Kitson Yang

Kitson Yang
Kitson Yang
楊永杰
	Yang in 2023
Chairman of the Kowloon City District Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 September 2021
Deputy	Ho Hin-ming
Preceded by	Siu Leong-sing
Member of the Legislative Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 January 2022
Preceded by	Constituency created
Constituency	Kowloon Central
Member of the Kowloon City District Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 January 2008
Preceded by	Au Ka-shing
Constituency	Lok Man
Member of the Election Committee
	In office; 1 February 2012 – 31 January 2017
Constituency	Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils
Personal details
Born	1982 (age 41–42)
Citizenship	Hong Kong
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Kowloon Federation of Associations; Kowloon West New Dynamic (until 2018);

Kitson Yang Wing-kit (Chinese: 楊永杰, born 1982) is a Hong Kong politician who is the elected Legislative Council member for Kowloon Central.^[1]

Though Hong Kong medical schools teach in English, Yang in July 2022 criticized a program that recruits doctors from medical schools outside of Hong Kong, for requiring that English be the language of instruction.^[2]

In January 2023, Yang said he would stage a protest to oppose building public housing in Kai Tak.^[3] On 1 February 2023, Yang said that the public housing might block views for those living in private apartment complexes.^[4] On 8 February 2023, Yang was the only person out of 35 lawmakers who did not vote in support of the plan to build public housing on the site; he cast a blank vote.^[5]

In March 2023, Mok Kin-shing said of Yang "We can see that even the legislator who had said he would organise protests to oppose the scheme now has made a U-turn and supported the scheme," as analysts said that John Lee would aim for "all votes yes" to show Beijing his leadership, with one lawmaker saying "Probably the central government is concerned about Hong Kong's housing problem and that the government does not want to see more opposing views at Legco."^[6]

Electoral history

2021 legislative election: Kowloon Central
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
DAB	Starry Lee Wai-king	95,976	68.70	N/A
Independent	Yang Wing-kit	35,702	25.56	N/A
Independent	Tam Heung-man	8,028	5.75	N/A

2019 local elections at the Kowloon City District Council: Lok Man
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yang Wing-kit	3,312	55.14	−4.53
	Democratic Coalition	Vincent Lam	2,694	44.86	N/A
Majority			618	10.28
Turnout			8,427	68.71	21.23
	Independent hold		Swing

2015 local elections at the Kowloon City District Council: Lok Man
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yang Wing-kit	2,310	59.67	N/A
	Independent	Pong Yat-ming	1,561	40.33	N/A
Majority			749	19.35
Turnout			5,103	47.48	−0.71
	Independent hold		Swing

2011 local elections at the Kowloon City District Council: Lok Man
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yang Wing-kit	Uncontested		N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

2007 local elections at the Kowloon City District Council: Lok Man
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yang Wing-kit	2,135	55.35	N/A
	Democratic Coalition	Au Ka-shing	1,799	42.58	−4.51
Majority			413	10.71
	Independent gain from Democratic Coalition		Swing

References

^ "Pro-establishment candidates claim all 20 seats in geographic constituencies". The Standard. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "'Language requirement for doctors scheme should go' - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Hong Kong developers raise concerns over plan to build 10,700 public flats at Kai Tak". South China Morning Post. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Leung, Hillary. "Hong Kong lawmaker questions Kai Tak public housing plan, says it may block views from private complexes - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". hongkongfp.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "Hong Kong lawmakers approve first phase of light housing scheme". South China Morning Post. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
^ "Lawmakers to vote on funding request for Hong Kong public housing scheme". South China Morning Post. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

Political offices
Preceded by Au Ka-shing	Member of Kowloon City District Council Representative for Lok Man 2008–present	Incumbent
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon Central 2022–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Pro-establishment candidates claim all 20 seats in geographic constituencies". The Standard. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[2] "'Language requirement for doctors scheme should go' - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[3] "Hong Kong developers raise concerns over plan to build 10,700 public flats at Kai Tak". South China Morning Post. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[4] Leung, Hillary. "Hong Kong lawmaker questions Kai Tak public housing plan, says it may block views from private complexes - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". hongkongfp.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[5] "Hong Kong lawmakers approve first phase of light housing scheme". South China Morning Post. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.

[6] "Lawmakers to vote on funding request for Hong Kong public housing scheme". South China Morning Post. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

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