Kam Nai-wai

Kam Nai-wai
MH
甘乃威
Kam in 2008
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office
1 October 2008 – 30 September 2012
Preceded byYeung Sum
Succeeded bySin Chung-kai
ConstituencyHong Kong Island
Personal details
Born (1960-11-01) 1 November 1960 (age 64)
Hong Kong
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materCity Polytechnic of Hong Kong (now: City University of Hong Kong)
Hong Kong Baptist University
OccupationDistrict Councillor
Kam Nai-wai
Chinese甘乃威
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGān Naǐweī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggam1 naai5 wai1

Kam Nai-wai MH (Chinese: 甘乃威; born 1960, Hong Kong) is a founding member of the Democratic Party,[1] and was a former member of Central and Western District Council.[2] He is also a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Geographical constituency, Hong Kong Island). His profession is as a social worker and he is a director of an IT company.

Kam served on the former Urban Council and district councils from 1995.[3]

Political career

In 2007, Kam planned to participate in 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election after the former chairman of DAB, Ma Lik, died of colon cancer. He later withdrew from the election process, denying that it was under pressure from fellow democrats who feared splitting the vote with Anson Chan.[4] He won praise for his support for victims of the Lehman minibonds saga in 2008.

In the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election he won the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency seat for the Democratic Party.

Views, policy positions and Legco voting

In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council functional constituencies.[5]

Personal life

Kam is married to Candy.[3]

References

  1. ^ Profile of Kam Nai-wai in Democratic Party Website (Chinese Version)
  2. ^ Central & Western District Council Members (2008 - 2011) Archived 2010-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Democrat faces sexual harassment inquiry, SCMP, Oct 05, 2009
  4. ^ Feature on Kam Nai-wai in HK Magazine
  5. ^ Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, SCMP, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010
Political offices
Preceded by
Anthony Ng
Alexander Chang
 Member of the Central and Western District Council
Representative for Sheung Wan
1994–2021 		Vacant
New constituency Member of the Urban Council
Representative for Central
1995–1997 		Replaced by Provisional Urban Council
New creation Member of the Provisional Urban Council
1997–1999 		Council abolished
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Hong Kong Island
2008–2012 		Succeeded by