Joseph Lee (politician)

Joseph Lee (politician)
Traditional Chinese 李國麟
Simplified Chinese 李国麟

Dr Joseph Lee Kok-long, SBS, JP, PhD, RN (Born 14 August 1959, Macau) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Health Services functional constituency.

Lee is a registered nurse and an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at the Open University of Hong Kong.[1][2]

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Education

Lee received his Bachelor of Nursing degree from the La Trobe University, Australia in 1992. His master's degree was in nursing/education from the University of Edinburgh. In 2002 he completed his PhD thesis, Ascertaining Patient Condition: a grounded theory study of diagnostic practice in nursing from Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

Views, policy positions and Legco voting

In June 2010, he voted in favour of the government’s 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council functional constituencies.[3]

Committees

Lee has served or currently serves on the following Legco committees:

Panel on Health Services
Panel on Food Safety & Environmental Hygiene
Panel on Housing[4]
Independent Police Complaints Council Bill
Prevention and Control of Disease Bill
Subcommittee on Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2008[4]

External links

References

  1. ^ Joseph Lee Kok-long: "Revamp government health policy", Open University of Hong Kong
  2. ^ Joseph Lee Kok-long's Legco biodata
  3. ^ Cheung, Gary; Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung (25 June 2010). "Cheers and jeers for political reform vote". SCMP. http://www.scmp.com/. Retrieved 25 June 2010. 
  4. ^ a b Biography at personal website
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Michael Mak
Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Health Services constituency
2004 – present
Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Lee Wing-tat
Member of the Legislative Council
Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative Council
Succeeded by
Jeffrey Lam
Member of the Legislative Council