Pun Kwok-shan

Pun Kwok-shan, MH, JP (Chinese: 潘國山; born 1961) is a Hong Kong politician. He is vice-chairman of the New People's Party and member of Civil Force. He is also a former member of the Sha Tin District Council for Tin Sum.

Biography

Pun was first elected to the Sha Tin District Council in 2003 in a three-way contest in Tin Sum for local-based Civil Force. He was re-elected in 2007 and retired in 2011. His seat was replaced by Lau Kong-wah, member of both Civil Force and the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), who went on contest the ill-fated 2012 Legislative Council election in the newly created District Council (Second) constituency.

Pun returned to the Sha Tin District Council in 2013 Tin Sum by-election when Lau Kong-wah resigned to take the position of Under Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs. He won the seat by taking 2,432 votes.[1] Under his leadership of Civil Force. The group allied with Legislative Councillor Regina Ip's New People's Party in 2014 when he was elected vice-chairman of the party.[2][3] He was also elected to the Election Committee in 2016.[4] He lost his seat in Shatin District Council in 2019 following a rout of pro-Beijing candidates amidst the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.[5]

In March 2021, Pun protested against H&M, a company that boycotted cotton from Xinjiang after suspected human rights concerns.[6] However, Pun was spotted wearing shoes from Nike, another company which boycotted cotton from Xinjiang.[6]

References
  1. "Results of Sha Tin District Council Tin Sum Constituency by-election". Hong Kong Government.
  2. 新民黨宣佈與公民力量結盟 Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 新民黨宣布與公民力量結成聯盟. Radio Television Hong Kong (in Chinese). 12 February 2014.
  4. "Pun, Kwok Shan 潘國山". Webbsite.
  5. "2019 District Councils Election – Election Results (Sha Tin)". Government of Hong Kong.
  6. Kong, Dimsumdaily Hong (2021-03-27). "Chairman of Civil Force spotted wearing Nike shoes to protest against H&M for boycotting Xinjiang cotton". Dimsum Daily. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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