Kitson Yang Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Pro-establishment candidates claim all 20 seats in geographic constituencies. The Standard. 20 December 2021. 23 December 2021.
  2. Web site: 'Language requirement for doctors scheme should go' - RTHK . 2022-07-25 . news.rthk.hk . en-gb.
  3. Web site: 2023-01-31 . Hong Kong developers raise concerns over plan to build 10,700 public flats at Kai Tak . 2023-01-31 . South China Morning Post . en.
  4. Web site: Leung . Hillary . Hong Kong lawmaker questions Kai Tak public housing plan, says it may block views from private complexes - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP . 2023-02-02 . hongkongfp.com . en-GB.
  5. Web site: 2023-02-08 . Hong Kong lawmakers approve first phase of light housing scheme . 2023-02-08 . South China Morning Post . en.
  6. Web site: 2023-03-17 . Lawmakers to vote on funding request for Hong Kong public housing scheme . 2023-03-19 . South China Morning Post . en.