Stanley Ng Chau-pei (born February 1970) is a Hong Kong
pro-Beijing
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politician and trade unionist and the incumbent President and former Chairman of the
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated ...
(HKFTU), the largest trade union in Hong Kong, and also a Hong Kong deputy to the
National People's Congress
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China.
With 2, ...
. He is also as a member of the
Legislative Council, representing the
Hong Kong Island East constituency.
Biography
He was born in February 1970 with his family root in
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
. He is a member of the Hong Kong Clerical and Professional Employees General Union and its President. Through the General Union he has become the core member of the
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated ...
(FTU) after he joined in 1997 and became the Chairman of the HKFTU. He is also a Hong Kong deputy to the
National People's Congress
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China.
With 2, ...
and member of the Standing Committee of the
Xiamen
Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In the
2006 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, he was elected through the Labour Subsector as the member of the HKFTU. The 800-member election committee was responsible for the
2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election in which Beijing's favourite
Donald Tsang
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyi ...
won against
Alan Leong
Alan Leong Kah-kit (; born 22 February 1958), SC is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon East geographical constituency, and the sitting-Chairman of the Civic Party. He was also vice-chairperson of th ...
from the
pan-democracy camp
The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic L ...
.
He was appointed by the Hong Kong government to many public positions such as the Employee's Compensation Insurances Levies Management Board from 2013, the Labour Advisory Board from 2011, the
Mandatory Provident Fund
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Schemes Appeal Board from 2012 to 2014, the Standard Working Hours Committee since 2013. He had also been a part-time member of the government's
Central Policy Unit
The Central Policy Unit, established in 1989, was responsible for advising the Chief Executive (previously the Governor) of Hong Kong. It was replaced with the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Unit in 2018.
Previous heads
* Leo Goodstadt ...
.
Ng was also one of initiators of the
Alliance for Peace and Democracy, a counter political alliance orchestrated by Beijing against the
Occupy Central with Love and Peace
Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) was a single-purpose Hong Kong civil disobedience campaign initiated by Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man on 27 March 2013. The campaign was launched on 24 September 2014, partially le ...
launched by the pan-democrats to pressure Beijing to implement genuine democracy. He organised the anti-"Occupy" rally on 17 August 2014.
In April 2018, he succeeded
Lam Shuk-yee
Lam Shuk-yee (; born June 1953) is the former President of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU), the most powerful trade union in Hong Kong. She is also current member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consul ...
to be the President of the FTU with Vice President Wong Kwok replaced him as the Chairman.
Ng criticised the decision of
Court of Final Appeal in September 2018 to free the group of 13 activists, who had each received jail sentences of up to 13 months from a lower court for unlawful assembly outside the
Legislative Council Complex
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Construction of the LegCo Complex commenced in 2008 and was ...
on 13 June 2014. "How could this be an act of loving and protecting young people?
he judges
He or HE may refer to:
Language
* He (pronoun), an English pronoun
* He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ
* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
* He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
are killing them!" Ng said as he accused the judges "sinners of society". Ng's remarks drew criticism from the pro-democrats, as well as
Chief Executive
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Carrie Lam
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ( Cheng; ; born 13 May 1957) is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022. She served as Chief Secretary for Administration between 2012 and 2017 and Secr ...
which said his comments as "unacceptable".
During the
2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Ng slammed
Li Ka Shing
Sir Ka-shing Li (; born 13 June 1928) is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. As of June 2019, Li is the 31st richest person in the world, with an estimated net wealth of US$33.4 billion. He is the senior ad ...
with coarse Cantonese slang, depicted Li "cockroach" king in a post on social media. "Cockroach" is frequently being used by the
police in Hong Kong
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as a slur for protestors.
In March 2021, ''Apple Daily'' reported that Ng had criticized ''
RTHK
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'', stating that it was skewed and unprofessional.
In February 2022, after the
Witman Hung birthday party controversy
Witman Hung partygate refers to a political scandal in Hong Kong that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, COVID-19 pandemic. A banquet was held at a tapas bar in Wan Chai on 3 January 2022, during the fifth wave of COVID-19 pand ...
, Ng defended Hung and said that "His awareness about the epidemic situation was not strong enough, but he has faced public criticisms over it, and I do not see why he should step down from the NPC".
References
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1970 births
Living people
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Hong Kong activists
Hong Kong trade unionists
Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress from Hong Kong
Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress from Hong Kong
HK LegCo Members 2022–2025
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026
Hong Kong pro-Beijing politicians