Holden Chow

The Honourable
Holden Chow Ho-ding
周浩鼎

Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 October 2016
Preceded by Chan Yuen-han
Constituency District Council (Second)
Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Assumed office
17 April 2015
Chairman Starry Lee
Preceded by Ann Chiang
Starry Lee
Member of the Islands District Council
In office
1 January 2012 – 31 December 2015
Constituency Appointed
Assumed office
1 January 2016
Preceded by Chow Chuen-heung
Constituency Tung Chung South
Personal details
Born (1979-06-07) 7 June 1979
Hong Kong
Nationality Hong Kong
Political party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Alma mater London School of Economics
University of Hong Kong
Occupation Solicitor
Religion Roman Catholicism
Holden Chow
Traditional Chinese 周浩鼎

Holden Chow Ho-ding (Chinese: 周浩鼎, born 7 June 1979[1]) is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician. He is vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest Beijing-loyalist party in Hong Kong, and a former chairman of Young DAB, its youth wing. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2016 through the District Council (Second) super seat.

Education and career

Chow was born in Hong Kong in 1979 and studied economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science in Britain after finishing Form Five in Hong Kong.[2] After returning to Hong Kong, he became a solicitor with Rita Law & Co.

In 2004, Chow joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest Beijing-loyalist party in Hong Kong. He became the chairman of Young DAB, the youth branch of party and a member of the party's Executive Committee in 2009. In April 2015 when chairman Tam Yiu-chung retired, Chow was elected vice-chairman along with the new chairwoman Starry Lee.

Chow was also an observer of the Independent Police Complaints Council from 2010 to 2014 and an appointed member of the Equal Opportunities Commission from 2013 to 2015.[3] In 2012, he was appointed to the Islands District Council and started working for New World Development as a legal counsel.

In 2015 District Council election, he won the Tung Chung South constituency on the Islands District Council, successfully holding it for DAB.

In February 2016, he stood unsuccessfully in the 2016 New Territories East by-election. Representing not only his party but the entire mainstream pro-Beijing camp,[4] he placed second behind the Civic Party's Alvin Yeung, receiving 150,329 votes, 10,551 fewer than his rival.[5]

In the September general election, Chow led one of the two DAB's tickets in the territory-wide District Council (Second) super seat. He received 264,339 votes, 13.84 percent of the vote share and was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Political views

Chow often criticises the pan-democracy camp, questioning whether someone who truly loved China would demand an end to one-party rule, as the Beijing government required the Chief Executive candidate to love China and love Hong Kong and wanted to exclude the pan-democrats.[6] He identifies himself as a "patriot" and opposes calls for Hong Kong independence or self-determination.[2]

Chow challenged Jimmy Lai, the boss of the pro-democracy Next Media and supporter of the pro-democracy Occupy Central, for meeting United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.[7] He also criticised a call for Hong Kong's independence from China as irresponsible.[8]

When being asked if he supports Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's bid for second term, Chow refused to express his stance.

Chow's campaign is opposed to Hong Kong independence and same-sex marriage in Hong Kong legislative election, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Facebook
  2. 1 2 "Legco hopeful aims to bridge Hong Kong's political divide". South China Morning Post. 20 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Appointment of members of Equal Opportunities Commission (Issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)". Equal Opportunities Commission. 10 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Lam, Jeffie; Chung, Kam-chung (3 January 2016). "Rising young Hong Kong politician Holden Chow joins Legislative Council by-election fray". South China Morning Post.
  5. ↑ "2016 Legislative Council Geographical Constituency New Territories By-election - Election Result". Electoral Affairs Commission. 29 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Cheung, Tony (12 April 2013). "HK's young politicos confident in patriotism, divided on one-party rule". South China Morning Post.
  7. ↑ "Jimmy Lai wards off criticism over Wolfowitz meeting". ejinsight. 23 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Heat rises at forum on talk of independence". The Standard. 19 January 2015.
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Party political offices
Preceded by
Horace Cheung		 Chairman of Young Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
2009–2015 		Succeeded by
Frankie Ngan
Preceded by
Ann Chiang
Starry Lee		 Vice-Chairman of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
2015–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Chow Chuen-heung		 Member of the Islands District Council
Representative for Tung Chung South
2016–pesent 		Incumbent
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Chan Yuen-han		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for District Council (Second)
2016–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Lam Cheuk-ting
Member of the Legislative Council		 Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative Council 		Succeeded by
Shiu Ka-fai
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