Native Name: | 楊永杰 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Office: | Chairman of the Kowloon City District Council |
Term Start: | 9 September 2021 |
Deputy: | Ho Hin-ming |
Predecessor: | Siu Leong-sing |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Council |
Term Start1: | 1 January 2022 |
Constituency1: | Kowloon Central |
Predecessor1: | Constituency created |
Office2: | Member of the Kowloon City District Council |
Term Start2: | 1 January 2008 |
Constituency2: | Lok Man |
Predecessor2: | Au Ka-shing |
Office3: | Member of the Election Committee |
Term Start3: | 1 February 2012 |
Term End3: | 31 January 2017 |
Constituency3: | Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils |
Party: | Independent |
Citizenship: | Hong Kong |
Kitson Yang Wing-kit (born 1982) is a Hong Kong politician who is the elected Legislative Council member for Kowloon Central.[1]
Though Hong Kong medical schools teach in English, Yang in July 2022 criticized a program that recruits doctors from medical schools outside of Hong Kong, for requiring that English be the language of instruction.[2]
In January 2023, Yang said he would stage a protest to oppose building public housing in Kai Tak.[3] On 1 February 2023, Yang said that the public housing might block views for those living in private apartment complexes.[4] On 8 February 2023, Yang was the only person out of 35 lawmakers who did not vote in support of the plan to build public housing on the site; he cast a blank vote.[5]
In March 2023, Mok Kin-shing said of Yang "We can see that even the legislator who had said he would organise protests to oppose the scheme now has made a U-turn and supported the scheme," as analysts said that John Lee would aim for "all votes yes" to show Beijing his leadership, with one lawmaker saying "Probably the central government is concerned about Hong Kong's housing problem and that the government does not want to see more opposing views at Legco."[6]