Stephen Wong (politician)

Stephen Wong Yuen-shan (Chinese: 黃元山; born 22 December 1975) is a Hong Kong policy researcher and politician who is the senior vice president of the Our Hong Kong Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded by the former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, and also the executive director of the foundation's public policy institute.[1] In 2021, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Council for the 1,448-strong Election Committee constituency which was newly created under the electoral overhaul imposed by Beijing.

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Wong. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Stephen Wong and the Chinese-style name is Wong Yuen-shan.
The Honourable
Stephen Wong
黃元山
Wong in 2014
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1 January 2022 – 27 December 2022
Preceded byNew constituency
ConstituencyElection Committee
Personal details
Born (1975-12-22) 22 December 1975
Alma mater

Wong was appointed by Chief Executive John Lee as the inaugural head of the Chief Executive's Policy Unit on 27 December.[2] He subsequently resigned from the Legislative Council.[3]

Personal life

In September 2022, Wong tested positive for COVID-19.[4]

Electoral history
2021 Legislative Council election: Election Committee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BPA (KWND) Leung Mei-fun 1,348 94.93
DAB Cheung Kwok-kwan 1,342 94.51
FEW Tang Fei 1,339 94.30
Non-party Maggie Chan Man-ki 1,331 93.73
FTU Alice Mak Mei-kuen 1,326 93.38
DAB Elizabeth Quat 1,322 93.10
NPP (Civil Force) Yung Hoi-yan 1,313 92.46
Non-party Hoey Simon Lee 1,308 92.11
Non-party Stephen Wong Yuen-shan 1,305 91.90
DAB Rock Chen Chung-nin 1,297 91.34
Non-party Chan Hoi-yan 1,292 90.99
Non-party Carmen Kan Wai-mun 1,291 90.92
NPP Judy Kapui Chan 1,284 90.42
Independent Paul Tse Wai-chun 1,283 90.35
Non-party Junius Ho Kwan-yiu 1,263 88.94
Non-party Tan Yueheng 1,245 87.68
Non-party Chan Siu-hung 1,239 87.25
Non-party Ng Kit-chong 1,239 87.25
NPP Lai Tung-kwok 1,237 87.11
New Forum Ma Fung-kwok 1,234 86.90
Non-party Lau Chi-pang 1,214 85.49
Non-party Chan Pui-leung 1,205 84.86
FTU Kingsley Wong Kwok 1,192 83.94
Non-party Chan Yuet-ming 1,187 83.59
DAB Nixie Lam Lam 1,181 83.17
FTU Luk Chung-hung 1,178 82.96
Non-party Kenneth Leung Yuk-wai 1,160 81.69
Non-party Dennis Lam Shun-chiu 1,157 81.48
Non-party Wendy Hong Wen 1,142 80.42
Non-party Sun Dong 1,124 79.15
DAB Lillian Kwok Ling-lai 1,122 79.01
Non-party Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming 1,102 77.61
Non-party Chow Man-kong 1,060 74.65
Liberal Lee Chun-keung 1,060 74.65
BPA Benson Luk Hoi-man 1,059 74.58
Non-party Doreen Kong Yuk-foon 1,032 72.68
Non-party Andrew Lam Siu-lo 1,026 72.25
Non-party So Cheung-wing 1,013 71.34
FLU Lam Chun-sing 1,002 70.56
Non-party Nelson Lam Chi-yuen 970 68.31
Non-party Charles Ng Wang-wai 958 67.46
Non-party Wong Chi-him 956 67.32
Non-party Allan Zeman 955 67.25
DAB Chan Hoi-wing 941 66.27
Non-party Tseng Chin-i 919 64.72
Independent Kevin Sun Wei-yung 891 62.75
Non-party Tu Hai-ming 834 58.73
FTU Choy Wing-keung 818 57.61
Non-party Fung Wai-kwong 708 49.86
Non-party Michael John Treloar Rowse 454 31.97
Non-party Diu Sing-hung 342 24.08
Total valid votes 1420 100.00
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 1,426 98.48
Registered electors 1,448

References
  1. "Dr. Stephen Wong". Our Hong Kong Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. "Establishment of Chief Executive's Policy Unit (with photo)". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. 頭條日報. "「特首政策組」正式成立 黃元山擔任組長 已辭任立法會議員". 頭條日報 Headline Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. Standard, The. "Two lawmakers test positive for Covid-19". The Standard. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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