Chu Kwok-keung

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The Honourable
Chu Kwok-keung
朱國強
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Preceded byIp Kin-yuen (2020)
ConstituencyEducation
Personal details
CitizenshipHong Kong
Political partyHKFEW
Alma materEducation University of Hong Kong (MEd)[1]
OccupationTeacher

Chu Kwok-keung is a Hong Kong teacher and pro-Beijing politician, elected as a member of Legislative Council in 2021.[2]

Chu currently serves as the vice-chairman Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers,[3] a pro-Beijing teachers union,[4] and as a secondary school principal.[5] Chu supported teachers pledging allegiance to the Chinese Government,[6] and rejected calls of quashing criminal records of students arrested during protests.[7]

Electoral performances[]

2021 Legislative Council election: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
FEW Chu Kwok-keung 10,641 46.16
Nonpartisan James Lam Yat-fung 4,544 19.71
Nonpartisan Lam Wing-sze 3,280 14.23
HKKGEPE Ting Kin-wa 2,533 10.99
Independent Jessica Man Sze-wing 2,054 8.91
Majority 6,097 26.45
Total valid votes 23,052 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,652
Turnout 24,704 29.02
Registered electors 85,117
FEW gain from PTU Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Members' Biographies ::Hon CHU Kwok-keung". www.legco.gov.hk. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Legislative Council General Election results: Education". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Education sector polls hopeful backs amnesty for minors convicted over Hong Kong's 2019 protests". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Vacant school in Hong Kong given to pro-Beijing group to start national education centre". South China Morning Post. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. ^ Standard, The. "Breakthrough as three join fight in education sector". The Standard. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  6. ^ "【立會選戰】教育界三人爭一席 教聯會朱國強贊成教師宣誓". 獨立媒體. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  7. ^ "朱國強:違法學生須負責 倘難找學位當局可協助". 881903 (in Traditional Chinese). 29 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Education
2022–present
Incumbent


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