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Hong Kong politician

Pun Kwok-shan, MH, JP (Chinese: 潘國山; born 1961) is a Hong Kong politician. He is vice-chairman of the New People's Party and member of Civil Force. He is also a former member of the Sha Tin District Council for Tin Sum.

Biography

Pun was first elected to the Sha Tin District Council in 2003 in a three-way contest in Tin Sum for local-based Civil Force. He was re-elected in 2007 and retired in 2011. His seat was replaced by Lau Kong-wah, member of both Civil Force and the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), who went on contest the ill-fated 2012 Legislative Council election in the newly created District Council (Second) constituency.

Pun returned to the Sha Tin District Council in 2013 Tin Sum by-election when Lau Kong-wah resigned to take the position of Under Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs. He won the seat by taking 2,432 votes. Under his leadership of Civil Force. The group allied with Legislative Councillor Regina Ip's New People's Party in 2014 when he was elected vice-chairman of the party. He was also elected to the Election Committee in 2016. He lost his seat in Shatin District Council in 2019 following a rout of pro-Beijing candidates amidst the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.

In March 2021, Pun protested against H&M, a company that boycotted cotton from Xinjiang after suspected human rights concerns. However, Pun was spotted wearing shoes from Nike, another company which boycotted cotton from Xinjiang.

References

  1. "Results of Sha Tin District Council Tin Sum Constituency by-election". Hong Kong Government.
  2. 新民黨宣佈與公民力量結盟 Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 新民黨宣布與公民力量結成聯盟. Radio Television Hong Kong (in Chinese). 12 February 2014.
  4. "Pun, Kwok Shan 潘國山". website.
  5. "2019 District Councils Election – Election Results (Sha Tin)". Government of Hong Kong.
  6. ^ Kong, Dimsumdaily Hong (2021-03-27). "Chairman of Civil Force spotted wearing Nike shoes to protest against H&M for boycotting Xinjiang cotton". Dimsum Daily. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
Political offices
Preceded byChoy Kan-pui Member of Sha Tin District Council
Representative for Tin Sum
2004–2011 		Succeeded byLau Kong-wah
Preceded byLau Kong-wah Member of Sha Tin District Council
Representative for Tin Sum
2013–2019 		Succeeded byTsang Kit
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