Stanley Ng Wing-fai (; born 1961) is a Hong Kong based
smart city expert, a licensed town planner and politician. He is
Election Committee
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Member of Hong Kong (2006 to 2022) and Executive Committee member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
.
Education and business career
Born in 1961 in Hong Kong, Ng studied at the
Pui Ching Middle School
The Pui Ching Middle Schools () is a system of Baptist secondary schools first founded in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and later Hong Kong and Macau. Located at Peizheng Road in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou Pui Ching Middle School is a s ...
, and received a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the
National Taiwan University in 1983 and a master's degree in Urban Planning from the
University of Hong Kong in 1991. He became a licensed Town Planner both in China, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
He is the founder and CEO of "MapAsia" and "MapKing", and running MapKing International, an international smart city technology and mapping firm in Asia. He is also the Publisher of the World and China Press Limited.
and also Founding President of
Asia Pacific Connected Vehicles Industry Association.
Political career
He first ran for office in the
Yau Tsim Mong District Board in the
1994 District Board elections where he won a seat in Mong Kok North for the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
. In the
1999 election, he changed his constituency to
Tai Nan but was defeated.
He was also among the last members of the
Urban Council elected in the
1995 election through Mong Kok. He continued to serve on the Provisional Urban Council after the handover in 1997 until the council was abolished by the then
Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa
Tung Chee-hwa (; born 7 July 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chin ...
in 2000.
In 2004, 2008 and 2012, he contested in the
Architectural, Surveying and Planning functional constituency which has restricted electorates and was all unelected. He gave way to other democrats
Edward Yiu
Edward Yiu Chung-yim (; born 19 July 1964) is a Hong Kong academic, scholar and former politician who is currently an associate professor of property at the University of Auckland Business School. He is a former member of the Legislative Council ...
and
Paul Zimmerman in subsequent elections in 2016 and 2018.
Edward Yiu
Edward Yiu Chung-yim (; born 19 July 1964) is a Hong Kong academic, scholar and former politician who is currently an associate professor of property at the University of Auckland Business School. He is a former member of the Legislative Council ...
won but disqualified (DQ) by the authority and
Paul Zimmerman lost in by-election.
He was elected in 2006, 2011, 2016 to the
Election Committee
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which is responsible for electing the Chief Executive, through the Architectural, Surveying and Planning sub-sector.
He run under
Democrat Professionals Hong Kong
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
in 2016 and won.
He has been member of the Central Committee and Executive Committee of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
, a
pro-democratic party in Hong Kong. He had also served as Treasurer of the party. In the
2014 party leadership election, he ran against incumbent chairwoman
Emily Lau but was not elected.
He was Vice Chairman of the pro-democracy think tank
Professional Commons until he became the Chairman in November 2015 but he only stayed in office for one year.
The successor Paul Zimmerman run by-election of the professional sector after
Edward Yiu
Edward Yiu Chung-yim (; born 19 July 1964) is a Hong Kong academic, scholar and former politician who is currently an associate professor of property at the University of Auckland Business School. He is a former member of the Legislative Council ...
was disqualified (DQ) in 2017 but was defeated. He was a member of Hong Kong's think tank Citizen's Commission on Constitutional Development which was formed by
Anson Chan in 2008.
References
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1961 births
Living people
District councillors of Yau Tsim Mong District
Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong
National Taiwan University alumni
Alumni of the University of Hong Kong
Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians
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