# Andrew Fung

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For the American entertainer, see [The Fung Brothers](/source/The_Fung_Brothers).

Fung in 2021

**Andrew Fung Wai-kwong** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 馮煒光, born 27 June 1961) is the current information coordinator for the [Office of the Chief Executive](/source/Office_of_the_Chief_Executive) of [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong).

## Biography

Fung was born on 27 June 1961. He was educated at the [University of Hong Kong](/source/University_of_Hong_Kong) and was president of the [Hong Kong University Students' Union](/source/Hong_Kong_University_Students'_Union) in 1984 and president of the [Hong Kong Federation of Students](/source/Hong_Kong_Federation_of_Students) in 1985. He was a member of the [pro-democracy](/source/Pro-democracy_camp) political group [Meeting Point](/source/Meeting_Point) and treasurer of the group until it was merged into the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(Hong_Kong)) where he was elected the founding treasurer of the party and had been on the party's Executive Committee. He is also on the [Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee](/source/Hong_Kong_Basic_Law_Consultative_Committee), and was formerly a member of the [Central Policy Unit](/source/Central_Policy_Unit) and [Urban Renewal Authority](/source/Urban_Renewal_Authority).

Fung was first elected in [South Horizons West constituency](/source/South_Horizons_West_(constituency)) to the [Southern District Council](/source/Southern_District_Council) in the [2007 District Council election](/source/2007_Hong_Kong_local_elections). He was re-elected in [2011 District Council election](/source/2011_Hong_Kong_local_elections).

Once a member of the [pro-democratic](/source/Pro-democracy_camp) [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(Hong_Kong)), he quit the party in 2012 and he joined [Leung Chun-ying](/source/Leung_Chun-ying)'s government in 2013.

In December 2013, he was appointed by [Leung Chun-ying](/source/Leung_Chun-ying) as the government's information coordinator under the [Office of the Chief Executive](/source/Office_of_the_Chief_Executive).[1] Due to the tensions between the Democratic Party and Leung, when he applied for the undersecretary posts in June 2012, he was condemned as traitor and he subsequently quit the party.

Fung, perhaps unwittingly, shared a photograph on Facebook of a bloodied policeman who had allegedly been the victim of protester violence overnight on 15 October during the [2014 Hong Kong protests](/source/2014_Hong_Kong_protests). It turned out to have been a hoax by people who had taken a publicity shot from an upcoming drama series about zombie cops, but Fung's sharing of the image occurred the same day that television footage surfaced of a handcuffed protester, Ken Tsang, [being violently assaulted by seven policemen](/source/Beating_of_Ken_Tsang) made prime time news bulletins. Fung condemned the violence of pro-democracy protesters, and had hoped to gain sympathy for the police with his post, but instead resulted in being ridiculed.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ex-democrat Andrew Fung to get top government media job"](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1328846/ex-democrat-andrew-fung-get-top-government-media-job). *South China Morning Post*. 11 October 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Barber, Elizabeth (16 October 2014). ["Hong Kong's Top Media Official Shared a Fake Photo of a Beaten Cop"](https://time.com/3512521/occupy-central-hong-kong-andrew-fung-wai-kwong-zombie-cop-hktv-night-shift/). *[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))*.

Party political offices New political party Treasurer of Democratic Party 1994–1998 Succeeded by Wong Bing-kuen Political offices Preceded by Lo Kam-hung Member of Southern District Council Representative for South Horizons West 2008–2013 Succeeded by Judy Kapui Chan Government offices Preceded by June Tang Information Coordinator of Chief Executive Office 2013–present Incumbent

v t e Democratic Party Leadership and notable members Chairpersons Martin Lee Yeung Sum Lee Wing-tat Albert Ho Emily Lau Wu Chi-wai Lo Kin-hei Vice-Chairpersons Anthony Cheung Lau Chin-shek Law Chi-kwong Chan King-ming Sin Chung-kai Tik Chi-yuen Richard Tsoi Andrew Wan Li Wing-shing Lam Cheuk-ting Edith Leung LegCo members Conrad Lam Albert Chan Cheung Man-kwong Fung Chi-wood James To Michael Ho Huang Chen-ya Man Sai-cheong Ng Ming-yum Fred Li Zachary Wong Andrew Cheng Tsang Kin-shing John Tse Wong Sing-chi Kam Nai-wai Helena Wong Ted Hui Roy Kwong Internal elections Leadership elections 1994 (Lee) 1996 1998 2000 2002 (Yeung) 2004 (Lee) 2006 (Ho) 2008 2010 2012 (Lau) 2014 2016 (Wu) 2018 2020 (Lo) 2022 2024 LegCo primaries 2016 Related groups Predecessors Frontier Hong Kong Affairs Society Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Meeting Point United Democrats of Hong Kong Split groups League of Social Democrats Third Side Neo Democrats Real brother Local alliances Pro-democracy camp Civil Human Rights Front Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union Group of 190 Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government International affiliated Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats Liberal International Hong Kong Portal

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