Kennedy Wong Ying-ho BBS, JP (born 23 February 1963 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

) is a Hong Kong

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. He is a solicitor of the

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. He was also the member of the

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which existed from 1996 to 98 and councillor of the

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. He was the part-time member of the government's

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from 2002 to 2004 and the member of the

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National Committee. In December 2021, it was reported that Wong was eligible to vote four times in the

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, yielding 0.0371484% of the total voting value (elected seats), which is 7475 times more than the value of an average voter's total voting value. According to Wong's January 2022 declaration of assets, he owns shares in about 40 separate companies. In July 2022, Wong was one of 18 DAB lawmakers who argued that businesspeople should have their own quarantine hotel rooms in Shenzhen, separate from the rest of the population going from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, who use a ballot system to allocate rooms. In August 2022, Wong announced that he would travel to Indonesia to clarify misconceptions about Hong Kong, and discuss "the true situation in Hong Kong, because unfortunately the international media has not properly reported the whole situation, in particular what really happened in 2019 and what the Hong Kong government as well as different sectors are oingto bring us to the next level."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Kennedy 1963 births Living people Alumni of the University of Kent Delegates to the 14th National People's Congress from Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians HK LegCo Members 2022–2025 Hong Kong pro-Beijing politicians Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017 Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Provisional Legislative Council New Century Forum politicians Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star Hong Kong solicitors