Ma Fung-kwok

Ma Fung-kwok (Chinese: 馬逢國) is a member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong from for Election Committee constituency and Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication from 1997 to 2000 and 2012 to present. He has also been the leader of New Century Forum. He supported Leung Chun-ying in the 2012 Chief Executive race and is seen as an ally of CY Leung in the Legislative Council.

The Honourable
Ma Fung-kwok
馬逢國
Ma in 2019
Convenor of National People's Congress Hong Kong delegation
Assumed office
3 March 2018
Preceded byMaria Tam
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyElection Committee
In office
1 October 2012 – 31 December 2021
Preceded byTimothy Fok
Succeeded byKenneth Fok
ConstituencySports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication
In office
16 September 2001 – 30 September 2004
ConstituencyElection Committee
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000
ConstituencyElection Committee
In office
22 February 1997 – 4 April 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
Personal details
Born (1955-07-22) 22 July 1955
Hong Kong
Political partyNew Century Forum
SpouseKitty Leung
OccupationLegislative Councillor
Films Maker and Distributor
Media Executive

Bypassing airport security

On 21 May 2018, Ma Fun-kwok allegedly used his status as a legislator to bypass airport security rules to bring a 200g bottle of hair gel into the restricted area.[1]

Legislative Council

In December 2021, it was reported that Ma had a "privileged" vote in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, where the vote would count approximately 7,215 times more than an ordinary citizen.[2]

In January 2022, the mainland Chinese national emblem was permanently added to the Legislative Council chamber, after Andrew Leung, Starry Lee Wai-king and Ma Fung-kwok decided that it should be made permanent.[3] Andrew Leung had earlier said it would be only temporary for the swearing in of lawmakers.[3]

In July 2022, Ma said that many teenagers in Hong Kong would like to serve in the mainland Chinese military.[4]

References
  1. "Pro-Beijing lawmaker Ma Fung-kwok denies bypassing airport security rules using legislator status". 24 May 2018.
  2. FactWire (15 December 2021). "Factwire: 41 privileged voters have 7,200 times greater power than a regular Hong Kong voter following election revamp". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. The Standard, The. "Legco chamber gets 'solemn' makeover". The Standard. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. Standard, The. "'Various ways' for Hongkongers to contribute to China other than joining the army: Erick Tsang". The Standard. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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