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Hong Kong politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Ma Fung-kwok | |
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馬逢國 | |
Convenor of National People's Congress Hong Kong delegation | |
Assumed office 3 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Maria Tam |
Member of the Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Constituency | Election Committee |
In office 1 October 2012 – 31 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Timothy Fok |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Fok |
Constituency | Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication |
In office 16 September 2001 – 30 September 2004 | |
Constituency | Election Committee |
In office 1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000 | |
Constituency | Election Committee |
In office 22 February 1997 – 4 April 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council) | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hong Kong | 22 July 1955
Political party | New Century Forum |
Spouse | Kitty Leung |
Occupation | Legislative Councillor Films Maker and Distributor Media Executive |
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]
In December 2021, it was reported that Ma was eligible to vote four times in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, yielding 0.0366611% of the total voting value (elected seats), which is 7376 times more than the value of an average voter's total voting value.[2]
In January 2022, the 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]
In November 2023, Hong Kong Free Press reported that Ma was accused, along with other directors, of "forcibly seizing control" of a company by using legal proceedings against the company.[5]
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