Starry Lee
| The Honourable Starry Lee Wai-king JP |
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| 李慧琼 | |
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| Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong | |
| Assumed office 17 April 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Tam Yiu-chung |
| Non-official Member of the Executive Council | |
| In office 1 July 2012 – 17 March 2016 |
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| Appointed by | Leung Chun-ying |
| Preceded by | Lau Kong-wah |
| Succeeded by | Ip Kwok-him |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Constituency | District Council (Second) |
| In office 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Tsang Yok-sing |
| Succeeded by | Ann Chiang |
| Constituency | Kowloon West |
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| Born | 13 March 1974 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | University of Science and Technology (BBA) University of Manchester (MBA) |
| Occupation | Accountant |
Starry Lee Wai-king, JP (Chinese: 李慧琼; pinyin: Lǐ Huìqióng, born 13 March 1974 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong politician, chairwoman of the largest Beijing-loyalist party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). She is a Legislative Councillor and a Kowloon City District Councillor. From 2012 to 2016, she was a member of the Executive Council.
Biography
Born in 1974 in Hong Kong into a working-class family and brought up on a public housing estate,[1] Lee obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Master of Business Administration from the University of Manchester. She became a professional accountant, working for KPMG in Hong Kong and is currently the principal at CCIF CPA Ltd.
Lee first stood in the District Council elections in 1999 for the Kowloon City District Council, the neighbourhood where she lived. She was elected aged 26, the youngest district councillor at that time.[2] She joined the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong when she was approached by the former party chairman Tsang Yok-sing around 2004. She was asked to become the part of Tsang's team in the following Legislative Council election in September 2004.[3] She was listed third on the candidate list and helped Tsang to win a seat in the Kowloon West.
With her professional background, Lee became a new star in the party and also the pro-Beijing camp. She was elected to the Legislative Council when Tsang left the constituency for Hong Kong Island in the 2008 Legislative Council election. In 2011, she was elected as the vice-chairwoman of the party.
In 2012, she was appointed to the Executive Council by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. She served on the Executive Council until her resignation in March 2016, when she said she wanted to focus on her work on the Legislative Council and the party. Her position was taken by Ip Kwok-him, a veteran DAB legislator.[4]
In the 2012 Legislative Council election, Lee contested in the newly created territory-wide District Council (Second) constituency. Her list received over 270,000 votes in total.
On 17 April 2015, she was elected as the first woman to chair the DAB, succeeding Tam Yiu-chung.[5]
Controversies
In 2010 DAB legislator Starry Lee refused to sign a petition to help ban import of highly endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna to Hong Kong, saying that her daughter loves sashimi and she does not want her daughter to get mad at her.[6]
See also
References
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| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon West 2008–2012 |
Succeeded by Ann Chiang |
| New constituency | Member of Legislative Council Representative for District Council 2012–present |
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| Preceded by | Member of Executive Council 2012–2016 |
Succeeded by Ip Kwok-him |
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| Preceded by | Chairman of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong 2015–present |
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