Lillian Kwok

Lillian Kwok Ling-lai (Chinese: 郭玲麗; born 20 April 1979[2]) is a Hong Kong registered teacher and politician who has been a member of the Legislative Council for the Election Committee constituency which was newly created under the electoral overhaul imposed by Beijing.

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Kwok. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Lillian Kwok and the Chinese-style name is Kwok Ling-lai.

The Honourable
Lillian Kwok
郭玲麗
Kwok in 2023
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyElection Committee
Personal details
Born
(1979-04-20) 20 April 1979
Political partyDAB[1]
Alma materEducation University of Hong Kong (BA)
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (MEd)

Education

Kwok completed her senior secondary and matriculation course curricula at the Pooi To Middle School in 1996 and New Asia Middle School in 1998 respectively. Afterwards, she earned a diploma in education from the Hong Kong Institute of Education and became a registered teacher in 2000, specialising in the area of special education needs.[3] Pursuing further studies subsequently, Kwok attained a Bachelor of Arts from the Education University of Hong Kong in 2014 and a Master of Education from the Hong Kong Metropolitan University in 2021.

Controversies

On 5 January 2022, Carrie Lam announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.[4] One day later, it was discovered that Kwok attended a birthday party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man, with 222 guests.[5][6][7] At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19, causing many guests to be quarantined.[7]

During Kwok's Legislative Council campaign, she described her occupation as a teacher.[8][9] However, after she was elected, her declaration of interests from January 2022 revealed that her occupations were a hotel training consultant and an insurance consultant.[8] Kwok told SCMP that she had actually retired as a teacher in 2018, and claimed that she became an insurance consultant to prevent being scammed.[8]

Electoral history
2021 legislative election: Election Committee[10]
No. Candidates Affiliation Votes  %
1 Luk Chung-hung FTU 1,178
2 Ma Fung-kwok New Forum 1,234
3 Kingsley Wong Kwok FTU 1,192
4 Chan Hoi-yan Nonpartisan 1,292
5 Tang Fei FEW 1,339
6 Michael John Treloar Rowse Nonpartisan 454
7 Paul Tse Wai-chun Independent 1,283
8 Diu Sing-hung Nonpartisan 342
9 Tseng Chin-i Nonpartisan 919
10 Nelson Lam Chi-yuen Nonpartisan 970
11 Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming Nonpartisan 1,102
12 Andrew Lam Siu-lo Nonpartisan 1,026
13 Chow Man-kong Nonpartisan 1,060
14 Doreen Kong Yuk-foon Nonpartisan 1,032
15 Fung Wai-kwong Nonpartisan 708
16 Chan Yuet-ming Nonpartisan 1,187
17 Simon Hoey Lee Nonpartisan 1,308
18 Judy Kapui Chan NPP 1,284
19 Wong Chi-him Nonpartisan 956
20 Maggie Chan Man-ki Nonpartisan 1,331
21 So Cheung-wing Nonpartisan 1,013
22 Sun Dong Nonpartisan 1,124
23 Tu Hai-ming Nonpartisan 834
24 Tan Yueheng Nonpartisan 1,245
25 Ng Kit-chong Nonpartisan 1,239
26 Chan Siu-hung Nonpartisan 1,239
27 Hong Wen Nonpartisan 1,142
28 Dennis Lam Shun-chiu Nonpartisan 1,157
29 Rock Chen Chung-nin DAB 1,297
30 Yung Hoi-yan NPP/CF 1,313
31 Chan Pui-leung Nonpartisan 1,205
32 Lau Chi-pang Nonpartisan 1,214
33 Carmen Kan Wai-mun Nonpartisan 1,291
34 Nixie Lam Lam DAB 1,181
35 Luk Hon-man BPA 1,059
36 Elizabeth Quat DAB 1,322
37 Lilian Kwok Ling-lai DAB 1,122
38 Lai Tung-kwok NPP 1,237
39 Leung Mei-fun BPA/KWND 1,348
40 Ho Kwan-yiu Nonpartisan 1,263
41 Chan Hoi-wing DAB 941
42 Alice Mak Mei-kuen FTU 1,326
43 Kevin Sun Wei-yung Independent 891
44 Stephen Wong Yuen-shan Nonpartisan 1,305
45 Lee Chun-keung Liberal 1,060
46 Cheung Kwok-kwan DAB 1,342
47 Kenneth Leung Yuk-wai Nonpartisan 1,160
48 Allan Zeman Nonpartisan 955
49 Lam Chun-sing FLU 1,002
50 Charles Ng Wang-wai Nonpartisan 958
51 Choy Wing-keung FTU 818

References
  1. "Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Members' Biographies :Hon Lillian KWOK Ling-lai". Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. "選舉委員會 郭玲麗 個人背景" (in Chinese). 香港01. 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. "派郭玲麗出戰選委界別 民建聯「加注」否認陪跑". 香港01 (in Chinese). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. "Bars, gyms to close, 6pm restaurant curfew as Hong Kong ramps up Omicron battle". South China Morning Post. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. "衞生防護中心最新發現洪為民宴會人數為222人". RTHK (in Chinese). 12 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. "Hong Kong Finds New Suspected Covid Case at Official's Scandal-Hit Birthday Party". Bloomberg News. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. "All 170 guests of Covid-19 scandal-hit birthday party sent to quarantine". South China Morning Post. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. "How well can Hong Kong's affluent lawmakers represent ordinary residents?". South China Morning Post. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. "Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Members' Biographies ::Hon Lillian KWOK Ling-lai". www.legco.gov.hk. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  10. "Legislative Council General Election results: Election Committee constituency". www.info.gov.hk.


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