Dominic Lee Tsz-king (; 22 January 1984) is a Hong Kong politician. He is a member of the New People's Party and a Legislative Council Member representing the New Territories North East. He is a former member of the

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for

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from 2015 to 2019 and the former chairman of the

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Youth Committee.

Biography

Lee was born in Hong Kong in 1984 to an upper-middle-class family. He studied at

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and the

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before going abroad and graduated from

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in 2006 with a degree in economics. He worked as an assistant in his campus polling station for

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presidential candidate

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in 2004 and later worked as an intern for Democrat Al Green in the

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. He joined the pro-business conservative

in 2009 after he returned to Hong Kong. During the

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, he helped Liberal Party chairman James Tien win a seat representing New Territories East. Lee became the first chairman of the party's youth committee when it was established in 2011. Lee is vocal about his conservative stances on the economy, immigration, and social issues. He is known for his strong words in opposition to universal retirement protection and was once criticized by an elderly woman over the topic during a legislative council public hearing, which went viral on the Internet. In 2015, he supported the government's plan to scrap visa-free facility for Indians, defending the move as a "sacrifice to protect our borders". In 2016, he led the Alliance Demanding Repatriation of Refugees against "fake" refugees from Southeast Asia coming into Hong Kong. Moreover, he demanded quitting the

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to block "fake" refugees from coming to Hong Kong. In May that year, he led an anti-refugee protest which drew 100 to 200 people as well as counter-protesters. Claiming that there was a refugee-led crime surge in Hong Kong and that South Asians should be locked up in internment camps,

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requests from

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have debunked these fears as not being based upon any measurable increase in crime. In April 2016, he led a protest in

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against the Equal Opportunities Commission's ruling of "ladies' night" being discriminatory. Lee supported bar and nightclub operators in favor of resuming ladies' night to avoid potential losses of revenue. In the 2011 District Council elections, Lee ran in Shek Lei Extension but was defeated by

incumbent Leung Kwok-wah. In the 2015 District Council elections, he ran in the

constituency and won against

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candidate Dickson Chau Ka-faat, succeeding council chairman Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah as member of the

. In 2016, he was nominated by the Liberal Party to run in the

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in New Territories East with the support of incumbent legislator and party honorary chairman James Tien. However, the Liberal party ticket narrowly missed out on winning the seat. In 2018, Lee claimed that civil unions and gay marriage will “encourage” people to adopt

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lifestyles in response to Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal's ruling which stated that spousal visas may be granted to same-sex couples in civil unions. In the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, 2019 District Council elections, Lee narrowly lost his District Council seat in

to independent barrister Lau Wai-chung by 96 votes. While an active member of the Liberal Party, Lee ran for the 2020 primary of the New People's Party for the Legislative Council election in the New Territories East constituency. As a result, his membership with the Liberal Party was revoked by party leader Felix Chung. Later that night, Lee announced his resignation as the member of Liberal Party and joined New People's Party and Civil Force, a district-based political coalition that was established in 2014 by Chairperson of the New People's Party, Regina Ip, Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee. In March 2021, after some companies boycotted purchasing cotton from Xinjiang due to suspected Xinjiang internment camps, human rights violations, Lee said that some leaders of Western countries and Western media had falsely understood the situation in Xinjiang and have leveled allegations without evidence. In the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, Lee was elected to the Legislative Council representing New Territories North East (2021 constituency) with 45.35 percent of the vote. Lee is one among five members of the New People's Party to be elected to the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council and will serve a four-year term. In April 2023, a survey of more than 1000 Hongkongers showed that only 4% of respondents recognized Lee as a lawmaker.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Dominic 1984 births Living people Rice University alumni Hong Kong businesspeople District councillors of Sham Shui Po District Liberal Party (Hong Kong) politicians New People's Party (Hong Kong) politicians Civil Force politicians HK LegCo Members 2022–2025 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026 Hong Kong pro-Beijing politicians People educated at a United World College