; born 23 May 1972) is a Democratic Party politician in Hong Kong and a member of Wong Tai Sin District. She is the former chairman of the pro-democracy pro-grassroots Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) and former member of the Kowloon City District Council for Ma Tau Wai.

Biography

Rosanda Mok was born in 1972 and graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in Sociology. She joined the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL), a local-based pro-grassroots pro-democratic party and was first elected to the Kowloon City District Council through Ma Tau Wai in the 1999 District Council election and re-elected for three times until she was unseated by the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) newcomer Terence Siu Tin-hung in the 2015 election with a narrow margin of 45 votes. She has also hold public positions including the Buildings Appeal Tribunal Panel, the Gas Safety Appeal Board Panel, and the Obscene and Indecent Articles Panel of Adjudicators.[1]

On 23 January 2016, Mok was elected the first female chair of the ADPL, succeeding veteran Bruce Liu.[2] Her chairmanship lasted for less than a year as in September the same year, Mok resigned from the chairperson post of ADPL because her party suffered a historic defeat in losing its only seat in the 2016 legislative election.[3] She was succeeded by Sze Tak-loy.[4]

In 2017, after a legislative seat in West Kowloon was vacated following the oath-taking controversy, veteran lawmaker and former chairman Frederick Fung sought for nominations from ADPL to contest the March 2018 Kowloon West by-election. However, Mok insisted the party should nominate a younger member instead. She left the ADPL on 26 June 2017 after the party resolved to nominate Fung. She later joined the Democratic Party. In 2019, she fought the Wong Tai Sin District Council seat vacated by party chairman Wu Chi-wai, and retained the seat.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mok, Rosanda Ka Han 莫嘉嫻. Webb-site Who's Who.
  2. News: 民協換屆誕女主席 43歲莫嘉嫻喜見年輕化. Ming Pao. 23 January 2015.
  3. http://www.hk01.com/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89/41911/-%E7%AB%8B%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E6%88%B0-%E6%B0%91%E5%8D%94%E5%8D%80%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E7%88%86%E9%80%80%E9%BB%A8%E6%BD%AE-%E8%8E%AB%E5%98%89%E5%AB%BB%E5%B0%87%E7%82%BA%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89%E5%A4%B1%E5%88%A9%E8%BE%AD%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD 【立會選戰】民協區議員爆退黨潮 莫嘉嫻將為選舉失利辭主席
  4. http://www.hk01.com/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/44914/-%E6%85%A2%E5%BF%85-%E6%93%94%E4%BB%BB%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD-%E8%8E%AB%E5%98%89%E5%AB%BB%E8%BE%AD%E5%8E%BB%E6%B0%91%E5%8D%94%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD 「慢必」擔任人民力量新主席 莫嘉嫻辭去民協主席
  5. Web site: 2019 District Councils Election – Election Results (Wong Tai Sin). 25 November 2019. Government of Hong Kong.