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Pun Kwok-shanPun 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. BiographyPun 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.[1] 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.[2][3] He was also elected to the Election Committee in 2016.[4] He lost his seat in Shatin District Council in 2019 following a rout of pro-Beijing candidates amidst the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.[5] In March 2021, Pun protested against H&M, a company that boycotted cotton from Xinjiang after suspected human rights concerns.[6] However, Pun was spotted wearing shoes from Nike, another company which boycotted cotton from Xinjiang.[6] References
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