Zachary Wong Wai-yin (; born 22 December 1957, Hong Kong) is a former

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lor (representing Nam Ping) for the

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and later Democratic Party and a former member of the

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. He joined the

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, founded by

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and

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, in 1982. He was elected chairman of the association in 1991. In 1988, he joined Meeting Point and became a member of its Central Committee in 1991. He was also part of the

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. He organised most of the rallies, petitions and 50-hour fasting strike at the Star Ferry Pier in 1989 for a faster pace of democracy. He was first elected to the Yuen Long District Board in 1988 and replaced

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as a LegCo member in a

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in 1991. He stood in the Legislative Council elections in 1998 and again in 2012 but did not get elected. In 2020, Wong became chairman of the

, after the pro-Beijing DAB was defeated in the

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. On 21 October 2021, Wong was unseated from his position both member and chairman of Yuen Long District Council, after he was disqualified together with 16 other members of the same council for being deemed by the Hong Kong SAR Government to have not fulfilled its requirements for taking the oath of allegiance upon taking office under the

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- which it introduced into and was passed by the Legislative Council in the first half of 2021 and covers all members of every District Council in addition to legislative councillors and other major public office holders.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Zachary 1957 births Living people District councillors of Yuen Long District Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians Meeting Point politicians HK LegCo Members 1991–1995 HK LegCo Members 1995–1997