Joe Lai Wing-ho (Chinese: 黎榮浩; born 1973) is a Hong Kong politician. He is a former vice chairman of the Wong Tai Sin District Council for Wang Tau Hom and current deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

Joe Lai Wing-ho
黎榮浩
Member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council
In office
1 January 2000 – 1 January 2020
Preceded byWong Yuk-fun
Succeeded byCarmen Lau Ka-man
ConstituencyWang Tau Hom
Personal details
Born1973 (age 50–51)
British Hong Kong
Political partyDemocratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Alma materHong Kong Baptist University

Biography

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Lai was educated at the Hong Kong Baptist University where he was a captain of the university's rowing team. He was named the best newcoming athlete by the Hong Kong Amateur Rowing Association in 1995.

He first contested in the 1999 District Council elections in Wang Tau Hom against Bruce Liu of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL). He was elected with 2,122 votes, compared to Liu's 1,829.[1] He was re-elected in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 until he was defeated by Civic Party's Carmen Lau Ka-man in the 2019 District Council elections in the city-wide pro-democracy landslide.[2][3]

From 2016 to 2019, Lai was the vice chairman of the Wong Tai Sin District Council. He was also appointed member of the Administrative Appeals Board and Hong Kong Consumer Council.[4][5]

Lai ran in the Legislative Council elections in 2008, 2012 and 2016 with the DAB ticket as a minor candidate in Kowloon East, successfully helped Chan Kam-lam and Wilson Or to be elected to the legislature respectively. In the 2020 Legislative Council election after incumbent Wilson Or abruptly decided not to seek for re-election, Lai was nominated by the DAB to succeed Or in Kowloon East.

References

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  1. ^ "存档副本". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  2. ^ "存档副本". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  3. ^ "存档副本". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  4. ^ "存档副本". Archived from the original on 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  5. ^ 政府委任消委會成員
Political offices
Preceded by Member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council
Representative for Wang Tau Hom
2000–2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice Chairman of the Wong Tai Sin District Council
2016–2019
Succeeded by
Party political offices
New title Deputy Secretary-general of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
2017–present
Incumbent