Antonio Ng

António Ng Kuok Cheong (Chinese: 吳國昌; born September 26, 1957) was a member in the Macau Legislative Assembly, returned by direct election. He was the founding chairman of the pro-democratic political party New Macau Association. He is also the leader of the political pressure group Union for Democracy Development. Ng has been a major figure in the Macau democracy movement and is one of the three pro-democratic legislators in the Assembly.

António Ng Ng Kuok Cheong
吳國昌
Antonio Ng at the December 20, 2008 demonstration
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office 30 September 1992 – 15 October 2021
Constituency	Macau (Directly elected)
Personal details
Born	(1957-09-26) September 26, 1957 (age 67) Nanhai, Guangdong, China
Nationality	Macau Portugal
Political party	New Democratic Macau Association

Antonio Ng
Traditional Chinese	吳國昌
Simplified Chinese	吴国昌
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Guóchāng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ng4 gwok3 coeng1

After his graduation from Yuet Wah College, Macau, Ng obtained his undergraduate degree in economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Once an employee in a Chinese bank in the early 1990s, Ng lost the job due to political pressure from Beijing.^[1]

Election results

Year	Candidate	Hare quota	Mandate	List Votes	List Pct
1992	António Ng (ANMD)	3,412	№4/8	3,412	12.39%
1996	António Ng (AMDP)	6,331	№6/8	6,331	8.73%
2001	António Ng (AMDP)	8,481	№1/10	16,961	20.95%
2005	António Ng (AMDP)	11,745	№1/12	23,489	18.80%
2009	António Ng (APMD)	8,212	№3/12	16,424	11.58%
2013	António Ng (APMD)	10,986	№8/14	10,986	7.50%
2017	António Ng (APMD)	10,079	№9/14	10,079	5.84%

See also

• Politics of Macau

References

1. Kwong, Ying-ho; Wong, Mathew Y.H. (2017). "State Size and Democratization in Hybrid Regimes: The Chinese Island Cities of Macau and Hong Kong". Island Studies Journal. 12 (2): 121. doi:10.24043/isj.36. ISSN 1715-2593.

External links

• Antonio Ng's blog (in Chinese)