Dennis Kwok, the Glossary
Dennis Kwok Wing-hang (born 15 April 1978) is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council from 2012 to 2020 and founding member of Civic Party.[1]
Table of Contents
39 relations: Alberta, Ambrose Lam, Andrew Leung, Anson Chan, Bachelor of Laws, Canadian nationality law, Chan Kin-por, Chinese nationality law, Civic Party, Edmonton, Election Committee (Hong Kong), Filibuster, Guo, Harvard Kennedy School, High Court (Hong Kong), Hong Kong and Macau Work Office, Hong Kong Free Press, King's College London, La Salle College, Legal (constituency), Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Margaret Ng, New York State Bar Association, Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, Postponement of the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election, Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), Professional Commons, Returning officer, Right of abode in Hong Kong, Rugby School, South China Morning Post, South Horizons, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Starry Lee, The Standard (Hong Kong), University of Hong Kong, Walsh School of Foreign Service, 2011 Hong Kong local elections, 2020 Hong Kong national security law.
- Civic Party politicians
- Expelled members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Fugitives wanted under the Hong Kong national security law
- Hong Kong people of Canadian descent
Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Ambrose Lam
Ambrose Lam San-keung (born August 1961) is a Hong Kong solicitor who served as the member of Legislative Council, representing Legal constituency.
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Andrew Leung
Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen (born 24 February 1951) is a Hong Kong politician who is the current President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Industrial (First) functional constituency. Dennis Kwok and Andrew Leung are hK LegCo Members 2012–2016 and hK LegCo Members 2016–2021.
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Anson Chan
Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, (née Fang; born 17 January 1940) is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both the British colonial government and the Hong Kong SAR government under the Chinese sovereignty from 1993 until she retired from the government in 2001, sparking speculations of her growing rift with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. Dennis Kwok and Anson Chan are Alumni of the University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong democracy activists.
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Bachelor of Laws
A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.
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Canadian nationality law
Canadian nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Canada.
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Chan Kin-por
Chan Kin-por, GBS, JP (born 10 May 1954, China with family roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Functional constituency, Insurance). Dennis Kwok and Chan Kin-por are hK LegCo Members 2012–2016 and hK LegCo Members 2016–2021.
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Chinese nationality law
Chinese nationality law details the conditions by which a person holds nationality of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Civic Party
The Civic Party (CP) was a pro-democracy liberal political party in Hong Kong.
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Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.
Election Committee (Hong Kong)
The Election Committee is the electoral college in Hong Kong that selects the Chief Executive (CE) and, since 2021, elects 40 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council.
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Filibuster
A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision.
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Guo
"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese.
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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High Court (Hong Kong)
The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a part of the legal system of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong and Macau Work Office
The Hong Kong and Macau Work Office, concurrently known as the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (HMO), is an administrative office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party responsible for promoting cooperation and coordination of political, economic, and cultural ties between mainland China and the Chinese Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
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Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) is a free, non-profit news website based in Hong Kong.
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King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England.
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La Salle College
--> La Salle College (LSC) is a boys' secondary school located in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong.
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Legal (constituency)
The Legal functional constituency is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong
The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, colloquially known as LegCo, is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.
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Margaret Ng
Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee (born 25 January 1948) is a politician, barrister, writer and columnist in Hong Kong. Dennis Kwok and Margaret Ng are Alumni of the University of Hong Kong, barristers of Hong Kong and civic Party politicians.
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New York State Bar Association
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of New York.
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Postgraduate Certificate in Laws
The Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL; j) is an intensive one-year, full-time (or two-year, part-time) professional legal qualification programme in Hong Kong.
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Postponement of the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election
The 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was originally scheduled on 6 September 2020 until it was postponed by the government.
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Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)
The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic Law under the "One Country, Two Systems" framework.
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Professional Commons
The Professional Commons is an independent, membership-based, non-profit organisation and public policy think tank established in Hong Kong on 25 March 2007.
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Returning officer
In various parliamentary systems, a returning officer is responsible for overseeing elections in one or more constituencies.
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Right of abode in Hong Kong
Right of abode in Hong Kong entitles a person to live and work in the territory without any restrictions or conditions of stay.
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Rugby School
Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.
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South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post (SCMP), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group.
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South Horizons
South Horizons is a private housing estate located in Aberdeen at the western end of Ap Lei Chau (Aberdeen Island), in the Southern District of Hong Kong.
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Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) is the permanent body of the National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature of the People's Republic of China.
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Starry Lee
Starry Lee Wai-king, SBS, JP (born 13 March 1974 in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong politician and former chairperson of the largest pro-establishment Beijing-loyalist party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). Dennis Kwok and Starry Lee are hK LegCo Members 2012–2016 and hK LegCo Members 2016–2021.
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The Standard (Hong Kong)
The Standard is an English-language free newspaper in Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 200,450 in 2012.
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University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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Walsh School of Foreign Service
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It grants degrees at both undergraduate and graduate levels and is widely recognized as one of the top schools of international relations in the United States.
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2011 Hong Kong local elections
The 2011 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 6 November 2011.
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2020 Hong Kong national security law
The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a national law of China on Hong Kong national security passed in 2020.
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See also
Civic Party politicians
- Alan Leong
- Alvin Yeung
- Audrey Eu
- Claudia Mo
- Denis Chang
- Dennis Kwok
- Fernando Cheung
- Gladys Li
- Jeremy Tam
- Jessica Leung
- Joseph Cheng
- Joseph Lai
- Kalvin Ho
- Ken Tsang
- Kenneth Chan Ka-lok
- Kuan Hsin-chi
- Kwok Ka-ki
- Lee Yue-shun
- Mandy Tam
- Margaret Ng
- Paul Zimmerman (politician)
- Ronny Tong
- Sumly Chan
- Tanya Chan
- Tat Cheng
Expelled members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Alvin Yeung
- Baggio Leung
- Dennis Kwok
- Edward Yiu
- Kenneth Leung
- Kwok Ka-ki
- Lau Siu-lai
- Leung Kwok-hung
- Nathan Law
- Yau Wai-ching
Fugitives wanted under the Hong Kong national security law
- Baggio Leung
- Dennis Kwok
- Finn Lau
- Honcques Laus
- Joey Siu
- Nathan Law
- Ray Wong
- Samuel Chu
- Simon Cheng
- Sunny Cheung
- Ted Hui
Hong Kong people of Canadian descent
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Kwok
Also known as Dennis Kwok Wing-hang, Guo Rongkeng, Kwok Wing-hang, Kwok, Dennis, .