Ng Leung-sing

Ng Leung-sing
吳亮星
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
22 February 1997 – 4 April 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
In office
2 July 1998 – 13 July 2004
Constituency Election Committee
In office
10 October 2012 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by David Li
Succeeded by Chan Chun-ying
Constituency Finance
Personal details
Born (1949-07-11) 11 July 1949
Hong Kong
Spouse(s) Ng Chan Sau-han
Children One daughter and one son
Alma mater Heung To Middle School
University of East Asia
Occupation Legislative Councillor
Vice-Chairman of the China & South Sea Bank Limited

Ng Leung-sing (Chinese: 吳亮星) is a former member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong from for Election Committee constituency and Finance functional constituency from 1997 to 2004 and 2012 to 2016. He was also the Vice-chairman of the China & South Sea Bank Limited. He supported Leung Chun-ying in the 2012 Chief Executive race and is seen as an ally of CY Leung in the Legislative Council.

Controversies

During the 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, he became known for asking Carrie Lam whether there were any health benefits to consuming water "with an appropriate level of lead."[1]

At 5 January 2016, he commented on the missing Causeway Bay bookseller incident, alleging that the missing booksellers were arrested for illegally entering the mainland to patronise prostitutes without any evidence. His comment was later reprimanded by the wife of one of the missing booksellers, Lee Bo, who stated that she retained her right to sue for libel.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "It's official, lead has no health benefit". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Finance sector lawmaker: ‘missing booksellers arrested for illegally entering mainland for sex’". Retrieved 1 January 2016.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New parliament Member of Provisional Legislative Council
1997–1998 		Replaced by Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Election Committee
1998–2004 		Constituency eliminated
Preceded by
Tommy Cheung		 Chairman of Finance Committee
2013–2014 		Succeeded by
Tommy Cheung
Preceded by
David Li		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Finance
2012–2016 		Succeeded by
Chan Chun-ying
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