Wong Sing-chi
| Wong Sing-chi 黃成智 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1 October 2000 – 30 September 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Cyd Ho |
| Succeeded by | Leung Kwok-hung |
| Constituency | New Territories East |
| In office 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Li Kwok-ying |
| Succeeded by | Gary Fan |
| Constituency | New Territories East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 October 1957 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Occupation | Legislative Councillor |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | http://www.wongsingchi.org/ |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃成智 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 黄成智 | ||||||
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Nelson Wong Sing-chi (Born Hong Kong on 11 October 1957)[1] is a former member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories East constituency, as well as a former member of North District, Hong Kong Council. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Legco member
Wong was elected to LegCo in 2000 and 2008, that is, for two, non-consecutive four-year terms. He lost in 2004 through a weak electoral strategy (The Democratic Party played only one party-list in the election, Wong was placed in fourth, under the party-list of Martin Lee.). Wong obtained his Bachelor of Social Work from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and was a social worker before joining Hong Kong politics.
A member of the Democratic Party, Wong is a Christian and a social conservative. Wong opposed amendments to the Domestic Violence Ordinance that would offer gay couples equal protection under the law on the grounds that the amendment would treat same-sex relationships as if they were marriages. He feared the government would go a step further and legalise same-sex marriage,[2] this position give him as the same attitude with other pro-Beijing conservative members in Legco, such as Priscilla Leung. Wong's conservative stances made him different with other liberal pan-Democrats.
Views, policy positions and Legco voting
In June 2010, he voted with his party 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]
Wong was defeated in the next legislative elections, which left the Democratic Party only have a representative of New Territories East (Emily Lau).
References
- ↑ Wong, Nelson. "黃成智個人檔案" [Nelson Wong Personal Profile]. Office of Wong Chi Sing District Councilor. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ↑ Gay sex violence row hits Democrat
- ↑ Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, SCMP, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010
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| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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| Preceded by Cyd Ho |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 2000–2004 Served alongside: Emily Lau, Andrew Cheng, Andrew Wong, Lau Kong-wah |
Succeeded by James Tien |
| Preceded by James Tien |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 2008–2012 Served alongside: Emily Lau, Andrew Cheng, Lau Kong-wah, Ronny Tong, Leung Kwok-hung, Gary Chan |
Succeeded by Raymond Chan Chi-chuen |