Kitson Yang
楊永杰
Yang in 2023
Chairman of the Kowloon City District Council
Assumed office
9 September 2021
DeputyHo Hin-ming
Preceded bySiu Leong-sing
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyKowloon Central
Member of the Kowloon City District Council
Assumed office
1 January 2008
Preceded byAu Ka-shing
ConstituencyLok Man
Member of the Election Committee
In office
1 February 2012 – 31 January 2017
ConstituencyHong Kong and Kowloon District Councils
Personal details
Born
1982 (age 41–42)
CitizenshipHong Kong
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations

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
Party 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

  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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