Rosanda Mok Ka-han (; born 23 May 1972) is a

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politician in Hong Kong and a member of

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. She is the former chairman of the

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pro-grassroots

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(ADPL) and former member of the

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for

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Biography

Rosanda Mok was born in 1972 and graduated from the

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with a master's degree in Sociology. She joined the

(ADPL), a local-based pro-grassroots pro-democratic party and was first elected to the

through

in the 1999 District Council election and re-elected for three times until she was unseated by the

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(DAB) newcomer Terence Siu Tin-hung in the 2015 election with a narrow margin of 45 votes. She has also hold public positions including the Buildings Appeal Tribunal Panel, the Gas Safety Appeal Board Panel, and the Obscene and Indecent Articles Panel of Adjudicators. On 23 January 2016, Mok was elected the first female chair of the ADPL, succeeding veteran

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. Her chairmanship lasted for less than a year as in September the same year, Mok resigned from the chairperson post of ADPL because her party suffered a historic defeat in losing its only seat in the 2016 legislative election. She was succeeded by

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. In 2017, after a legislative seat in West Kowloon was vacated following the

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, veteran lawmaker and former chairman

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sought for nominations from ADPL to contest the March 2018 Kowloon West by-election. However, Mok insisted the party should nominate a younger member instead. She left the ADPL on 26 June 2017 after the party resolved to nominate Fung. She later joined the

. In

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, she fought the Wong Tai Sin District Council seat vacated by party chairman

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, and retained the seat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mok, Rosanda 1972 births Living people District councillors of Kowloon City District District councillors of Wong Tai Sin District Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood politicians Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians Hong Kong women in politics