Doreen Kong | |
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江玉歡 | |
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| Member of theLegislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Constituency | Election Committee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1970-07-12)July 12, 1970 (age 54) British Hong Kong |
| Citizenship | Hong Kong[ambiguous] |
| Other political affiliations | NPP (2014–2016) |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong (LL.B.,PCLL,MSc,MPA) |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
| Doreen Kong Yuk-foon | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 江玉歡 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 江玉欢 | ||||||||||
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Doreen Kong Yuk-foon (born 12 July 1970) is aHong Kong solicitor and politician.[1] She was elected as a member ofLegislative Council for theElection Committee constituency heavily skewed thepro-Beijing camp.[2]
Kong, an orphan, was adopted after birth.[3] She managed to study law in theUniversity of Hong Kong despite her poor family background.[4] After graduated withLL.B. in 1992 andPCLL in 1994, she wascalled to the bar,[clarify] focusing on housing issues.
During theUmbrella Movement in 2014, Kong organised a silent assembly. Calling the protestors "trampling" rule-of-law", she urged them to obey injunctions by the court and end the occupation.[5] Kong joined the pro-BeijingNew People's Party in the same year.[3] She ran in the2015 local elections, as the party's candidate inKornhill Garden constituency, but was defeated by theCivic.[3] A year later, she quitted the party and joined the team ofJasper Tsang, formerPresident of the Legislative Council, as an advisor.[6] She was elected as an executive ofLaw Society and appointed as a committee member ofIndependent Commission Against Corruption in 2019 and 2020 respectively.[7][6]
In 2021, Kong was elected as a member of theLegislative Council after winning in theElection Committee constituency controlled bypro-Beijing camp.[2] During the campaign, she called on the Government to speed-up the legislation ofArticle 23, a provision inBasic Law related to national security.[8][9]
In July 2022, Kong was critical of foreign domestic helpers, who were operating food stalls on public pavement.[10]
In October 2022, Kong criticized the government andLo Chung-mau for invalidating 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine exemption passes, stating that he had no legal authority to do so, with Kong asking "Who is destroying the rule of law now?"[11][12]
In February 2023, Kong criticized the government for planning to impose extra betting taxes on theHong Kong Jockey Club, saying it was unfair.[13]
In March 2023, she championed the cause of Chan Tan-ching a 90 year old licensed street hawker whose cart was seized by the Food and Hygiene Department[14]
In March 2023, Kong was the only lawmaker to vote against a measure to build temporary public housing.[15]
In June 2024, Kong advocated for a revision of Hong Kong's pet quarantine laws. Hong Kong requires a quarantine of 120 days which is the longest in the world; only shared by Guam and Hawaii.[16] Kong described these requirements as "outdated" and linked them to pet smuggling syndicates from mainland China.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Leung Siu-sun | 2,384 | 56.8 | +13.7 | |
| NPP | Doreen Kong Yuk-foon | 1,814 | 43.2 | ||
| Majority | 570 | 13.6 | +10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,233 | 54.6 | |||
| Civichold | Swing | ||||