Kam Nai-wai
MH (; born 1960,
Hong Kong
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) is a founding member of the
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, and was a former member of
Central and Western District
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Council. He is also a former member of the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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(
Geographical constituency
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,
Hong Kong Island). His profession is as a
social worker and he is a director of an
IT company.
Kam served on the former
Urban Council
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and
district councils from 1995.
[Democrat faces sexual harassment inquiry](_blank)
SCMP, Oct 05, 2009
Political career
In 2007, Kam planned to participate in
2007 Hong Kong Island by-election
The 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election was held on 2 December 2007 and was won by Anson Chan with 54.6% of the votes cast. It was precipitated by the death of the then chairman of the Pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progre ...
after the former chairman of
DAB,
Ma Lik
Ma Lik, GBS, JP (; 23 February 1952 – 8 August 2007), was a Legislative Councillor, and was the Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong.
Education
Ma Lik attended ...
, died of
colon cancer. He later withdrew from the election process, denying that it was under pressure from fellow democrats who feared splitting the vote with
Anson Chan
Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, (; ''née'' Fang; born 17 January 1940) is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both ...
. He won praise for his support for victims of the
Lehman minibonds saga in 2008.
In the
2008 Hong Kong legislative election
The 2008 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 7 September 2008 for the 4th Legislative Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. There were 60 seats in the 4th Legislative Council, with 30 memb ...
he won the
Hong Kong Island geographical constituency
In Hong Kong, geographical constituencies, as opposed to functional constituencies, are elected by all eligible voters according to geographically demarcated constituencies. There are currently 5 geographical constituencies in Hong Kong, returni ...
seat for the Democratic Party.
Views, policy positions and Legco voting
In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's
2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the
Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new
District Council functional constituencies.
[Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, ]SCMP
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, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010
Personal life
Kam is married to Candy.
External links
*
Nai Wai Kam's hk.myblog.yahoo website
References
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1960 births
Living people
Alumni of the City University of Hong Kong
Alumni of Hong Kong Baptist University
Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong
District councillors of Central and Western District
Hong Kong businesspeople
Hong Kong social workers
Charter 08 signatories
Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians
HK LegCo Members 2008–2012