Alan Leong

Alan Leong Kah Kit, SC (zh-t|t=梁家傑) (born 22 February 1958) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the Kowloon East geographical constituency and the vice-chairperson of the Independent Police Complaints Council.

Early career

Leong graduated with an LLB from the The University of Hong Kong and an LLM from the University of Cambridge.

He was chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association from 2001 to 2003.

Political career

Sparked by the legislation of the Basic Law Article 23, Leong founded the Article 23 Concern Group in 2003 which later developed into the Article 45 Concern Group and the Civic Party. As chairperson of Hong Kong Bar Association, he mobilized many barristers to participate in the July 1 protests. He won a seat in the Legislative Council in the 2004 election.

Chief Executive election 2007

Leong was nominated by the Civic Party as its party candidate for the Chief Executive election in 2007. He was also supported by the pan-democratic group, including the Democratic Party. Leong later secured 132 nominations and became the first pro-democracy candidate to succeed in joining the Chief Executive election. In the end Leong lost to Donald Tsang in the CE election on 25 March 2007, gaining 123 votes from the 800-member Election Committee.

Trivia

* Leong has been dubbed "Pocket Square Leong" (袋巾梁), a joking reference to Bow-Tie Tsang.

External links

* [http://www.alanleong.com/ Personal website]
* [http://www.alanleong.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.competitionforce.hk/ CE election site]
* [http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/alanleongforce Official blog]