Choy Kan-pui,

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, JP (born 1929) is a former

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legislator and

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villager. He ran in the

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representing the Tin Sum village in Sha Tin where he rooted and continued his office until 2003. He was also the chairman of the

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. He was a member of the

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, a pro-democratic political group in the 1980s, later turned into the first major pro-democratic party

United Democrats of Hong Kong The United Democrats of Hong Kong (; UDHK) was a short-lived political party in Hong Kong founded in 1990 as the united front of the liberal democracy forces in preparation of the 1991 first ever direct election for the Legislative Council of ...

(UDHK). Choy was the founding member of the UDHK but soon later he and

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quit the party and form a local community organisation

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. He was elected as member of the Legislative Council in

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in the 1995 Legislative Council election in which the electorates were composed of district councillors. He later joined the pro-Beijing pro-business

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(HKPA) and reelected to the

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in 1996. In the 2000 Legislative Council election, HKPA supported Choy Kan-pui and

Tang Siu-tong Tang Siu-tong, SBS, JP (born 26 September 1942 in Hong Kong), was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to 2004.

to participate in the New Territories East and

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constituencies respectively but Choy failed to go back to the LegCo. He is currently the member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Choy, Kan-pui 1929 births Living people Hong Kong Progressive Alliance politicians United Democrats of Hong Kong politicians Hong Kong Affairs Society politicians Civil Force politicians Heung Yee Kuk District councillors of Sha Tin District Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories in Hong Kong Members of the Provisional Legislative Council HK LegCo Members 1995–1997 Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong