Fok Pui-yee (; born 1950) is a former Hong Kong

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activist and politician. She is also a former member of the

Urban Council of Hong Kong The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

. Fok was born and raised in Hong Kong and graduate from the Jockey Club Industrial School. She began in the community services in 1973 and was the Residents' Committee chairwoman of the Kowloon Bay Resettlement Estate. In 1979, she co-founded the

Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy The Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (; HKPCHP), formerly called the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (), was a Hong Kong pressure group established in 1978 and was prominent in the 1970s and 80s. It was set ...

with other grassroots activists such as Frederick Fung and was the treasurer, secretary and vice-chairwoman of the council. She was first elected to the

Urban Council The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Servic ...

in 1986. She was a member of the

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(JCPDG) and protested with other pro-democracy politicians in a hunger strike against the "mainstream proposal" of the drafting of the

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. In 1989, she ran in the re-election but was defeated by

Mok Ying-fan Mok Ying-fan (born 15 January 1951, Hong Kong) is the member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council (1985–91, 1994–2015) representing Tung Mei. He was the also member of the Urban Council (1989–99) and the member of Legislative Council ( ...

supported by the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL), becoming the only incumbent to lose her seat. She ran in the first SAR Legislative Council election in 1998 in Kowloon East against the Democratic Party and the

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(DAB). She received 6,339 votes, 2.42 percent of the total votes and was not elected. She again ran in the first SAR District Council election in 1999 in Tsz Wan East but lost to the former Legislative Councillor Michael Cheng who represented the

Hong Kong Progressive Alliance The Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA) was a pro-Beijing, pro-business political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1994 and was merged into the Democratic Alliance ...

(HKPA).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fok, Pui-yee District councillors of Wong Tai Sin District Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong 1950 births Living people