CIVIC PARTY

1. ALAN LEUNG KAH-KIT
2. TANYA CHAN SUK-CHONG

Alan Leung Kah-kit

• Elected to Legco in 2008: Kowloon East constituency
• Vice Chairperson of Independent Police Complaints Council
• Chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association: 2001 to 2003
• Stood unsuccessfully against Donald Tsang in 2007 for selection as Chief Executive

• DOB: February 22, 1958
• Education: Law (Bachelor & Masters)
• Eldest child; three siblings
• Campaign slogan in the 2007 Chief Executive poll:

“The voting system was unfair and had to be changed in order to protect human rights and the rule-of-law as well as provide for better governance and quality of life.”

Tanya Chan Suk-chong

• Civic Party founding member
• Elected to Legco in 2008: Hong Kong Island constituency
• District Councillor, Central and Western District Council — Peak Constituency
• Chairperson of Young Civics

• DOB: September 14, 1971
• Education: Law (Bachelor & Post-Graduate Certificate)
• Nickname: Four-Eyes Chan / Zhou Xun of the Civic Party
• Personal Blog

• Brought up in a single-parent family by her mother
• Accomplished and enthusiastic amateur actor and performer
• Participated in the 1989 rallies in Hong Kong protesting against the bloody crackdown around Tiananmen Square

LEAGUE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS

1. RAYMOND “Mad Dog” WONG YUK-MAN
2. ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP
3. “Long Hair” LEUNG KWOK-HUNG

Raymond Wong Yuk-man

• Co-founder and chairman, League of Social Democrats
• Elected to Legco in 2008: Kowloon West constituency
• Radical liberal Christian
• Radio chat show host
• Taught journalism at alma mater Chu Hai College in Tsuen Wan
• Owner of Yuk-Man Beef Noodles restaurant

• DOB: October 1, 1951
• Education: Journalism
• Nicknames: Din Gau (Mad Dog) / Beggar King
• Youtube Channel

• Took sabbatical from original radio talk show after being attacked by gangsters in 2004
• Failed publishing ventures (Mad Dog Daily and  Cyber Post) led to significant debt liabilities, since paid off
• Returned to radio with a new chat show in 2007

• October 2008 – interrupted Donald Tsang’s delivery of the Annual Policy Address by throwing bananas at the Chief Executive. He said he was protesting against plans to means-test the old-age allowance called “fruit money”
• March 2009 – Attempted to snatch the budget speech from the hands of Financial Secretary John Tsang Jun-wah part-way through Tsang’s speech. He said this was in protest about the absence of policies to help citizens weather the financial turmoil
  

Albert Chan Wai-Yip

• Co-founder, League of Social Democrats
• Elected to Legco 1991-1997, 2000 to present: New Territories West constituency
• Tsuen Wan District Councillor

• DOB: March 3 1955
• Education: Social Work
• Social worker, active in grass roots issues
• Believes the government is not genuinely committed to the electoral reform promised in the Hong Kong Basic Law

Leung Kwok-hung

• Co-founder, League of Social Democrats
• Elected to Legco in 2004: New Territories East constituency
• Self-proclaimed Trotskyist
• Member of the radical socialist April Fifth Action Group

• DOB: March 17, 1956
• Nickname: Long Hair (has vowed not to cut his hair until Beijing apologises for the Tiananmen crackdown)
• Personal Blog

Experiences:

• Jailed several times for public order offences such as disrupting Legco (before he was elected to the chamber) and for burning the Chinese national flag (resulting in involuntary haircuts)
• Refused entry to China in 2008 to visit earthquake-devastated areas of Sichuan

“My resignation is in keeping with my campaign promise. I want to fight for direct elections.”