Doreen Kong

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Kong. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Doreen Kong and the Chinese-style name is Kong Yuk-foon.

The Honourable Doreen Kong
江玉歡
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2022
Preceded by	Constituency created
Constituency	Election Committee
Personal details
Born	(1970-07-12) July 12, 1970 (age 54) British Hong Kong
Citizenship	Hong Kong^[ambiguous]
Other political affiliations	NPP (2014–2016)
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong (LL.B., PCLL, MSc, MPA)
Occupation	Solicitor

Doreen Kong Yuk-foon
Traditional Chinese	江玉歡
Simplified Chinese	江玉欢
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāng Yùhuān Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gong1 juk6 fun1

Doreen Kong Yuk-foon (born 12 July 1970) is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician.^[1] She was elected as a member of Legislative Council for the Election Committee constituency heavily skewed the pro-Beijing camp.^[2]

Early years

Kong, an orphan, was adopted after birth.^[3] She managed to study law in the University of Hong Kong despite her poor family background.^[4] After graduated with LL.B. in 1992 and PCLL in 1994, she was called to the bar,^[clarify] focusing on housing issues.

Political career

During the Umbrella Movement in 2014, Kong organised a silent assembly. Calling the protestors "trampling" rule-of-law", she urged them to obey injunctions by the court and end the occupation.^[5] Kong joined the pro-Beijing New People's Party in the same year.^[3] She ran in the 2015 local elections, as the party's candidate in Kornhill Garden constituency, but was defeated by the Civic.^[3] A year later, she quitted the party and joined the team of Jasper Tsang, former President of the Legislative Council, as an advisor.^[6] She was elected as an executive of Law Society and appointed as a committee member of Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2019 and 2020 respectively.^[7][6]

In 2021, Kong was elected as a member of the Legislative Council after winning in the Election Committee constituency controlled by pro-Beijing camp.^[2] During the campaign, she called on the Government to speed-up the legislation of Article 23, a provision in Basic Law related to national security.^[8][9]

In July 2022, Kong was critical of foreign domestic helpers, who were operating food stalls on public pavement.^[10]

In October 2022, Kong criticized the government and Lo Chung-mau for invalidating 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine exemption passes, stating that he had no legal authority to do so, with Kong asking "Who is destroying the rule of law now?"^[11][12]

In February 2023, Kong criticized the government for planning to impose extra betting taxes on the Hong Kong Jockey Club, saying it was unfair.^[13]

In March 2023, she championed the cause of Chan Tan-ching a 90 year old licensed street hawker whose cart was seized by the Food and Hygiene Department^[14]

In March 2023, Kong was the only lawmaker to vote against a measure to build temporary public housing.^[15]

In June 2024, Kong advocated for a revision of Hong Kong's pet quarantine laws. Hong Kong requires a quarantine of 120 days which is the longest in the world; only shared by Guam and Hawaii. ^[16] Kong described these requirements as "outdated" and linked them to pet smuggling syndicates from mainland China.^[17]

Electoral performances

2021 Legislative Council election: Election Committee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA (KWND)	Leung Mei-fun	1,348	94.93
	DAB	Cheung Kwok-kwan	1,342	94.51
	FEW	Tang Fei	1,339	94.30
	Nonpartisan	Maggie Chan Man-ki	1,331	93.73
	FTU	Alice Mak Mei-kuen	1,326	93.38
	DAB	Elizabeth Quat	1,322	93.10
	NPP (Civil Force)	Yung Hoi-yan	1,313	92.46
	Nonpartisan	Hoey Simon Lee	1,308	92.11
	Nonpartisan	Stephen Wong Yuen-shan	1,305	91.90
	DAB	Rock Chen Chung-nin	1,297	91.34
	Nonpartisan	Chan Hoi-yan	1,292	90.99
	Nonpartisan	Carmen Kan Wai-mun	1,291	90.92
	NPP	Judy Kapui Chan	1,284	90.42
	Independent	Paul Tse Wai-chun	1,283	90.35
	Nonpartisan	Junius Ho Kwan-yiu	1,263	88.94
	Nonpartisan	Tan Yueheng	1,245	87.68
	Nonpartisan	Chan Siu-hung	1,239	87.25
	Nonpartisan	Ng Kit-chong	1,239	87.25
	NPP	Lai Tung-kwok	1,237	87.11
	New Forum	Ma Fung-kwok	1,234	86.90
	Nonpartisan	Lau Chi-pang	1,214	85.49
	Nonpartisan	Chan Pui-leung	1,205	84.86
	FTU	Kingsley Wong Kwok	1,192	83.94
	Nonpartisan	Chan Yuet-ming	1,187	83.59
	DAB	Nixie Lam Lam	1,181	83.17
	FTU	Luk Chung-hung	1,178	82.96
	Nonpartisan	Kenneth Leung Yuk-wai	1,160	81.69
	Nonpartisan	Dennis Lam Shun-chiu	1,157	81.48
	Nonpartisan	Wendy Hong Wen	1,142	80.42
	Nonpartisan	Sun Dong	1,124	79.15
	DAB	Lillian Kwok Ling-lai	1,122	79.01
	Nonpartisan	Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming	1,102	77.61
	Nonpartisan	Chow Man-kong	1,060	74.65
	Liberal	Lee Chun-keung	1,060	74.65
	BPA	Benson Luk Hoi-man	1,059	74.58
	Nonpartisan	Doreen Kong Yuk-foon	1,032	72.68
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Lam Siu-lo	1,026	72.25
	Nonpartisan	So Cheung-wing	1,013	71.34
	FLU	Lam Chun-sing	1,002	70.56
	Nonpartisan	Nelson Lam Chi-yuen	970	68.31
	Nonpartisan	Charles Ng Wang-wai	958	67.46
	Nonpartisan	Wong Chi-him	956	67.32
	Nonpartisan	Allan Zeman	955	67.25
	DAB	Chan Hoi-wing	941	66.27
	Nonpartisan	Tseng Chin-i	919	64.72
	Independent	Kevin Sun Wei-yung	891	62.75
	Nonpartisan	Tu Hai-ming	834	58.73
	FTU	Choy Wing-keung	818	57.61
	Nonpartisan	Fung Wai-kwong	708	49.86
	Nonpartisan	Michael John Treloar Rowse	454	31.97
	Nonpartisan	Diu Sing-hung	342	24.08
Total valid votes			1,420	100.00
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			1,426	98.48
Registered electors			1,448

Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Kornhill Garden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Leung Siu-sun	2,384	56.8	+13.7
	NPP	Doreen Kong Yuk-foon	1,814	43.2
Majority			570	13.6	+10.8
Turnout			4,233	54.6
	Civic hold		Swing

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