Alan Leong

In thisHong Kong name,thesurnameisLeong.In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Alan Leong and the Chinese-style name is Leong Kah-kit.

Alan Leong Kah-kit SC
Lương gia kiệt
Leong in 2015
Chairperson of theCivic Party
In office 19 November 2016 – 27 May 2023
Leader	Alvin Yeung
Preceded by	Audrey Eu
Succeeded by	Position dissolved
Leader of theCivic Party
In office 8 January 2011 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by	Audrey Eu
Succeeded by	Alvin Yeung
Member of theLegislative Council
In office 1 October 2004 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Jeremy Tam
Constituency	Kowloon East
Personal details
Born	(1958-02-22)22 February 1958 British Hong Kong
Political party	Civic Party
Spouse	Carol Chen Suk-yi
Alma mater	La Salle Primary School Wah Yan College, Kowloon University of Hong Kong Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	Lương gia kiệt
Simplified Chinese	Lương gia kiệt
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liáng Jiājié Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lèuhng Gā-giht Jyutping Loeng4Gaa1git6

Alan Leong Kah-kit(Chinese:Lương gia kiệt;born 22 February 1958),SCis a former member of theHong Kong Legislative Council,representing theKowloon Eastgeographical constituencyand former chairman of the now-disbandedCivic Party.He was also vice-chairperson of theIndependent Police Complaints Council.

Early career

Leong graduated with anLLBfrom theUniversity of Hong Kongand anLLMfromHughes Hall,University of Cambridge.He was chairman ofHong Kong Bar Associationfrom 2001 to 2003.

Political career

As chairperson of Hong Kong Bar Association, he mobilised many barristers to participate in theJuly 1 protests.He won a seat in the Legislative Council in the2004 election.

In January 2011, Leong was elected the second leader of the Civic Party, replacingAudrey Eu.

2007 Chief Executive election

Leong was nominated by theCivic Partyas its party candidate for theChief Executive electionin 2007. He was also supported by thepan-democrats,including theDemocratic Party.

Leong later secured 132 nominations and became the first Pan-democracy camp candidate to succeed in joining the Chief Executive election. In the end Leong lost toDonald Tsangin the CE election on 25 March 2007, gaining 123 votes from the 800-member Election Committee.

"Five Constituencies Referendum"

Main article:2010 Hong Kong by-election

In January 2010, Leong and other four lawmakers,Albert Chan,Tanya Chan,Leung Kwok-hungandWong Yuk-manresigned their seats to force by-elections, in which they all stood, which they called on to be treated as areferendumto press theChinese Central Governmentinto allowinguniversal suffragein Hong Kong.On 16 May 2010, he was re-elected as a lawmaker inthe by-election.

Violence may sometime be THE solution to a problem

In a public forum held between the HKU president and college faculties and students dated July 18, 2019 during2019–2020 Hong Kong protests,Leong claimed that "Violence may sometime be THE solution to a problem", which was refuted by the PresidentXiang Zhang.

Dissolution of the Civic Party and retirement

After the Civic Party failed to form a new executive committee in December 2022, Leong stated the party would be dissolved in 2023. He also announced his intention to retire from politics after the party's dissolution, saying he was "old enough to retire as a politician".

Personal life

Leong is married with three children.

External links

• Personal website
• ALSC Chambers
• Official website
• CE election site
• Official blogArchived6 January 2007 at theWayback Machine