Chow Man-kong | |
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周文港 | |
Member of the Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Constituency | Election Committee |
Personal details | |
Born | 1981 (age 42–43) British Hong Kong |
Citizenship | Hong Kong |
Alma mater | University of Hong Kong (PhD) Hong Kong Baptist University (BA) |
Occupation | Economist |
Chow Man-kong is a Hong Kong economist and politician. He was elected as a member of Legislative Council in the Election Committee constituency representing the pro-Beijing labour union FLU. [1]
Born in colonial Hong Kong,Chow had held positions in pro-Beijing organisations. [2] Chow was the special advisor to the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong Government and a member of the Hebei provincial committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. [3] [4] He ran in the 2021 Legislative Council election and was elected through the Election Committee constituency. [5]
On 5 January 2022,Carrie Lam announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential COVID-19 outbreaks. [6] One day later,it was discovered that Chow attended a birthday party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man,with 222 guests. [7] [8] [9] At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19,causing many guests to be quarantined. [9]
In September 2022,Chow tested positive for COVID-19. [10]
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