{{Short description|Hong Kong politician}} {{family name hatnote|[[Ye (surname)|Ip]]|Chris Ip|Ip Ngo-tung|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Chris Ip | image = Ip_Ngo-tung_in_2019.jpg | caption = Ip in 2019 | office = Member of the [[Legislative Council]] | term_start = {{start date|2026|1|1|df=y}} | predecessor = [[Stanley Li]] | office1 = Chairman of the [[Yau Tsim Mong District Council]] | term_end1 = {{end date|2019|12|31|df=y}} | term_start1 = {{start date|2016|1|4|df=y}} | predecessor1 = Chung Kong-mo | successor1 = Lam Kin-man | office2 = Member of the [[Yau Tsim Mong District Council]] | term_start2 = {{start date|2024|1|1|df=y}} | successor2 = ''New constituency'' | constituency2 = Yau Tsim Mong South | term_end3 = {{end date|2019|12|31|df=y}} | term_start3 = {{start date|2008|10|6|df=y}} | constituency3 = [[Jordan South (constituency)|Jordan East]] (until 2015)<br/>[[Jordan South (constituency)|Jordan South]] (since 2016) | predecessor3 = David Lau Chi-wing | successor3 = Chan Tsz-wai | native_name = 葉傲冬 | native_name_lang = zh-hk | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|23|df=y}} | birth_name = Ip Ngo-tung | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] | relations = [[Ip Kwok-him]] (uncle) | status = Designate | honorific_prefix = The Honourable }} '''Chris Ip Ngo-tung''' {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|BBS|JP}} ({{Lang-zh|t=葉傲冬}}, born 1980) is a [[Hong Kong]] politician from the [[Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)|pro-Beijing camp]]. He is a current member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] from 2026, having served as a district councillor of [[Yau Tsim Mong District]] for over a decade.
== Career == Ip's father is the former [[Urban Council]] member Ip Kwok-chung, whose twin brother is the pro-Beijing heavyweight [[Ip Kwok-him]]. Ip Kwok-chung was the [[Yau Tsim Mong District Council]] member, representing Ferry Point (later renamed [[Jordan West (constituency)|Jordan West]]), from 1985 and until 2003. Five years later, Chris Ip was elected in a [[List of Hong Kong by-elections#3rd District Councils (2008–2011)|by-election]] to serve as the district councillor for the neighbouring [[Jordan South (constituency)|Jordan East]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-10-05 |title=民建聯葉傲冬贏區會補選 |url=http://news.sina.com/hk/mingpao/103-101-101-102/2008-10-05/15463338500.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819132819/http://news.sina.com/hk/mingpao/103-101-101-102/2008-10-05/15463338500.html |archive-date=2019-08-19 |access-date=2016-03-07 |work=Ming Pao}}</ref> He was re-elected in the subsequent poll and in 2016 elected to become the chairman of Yau Tsim Mong District Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20160105/19439507|title = 葉傲冬接替鍾港武 掌油尖旺區會|work = Apple Daily|date = 2016-01-05|access-date = 2016-03-07|archive-date = 2017-06-07|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170607112820/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20160105/19439507}}</ref> However, he lost his seat in [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019]], during the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests|massive protest]], to pro-democracy newcomer Chan Tsz-wai who previously had no experience in politics, making it one of the most famous defeats in the election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-03-21 |title=Against all odds: New district councillor Chan Tsz-wai says residents' needs should come before politics |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/03/21/odds-new-district-councillor-chan-tsz-wai-says-residents-needs-come-politics/ |work=Hong Kong Free Press}}</ref>
