In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Sit. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Kingsley Sit and the Chinese-style name is Sit Ho-yin.
In June 1991, Sit put forward a motion to urge the government to resume the carrying out of the death penalty immediately. The death penalty in Hong Kong was mandatory sentence for murder, however no executive had been carried out since 1967. The motion was defeated and Martin Lee's amended motion of abolishing the death penalty was passed.[1] The death penalty was repealed in 1993.
Kingsley Sit strongly opposed the decriminalisation of homosexuality. In the council meeting on 10 July 1991, he stated that "decriminalization, of homosexuality is contrary to the moral standards of the traditional Chinese society."[2]
Sit was defeated in the elections to the Legislative Council in September 1991 general election, 1991 by-election in December 1995 and 1996 election within the Selection Committee for the Provisional Legislative Council.