Hui Chi-fung

The Honourable
Hui Chi-fung
許智峯
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 October 2016
Preceded by Sin Chung-kai
Constituency Hong Kong Island
Member of the Central and Western District Council
Assumed office
1 January 2012
Preceded by Yuen Bun-keung
Constituency Chung Wan
Personal details
Born

1982 (age 33–34)


Hong Kong

Political party Democratic Party
Residence Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Alma mater City University of Hong Kong
Occupation District Councillor
Religion Christianity

Ted Hui Chi-fung (Chinese: 許智峯; born 1982) is a Democratic Party politician in Hong Kong. He is the member of the Central and Western District Council for Chung Wan and Democratic Party candidate for the 2016 Legislative Council election.

Biography

He was born in Hong Kong and was raised in Tuen Mun. He was educated in Canada and studied law in Canada. He joined the local forum on the Basic Law Article 23 legislation in Canada and returned to Hong Kong to join the 2003 July 1 massive protest against the national security legislation.[1] He joined the Democratic Party after graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a law degree.

In 2011 District Council elections, Hui successfully succeeded veteran Yuen Bun-keung's Central and Western District Council seat in Chung Wan, which covered the Central area. Hui caught media attention for his protests in the council. In 2014, Hui was thrown out of a meeting of the council's working group on civic education on March 6. A meeting on March 27 ended in chaos when he resisted another effort to eject him. In April, he protested the council's decision to grant HK$150,000 to pro-Beijing groups. He staged a sit-in at the district office with party colleague Ng Siu-hong, and was allegedly injured in a scuffle with security guards.[2] He was later acquitted by the court over the charge of assaulting security guards.[3]

Hui was considered to be radical within the Democratic Party. He opposed the party's meetings with the Beijing officials. In 2015 when party's central committee member Wong Sing-chi publicly called on pan-democrats to back Beijing's restrictive reform model for the 2017 Chief Executive election. Hui led the call for the party to investigate whether Wong had violated any of its internal rules, which eventually led to the expel of Wong's party membership.[4]

Hui ran in the Democratic Party's intra-party primary for candidacy in Hong Kong Island in the 2016 Legislative Council election and won against Wilfred Chong Wing-fai despite not winning the support of the party's district branch and councillors, which caused some opposition within the party to his nomination. He also caused controversy over the use of his accountable operating expenses granted by the council. He gave around HK$120,000 to three assistants as bonuses whilst one of his assistants received a bonus of 20 months’ worth of salary.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "【素人年代】我而家係反政府分子︰許智峯". Ming Pao Weekly. 6 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Democrat councillor Ted Hui injured by his own council's guards". South China Morning Post. 4 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Acquitted district councillor Ted Hui Chi-fung bound over despite being cleared by Hong Kong magistrate of assaulting two security guards". South China Morning Post. 8 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hong Kong's Democratic Party set to probe Nelson Wong over his backing for government reform package". South China Morning Post. 8 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Democratic Party district councillor criticised for giving 'excessive' bonuses to assistants". Hong Kong Free Press. 15 June 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Yuen Bun-keung		 Member of Central and Western District Council
Representative for Chung Wan
2012–present 		Incumbent
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Sin Chung-kai		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Hong Kong Island
2016–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Cheung Kwok-kwan
Member of the Legislative Council		 Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative Council 		Succeeded by
Luk Chung-hung
Member of the Legislative Council
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