Christine Fong
| Christine Fong | |
|---|---|
| 方國珊 | |
| Member of the Sai Kung District Council | |
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Assumed office 1 January 2012 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Constituency |
Wan Po North Wan Po (2012–2015) |
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In office 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2011 | |
| Constituency | Appointed |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 March 1966 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Political party | Liberal Party (2004–10) |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaii |
| Occupation |
Engineer District Councillor |
Christine Fong Kwok-shan (Chinese: 方國珊, born 28 March 1966) is an engineer and politician in Hong Kong, as well as a former child actress. She is currently member of the Sai Kung District Council.
Early life and career
Fong was a child actress at ATV in the 1980s. Actor Bowie Wu is her godfather. She got famous from her role, Nezha, in the 1986 TV series The Boy Fighter from Heaven, and is nicknamed after the role. After she graduated from the University of Hawaii with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, she obtained the qualification of a building engineer and worked as secretary of Cheung Yan-lung, a powerful rural leader.
District councillor
She joined the Liberal Party in 2004 and served as the chairman of the New Territories East Branch until 2010 when she quit the Liberals. She was appointed to the Sai Kung District Council in 2008 and elected to the Council through the new Wan Po constituency in the 2011 election with high votes.
She has been outspoken against the government's plan of the extension of the Tseung Kwan O landfill which is located in her constituency of Wan Po North. She also launched a 35-hour fast outside the Legislative Council building to protest against the landfill extensions in 2013.[1]
Fong was also involved in an assault case against Elizabeth Quat, a Legislative Councillor of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), when Fong and a group of protestors confronted Quat in a protest against the extension of the Tseung Kwan O landfill.[2] She was later found not guilty of the charge on 22 February 2016.[3]
In 2015 election, she was re-elected through the new Wan Po North constituency which was split from her original constituency after a boundary review.
Bids for Legislative Council
She ran for the 2012 Legislative Council election in New Territories East, receiving 24,594 votes, about 4,000 votes short for claiming a seat.
She announced to run for the 2016 New Territories East by-election, a seat left vacant by Ronny Tong who resigned in the light of the 2015 Hong Kong electoral reform.[4] She finished fourth place in the election by receiving 33,424 votes, around 8,000 more than the 2012 election.[5]
References
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- ↑ Chong, Winnie (25 June 2013). "Plea to residents as row grows on landfill". Hong Kong Standard.
- ↑ Lau, Kenneth (15 December 2015). "Court shown video in Quat assault hearing". Hong Kong Standard.
- ↑ "Christine Fong cleared of assaulting lawmaker". The Standard. 22 February 2016.
- ↑ Lau, Kenneth (6 January 2016). "Opening shots fired as big rivals file for by-election". Hong Kong Standard.
- ↑ "2016 Legislative Council Geographical Constituency New Territories By-election - Election Result". Electoral Affairs Commission. 29 February 2016.