Lee Wing-tat
Lee Wing-tat | |
|---|---|
李永達 | |
New Territories West | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1955 Josephine Chan Shu-ying |
| Alma mater | St. Paul's College University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Lee Wing-tat | |
|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Yǒngdá |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Léih Wíhng Taat |
| Jyutping | Lei5 Wing5 Daat6 |
Lee Wing-tat (Chinese: 李永達; born 25 December 1955) is a former Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), returned by direct election as representative of the New Territories West constituency. He was the former third Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP). He is seen as a conservative inside the party.
Early life
A Hakka, Lee was elected vice-chairman of
In 1989, during the visit of Geoffrey Howe to Hong Kong, Lee protested at the conference and called Howe's speech "bullshit".[1]
Lee left the ADPL and formed the
Chairmanship of Democratic Party
Chief Executive Election
In May 2005, Lee declared his intention to run in the
Criticisms
Lee was criticized for suppressing the second-tier members and "
Departure
Lee did not seek a second term as party chairman in the party's internal elections in December 2006.
Views, policy positions and Legco voting
In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's
References
- ^ Elliott, John (4 July 1989). "Hong Kong vents anger over UK refusal on passports" (PDF). Financial Times: Europe's Business Newspaper. p. 1. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Hong Kong Democrats name new leader". NewsBank. RTHK. 12 December 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, SCMP, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010
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