Dr. Tso Wung-wai (; born 28 February 1941),

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is a

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politician and chemistry professor. He is an adjunct professor at the

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, and has also served as a Hong Kong delegate to the

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. Tso Wung-wai completed his

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in biochemistry at CUHK, took an

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, and went on to study for his

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at the

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. He is a member of the

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(HKPA).

2004 Legislative Council election

Prior to the

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, the pro-

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camp predicted that the competition would be fierce. Some of the HKPA LegCo candidates were persuaded to quit the election, in an attempt to enable

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(DAB) candidates to stand a higher chances of obtaining LegCo seats. In response to this,

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, originally a candidate for the LegCo constituency of the

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East, was replaced by Tso. He had a slim chance of obtaining a seat in the election, and unsurprisingly he lost with just 14,174 votes, less than a quarter of any other list in the same constituency. During his campaigns, Tso gained prominence for his slogans. One of his best-known slogans was 科學求真，智識救港 (literally, ''Seek the truth with science, and save Hong Kong with knowledge'').

References

External links

Tso Wung-wai's homepage
(in Chinese only)
CUHK Biochemistry Webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tso, Wungwai 1941 births Living people Academic staff of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress from Hong Kong Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress from Hong Kong Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress from Hong Kong Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong politicians Hong Kong Progressive Alliance politicians Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians New Hong Kong Alliance politicians District councillors of Sha Tin District Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members Hong Kong Affairs Advisors Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong