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Dominic Lee | |
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李梓敬 | |
| Member of the Sham Shui Po District Council | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Jimmy Kwok |
| Constituency | Yau Yat Tsuen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 January 1984 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Rice University |
| Occupation | Company director |
Dominic Lee Tsz-king (Chinese: 李梓敬; 22 January 1984) is a Liberal Party politician in Hong Kong. He is chairman of the Liberal Party Youth Committee and member of the Sham Shui Po District Council for Yau Yat Tsuen since 2016.
Biography
Lee was born in Hong Kong in 1984 to a upper-middle class family. He was educated at the Diocesan Boys' School and the Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong and graduated from the Rice University in the United States in 2006 with a degree in economics. He working as an assistant in his campus polling station for the Democratic Party presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 and later worked as an intern for Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives Al Green.[1]
He joined the pro-business conservative Liberal Party in 2009 after he returned to Hong Kong. Before that he had helped the party chairman James Tien running in New Territories East in 2004. He became the first chairman of the party's youth committee when it was established in 2011.
Lee is vocal for his "right-wing" stances on economy, immigration and social issues. He is known for his strong words in opposition to universal retirement protection and was once sworn by an old lady even over the topic during a Legislative Council public hearing, which immediately went viral on the Internet.
In 2015, he supported the government's plan to scrap visa-free facility for Indians, defending the move as a "sacrifice to protect our borders".[2] In 2016, he led the Alliance Demanding Repatriation of Refugees against "fake" refugees from Southeast Asia rush into Hong Kong.[3] Moreover, he demanded quitting the United Nations Convention against Torture to block “fake” refugees from coming to Hong Kong.[4] In May, he led an anti-refugee protest which drew 100 to 200 people as well as counter-protest.[5]
In April 2016, he led a protest in Lan Kwai Fong are hitting back against the Equal Opportunities Commission's ruling of "ladies' night" being discriminatory.[6]
In the 2011 District Council elections, Lee ran in New Shek Lei but was defeated by Democratic Party incumbent Leung Kwok-wah. In the 2015 District Council elections, he returned to Yau Yat Tsuen, a constituency where he lives, and won against Socialist Action candidate Dickson Chau Ka-faat, succeeding council chairman Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah as member of the Sham Shui Po District Council.
In 2016, he was nominated by the Liberal Party to lead a ticket in the New Territories East, in which incumbent legislator and party honorary chairman James Tien will stand with him in second place.
References
- ^ "【林‧作人】堅守政治理念的李梓敬（林作）". Next Plus. 22 February 2016.
- ^ "HK reportedly drops scrapping visa-free facility for Indians". Deccan Herald. 19 May 2015.
- ^ Leung, Michael (18 January 2016). "Hong Kong's 'fake' refugee problem is just bigotry in disguise". Hong Kong Free Press.
- ^ "NGOs hit back as CY says gov't may quit UN torture convention to block 'fake' refugees". Hong Kong Free Press. 14 January 2016.
- ^ "HKFP Lens: 'Gas them' – Activists satirise anti-refugee campaigners at competing rallies". Hong Kong Free Press. 9 May 2016.
- ^ Lau, Kenneth (19 April 2016). "Party people move for ladies' night". The Standard.