Kam Nai-wai MH (; born 1960,

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) is a founding member of the

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, and was a former member of

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Council. He is also a former member of the

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(

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). His profession is as a

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and he is a director of an IT company. Kam served on the former

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 Services ...

and district councils from 1995.Democrat faces sexual harassment inquiry
SCMP, Oct 05, 2009

Political career

In 2007, Kam planned to participate in 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election after the former chairman of DAB,

Ma Lik Ma Lik, GBS, JP (; 23 February 1952 – 8 August 2007), was a Legislative Councillor, and was the Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Education Ma Lik attended ...

, died of

colon cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel mo ...

. He later withdrew from the election process, denying that it was under pressure from fellow democrats who feared splitting the vote with

Anson Chan Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, (; ''née'' Fang; born 17 January 1940) is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both ...

. He won praise for his support for victims of the Lehman minibonds saga in 2008. In the

2008 Hong Kong legislative election The 2008 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 7 September 2008 for the 4th Legislative Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. There were 60 seats in the 4th Legislative Council, with 30 memb ...

he won the

geographical constituency In Hong Kong, geographical constituencies, as opposed to functional constituencies, are elected by all eligible voters according to geographically demarcated constituencies. There are currently 5 geographical constituencies in Hong Kong, returnin ...

seat for the Democratic Party.

Views, policy positions and Legco voting

In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council

functional constituencies A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China: * Functional constituency (Hong Kong) * Functional cons ...

.Cheers and jeers for political reform vote,

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, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010

Personal life

Kam is married to Candy.

External links

*
Nai Wai Kam's hk.myblog.yahoo website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kam, Naiwai 1960 births Living people Alumni of the City University of Hong Kong Alumni of Hong Kong Baptist University Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong District councillors of Central and Western District Hong Kong businesspeople Hong Kong social workers Charter 08 signatories Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians HK LegCo Members 2008–2012