After the election, Ip, who was an [[assignment editor]] at ''[[Wen Wei Po]]'', returned to the mouthpiece of Beijing authorities as the assistant chief editor in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-01-03 |title=【政圈風聲】葉傲冬重返文匯報任助理總編輯：將負責更多報章規劃 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/417491/%E6%94%BF%E5%9C%88%E9%A2%A8%E8%81%B2-%E8%91%89%E5%82%B2%E5%86%AC%E9%87%8D%E8%BF%94%E6%96%87%E5%8C%AF%E5%A0%B1%E4%BB%BB%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86%E7%B8%BD%E7%B7%A8%E8%BC%AF-%E5%B0%87%E8%B2%A0%E8%B2%AC%E6%9B%B4%E5%A4%9A%E5%A0%B1%E7%AB%A0%E8%A6%8F%E5%8A%83 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830100004/https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/417491/%E6%94%BF%E5%9C%88%E9%A2%A8%E8%81%B2-%E8%91%89%E5%82%B2%E5%86%AC%E9%87%8D%E8%BF%94%E6%96%87%E5%8C%AF%E5%A0%B1%E4%BB%BB%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86%E7%B8%BD%E7%B7%A8%E8%BC%AF-%E5%B0%87%E8%B2%A0%E8%B2%AC%E6%9B%B4%E5%A4%9A%E5%A0%B1%E7%AB%A0%E8%A6%8F%E5%8A%83 |archive-date=2020-08-30 |accessdate=2020-08-30 |publisher=HK01}}</ref> He was appointed to the [[Area committees of Hong Kong|Area Committee]] along with many defeated councillors later that year.<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-08-17 |title=分區委員會 {{!}} 近40民建聯前議員獲委任 葉傲冬：係畀機會我繼續做 |url=https://www.hk01.com/01%E5%81%B5%E6%9F%A5/456430/%E5%88%86%E5%8D%80%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E6%9C%83-%E8%BF%9140%E6%B0%91%E5%BB%BA%E8%81%AF%E5%89%8D%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E7%8D%B2%E5%A7%94%E4%BB%BB-%E8%91%89%E5%82%B2%E5%86%AC-%E4%BF%82%E7%95%80%E6%A9%9F%E6%9C%83%E6%88%91%E7%B9%BC%E7%BA%8C%E5%81%9A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813071000/https://www.hk01.com/01%E5%81%B5%E6%9F%A5/456430/%E5%88%86%E5%8D%80%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E6%9C%83-%E8%BF%9140%E6%B0%91%E5%BB%BA%E8%81%AF%E5%89%8D%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E7%8D%B2%E5%A7%94%E4%BB%BB-%E8%91%89%E5%82%B2%E5%86%AC-%E4%BF%82%E7%95%80%E6%A9%9F%E6%9C%83%E6%88%91%E7%B9%BC%E7%BA%8C%E5%81%9A |archive-date=2021-08-13 |accessdate=2020-08-30 |publisher=HK01}}</ref> There were rumours that Ip could become the Under [[Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs]] in 2021 amidst the [[2021 Hong Kong cabinet reshuffle|cabinet reshuffle]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-27 |title=Former DAB district council chief set to join Hong Kong leader's team |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3135085/former-district-council-chairman-chris-ip-line-job-hong |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> but eventually did not come true.<ref>{{Cite web |last=文維廣 |date=2021-07-07 |title=葉傲冬失落政制局副局 建制指兩件事顯墮馬不尋常 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/647357/%E8%91%89%E5%82%B2%E5%86%AC%E5%A4%B1%E8%90%BD%E6%94%BF%E5%88%B6%E5%B1%80%E5%89%AF%E5%B1%80-%E5%BB%BA%E5%88%B6%E6%8C%87%E5%85%A9%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8B%E9%A1%AF%E5%A2%AE%E9%A6%AC%E4%B8%8D%E5%B0%8B%E5%B8%B8 |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=香港01 |language=zh-HK}}</ref> He also left Wen Wei Po afterwards and became company director. With the imposition of the national security-driven [[2023 Hong Kong electoral changes|electoral revamp]], Ip returned to the district council after the [[2023 Hong Kong local elections|2023 election]]. Ip also became the secretary-general of the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] in 2023.
Ip was elevated further in [[2025 Hong Kong legislative election|2025]] with his victory in the Legislative Council election at [[New Territories South East (2021 constituency)|New Territories South East]] constituency, succeeding [[Stanley Li]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=馮子健 |date=2025-10-22 |title=立法會選舉｜無被民建聯揀中連任 李世榮：有用得著地方可以找我 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/60287599/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E7%84%A1%E8%A2%AB%E6%B0%91%E5%BB%BA%E8%81%AF%E6%8F%80%E4%B8%AD%E9%80%A3%E4%BB%BB-%E6%9D%8E%E4%B8%96%E6%A6%AE-%E6%9C%89%E7%94%A8%E5%BE%97%E8%91%97%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E6%89%BE%E6%88%91 |access-date=2025-11-03 |website=HK01 |language=zh-HK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=文維廣 |date=2025-12-08 |title=立法會選舉．投票結果｜新界東南地區 方國珊成票后、葉傲冬當選 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/60301303/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E6%8A%95%E7%A5%A8%E7%B5%90%E6%9E%9C-%E6%96%B0%E7%95%8C%E6%9D%B1%E5%8D%97%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80-%E6%96%B9%E5%9C%8B%E7%8F%8A%E6%88%90%E7%A5%A8%E5%90%8E-%E8%91%89%E5%82%B2%E5%86%AC%E7%95%B6%E9%81%B8 |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=HK01 |language=zh-HK}}</ref>
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[[Category:HK LegCo Members 2026–2029]] [[Category:Hong Kong pro-Beijing politicians]] [[Category:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1980 births]]