Lillian Kwok

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.

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.

The Honourable Lillian Kwok
郭玲麗
Kwok in 2023
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2022
Preceded by	Constituency created
Constituency	Election Committee
Personal details
Born	(1979-04-20) 20 April 1979 (age 45) British Hong Kong
Political party	DAB[1]
Alma mater	Education 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.^{[citation needed]}

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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