Doreen Kong Yuk-foon (born 1970) is a
Hong Kong solicitor and
She was elected as a member of
Legislative Council for the
Election Committee constituency heavily skewed the
pro-Beijing camp.
Early years
Koon, an orphan, was adopted after birth.
She managed to study law in the
University of Hong Kong despite of the poor family background. After graduated with
LL.B. in 1992 and
PCLL in 1994, she was focusing on housing issues.
Political career
During the
Umbrella Movement in 2014, Koon organised a silent assembly. Calling the protestors "trampling" rule-of-law", she urged them to obey injunctions by the court and end the occupation. Koon joined the pro-Beijing
New People's Party in the same year.
She ran in the
2015 local elections, as the party's candidate in
Kornhill Garden constituency, but was defeated by the
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A year later, she quitted the party and joined the team of
Jasper Tsang
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, former
President of the Legislative Council, as an advisor.
She was elected as an executive of
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and appointed as a committee member of
Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
In 2021, Koon was elected as a member of the
Legislative Council after winning in the
Election Committee constituency controlled by
pro-Beijing camp.
During the campaign, she called on the Government to speed-up the legislation of
Article 23, a provision in
Basic Law related to national security.
In July 2022, Kong was critical of foreign domestic helpers, who were operating food stalls on public pavement.
In October 2022, Kong criticized the government and
Lo Chung-mau for invalidating 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine exemption passes, stating that he had no legal authority to do so, with Koon asking "Who is destroying the rule of law now?"
Electoral performances
References
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Living people
1970 births
Hong Kong politicians