Steven Ho Chun-yin,

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(; born 30 November 1979), is a member of the

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. He represents the

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for Agriculture and Fisheries. He belongs to the

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party.

Background

Ho graduated from

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in Communication and Computer System Engineering. He became a member of the

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for Agriculture and Fisheries constituency. Ho was elected in the

as the successor for Wong Yung-kan in 2012 legislative election and retained the seat in the 2016 election. In February 2021, Ho attacked

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, and accused it of spreading "fake news" and slandering the police. In March 2021, after learning that the

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would cost Hong Kong only HK$1,000 a year, with the rest of the costs handled by Shenzhen, Ho said that Hong Kong should pay more and that "We should pay what we should be paying, instead of just taking advantage of them." On 30 June 2022, Ho was pictured along with CCP general secretary

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and other government officials. His

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test from that day was negative, but was classified as uncertain on his 1 July 2022 test, and positive on his test on 2 July 2022.

References

1979 births Living people Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians HK LegCo Members 2012–2016 HK LegCo Members 2016–2021 HK LegCo Members 2022–2025 Alumni of the University of Birmingham Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017 Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star {{HongKong-politician-stub