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Ng Siu-hong
Andy Siu-hong Ng (Cantonese: 吳兆康, Cantonese Yale: ǹgh shiuh hōng，born 1979) is a Hong Kong-born English politician. Ng is now a local councillor in Wokingham, England and was a councillor in the Central and Western District Council in Hong Kong.[1] Early lifeNg attended Raimondi College, on the Mid-Levels in the City of Victoria on Hong Kong Island – which served as the polling station of the constituency he later represented. He was a graphic designer.
Political careerHong KongNg, a member of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong,[2] was first elected to the Mid-Levels East constituency in the 2015 local elections after winning 50.9% of votes and defeating a pro-Beijing candidate. He is considered a close ally of Ted Hui, a councillor of the same party for a neighbouring constituency in the district.[3] In June 2018 he was attacked by a resident while promoting the annual 1 July march, apparently over his opposition against local liquor licences.[4] His majority in the constituency was further increased in the 2019 elections, to 57.28% (2,672 votes) with a gain of 6.38%, amidst the large wave of anti-government protests.[5] He resigned on 29 April 2021, effective from May, after the government intended to introduce oath-taking requirement for local councillors.[6] Ng later revealed that he resigned because he was concerned of his involvement in the democracy movement.[7] United KingdomNg's family migrated to Reading, England in 2021. He joined various local groups to assist[clarify] Hongkongers, and became a member of the Liberal Democrats in 2023. He was selected to run for the seat of Maiden Erlegh and Whitegates in the Wokingham Borough Council in the 2024 local elections.[7] Ng was elected with 1,162 votes to the three-member ward.[8] Ng is the second from Hong Kong to sit on an English local authority[9] after Ying Perrett who secured a seat at the Bisley & West End ward of Surrey Heath Borough Council in the November 2023 elections,[10] and the first who had held an elected office in Hong Kong. Ng believed voters "have chosen a Hongkonger to represent them in the council because we share similar values", and the victory "has proven that Hongkongers can still win by participating in politics in Britain".[10] Electoral performancesBorough of Wokingham
Central and Western District
Personal lifeNg is married with two children. The family is Catholic.
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