Tam Kwok-kiu

Tam Kwok-kiu
MH, JP
譚國僑
Chairman of the Sham Shui Po District Council
In office
1 July 1997  31 December 2007
Preceded by Eric Wong
Succeeded by Chan Tung
Personal details
Born

1957 (age 5859)


Hong Kong

Political party Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL)
Residence Hong Kong
Alma mater Hong Kong Baptist College
University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Occupation District Councillor
Profession Social worker

Tam Kwok-kiu, MH, JP (Chinese: 譚國僑; born 1957) is a Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) politician in Hong Kong. He is the current member of the Sham Shui Po District Council, serving from 1985 to 2011 and again since 2016. He had also been chairman and vice-chairman of the council.

Biography

Tam was born in Hong Kong in 1957. He was educated at the La Salle College and graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist College in 1978 with a degree in Social Work. He joined Frederick Fung to work as a social worker in Sham Shui Po. In 1983, he helped Fung to get elected to the Urban Council. In the 1985 District Board elections, he was elected to the Sham Shui Po District Board. In 1986, he co-founded the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) with Fung and other pro-democracy grassroots activists.[1]

In the 1995 Urban Council election, Tam won a seat in Sham Shui Po East uncontestedly. He held the seat through 1997 until the provisional council was abolished in 2000. In 1997, he was elected chairman of the Provisional Sham Shui Po District Council. His chairmanship ended in 2007 when the ADPL lost majority in the council. He was elected vice-chairman of the council instead.[1]

In 2005, Tam represented pan-democrats to run in the Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils Subsector by-election for the Election Committee but was not elected.

In 2011 District Council elections, he was unexpectedly defeated by pro-Beijing independent Wai Hoi-ying in Nam Shan, Tai Hang Tung & Tai Hang Sai constituency when he tried to retain ADPL's seat from retiring party colleague Wong Kwai-wan.

In the next year's Legislative Council election, Tam represented ADPL to run in Kowloon West, succeeding Frederick Fung who run in the newly established District Council (Second) "super seat". Tam received 30,364 votes and could not win a seat for the ADPL.

In 2015 District Council elections, Tam won back a seat in Nam Shan, Tai Hang Tung & Tai Hang Sai, defeating Wai Hoi-ying with margin of 572 votes.

In 2016, Tam narrowly defeated chairwoman Rosanda Mok in a primary to stand again in Kowloon West for the 2016 Legislative Council election.[2]

He also holds a master degree in Social Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a master degree in Social Work from the University of Hong Kong.[1]

References

Political offices
New seat Member of Sham Shui Po District Board
Representative for Pak Tin
1985–1994
Succeeded by
Yan Kai-wing
New seat Member of Sham Shui Po District Council
Representative for Chak On
1994–2003
Succeeded by
Ng Mei
Preceded by
Frederick Fung
Member of Urban Council
Representative for Sham Shui Po East
1995–1999
Council abolished
Preceded by
Eric Wong
Chairman of Sham Shui Po District Council
1997–2007
Succeeded by
Chan Tung
Preceded by
Frederick Fung
Member of Sham Shui Po District Council
Representative for Shek Kip Mei
2004–2007
Constituency abolished
Preceded by
Leung Lai
Member of Sham Shui Po District Council
Representative for Shek Kip Mei & Nam Cheong East
2008–2011
Succeeded by
Chun Po-shan
Preceded by
Wai Hoi-ying
Member of Sham Shui Po District Council
Representative for Nam Shan, Tai Hang Tung & Tai Hang Sai
2016–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Yim Tin-sang
Vice-chairman of Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
2008–present
Incumbent
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