{{Short description|Hong Kong politician}} {{Use British English|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sin Chung-kai | native_name = {{nobold|單仲偕}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk | honorific_suffix = | image = Sin Chung Kai.JPG | image_size = 180px | alt = | order = | office = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] | term_start = 1 October 2012 | term_end = 30 September 2016 | alongside = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district.--> | predecessor = [[Kam Nai-wai]] | successor = [[Hui Chi-fung]] | constituency = [[Hong Kong Island (constituency)|Hong Kong Island]] | term_start2 = 1 July 1998 | term_end2 = 30 September 2008 | alongside2 = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district.--> | predecessor2 = ''New parliament'' | successor2 = [[Samson Tam]] | constituency2 = [[Information Technology (constituency)|Information Technology]] | term_start3 = 11 October 1995 | term_end3 = 30 June 1997 | alongside3 = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district.--> | predecessor3 = ''New constituency'' | successor3 = ''Replaced by [[Provisional Legislative Council]]'' | constituency3 = [[New Territories South (1995 constituency)|New Territories South]] | majority = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|6|15}} | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = [[Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood]] {{small|(until 1990)}}<br />[[United Democrats of Hong Kong|United Democrats]] {{small|(1990–94)}} [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] {{small|(since 1994)}} | other_party = | spouse = Yvonne Sin Chan Ying-yee | relations = | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[University of Hong Kong]] {{small|(BSc)}}<br />[[Chinese University of Hong Kong]] {{small|([[MBA]])}} | occupation = Legislative Councillor | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = | data1 = | caption = Sin in 2008 }} {{Infobox Chinese | order = ts | showflag = | t = 單仲偕 | s = 单仲偕 | j = Sin<sup>6</sup> Zung<sup>6</sup> gaai<sup>1</sup> | y = Sihn Juhng gāai | p = Shàn Zhòngxié }} [[Image:Sin Chung Kai CWMC 2006.jpg|thumb|Kai at Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006]]

'''Sin Chung-kai''' ({{lang-zh|t=單仲偕}}; born 15 June 1960) is a former member of the [[Hong Kong Legislative Council]]. He was the chairman and a member of [[Kwai Tsing District Council]] for the [[Wah Lai (constituency)|Wah Lai]] constituency. He was one of the two vice-chairmen of the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] until December 2012, and is a member of the Executive Committee.

== Early career == In 1982, Sin obtained his [[bachelor's degree]] at the [[University of Hong Kong]], where he served as the Current Affairs Secretary of the Student Union. In 1997, he obtained a [[Master of Business Administration|Master in Business Administration]] at the [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=議員資料庫|url=https://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/chinese/library/member_detail.aspx?id=188|access-date=2020-07-30|website=app.legco.gov.hk}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Biography of Sin Chung-kai|url=http://www.martinlee.org.hk/BiosSinCK.html|access-date=2020-07-30|website=www.martinlee.org.hk}}</ref>

Sin was formerly employed as an [[Information technology|Information Technology]] manager at [[The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]] (HSBC), resigning in 2011 to focus on his political career.<ref>{{Cite web|title=隔牆有耳：單仲偕辭工全力搞選舉 - 李八方|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20110810/RZ7LS3FYUUD4PJDRY3S7H5KMOE/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Apple Daily 蘋果日報|language=zh-hk|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621190114/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20110810/RZ7LS3FYUUD4PJDRY3S7H5KMOE/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== District Council === Sin's political career began in 1985 when he was first elected to the [[Kwai Tsing District Council|Kwai Tsing District Board]]. He was re-elected in subsequent elections, remaining in this role until 2003. Between the years 1994–1999, Sin served as the chairperson of the board.<ref>{{Cite web|title=【泛民怎樣守住一區 2】三十年江山未改 {{!}} 立場報道 {{!}} 立場新聞|url=https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B3%9B%E6%B0%91%E6%80%8E%E6%A8%A3%E5%AE%88%E4%BD%8F%E4%B8%80%E5%8D%80-2-%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E5%B9%B4%E6%B1%9F%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AA%E6%94%B9/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=立場新聞 Stand News|language=en}}</ref>

In 2011, Sin was one of the contenders in the [[2011 Hong Kong local elections|district council election]], representing the [[Tai Hang]] constituency. He got 40.9% of the votes, losing to Wong Chor-fung of the [[New People's Party (Hong Kong)|New People's Party]] (NPP).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Results of the 2011 District Council Election|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/en/2011dc_report/2011dcereport_appendix5.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Electoral Affairs Commission}}</ref> In 2014, Sin participated in the by-election for the [[South Horizons West (constituency)|South Horizons West]] constituency, where he got 22.9% of the votes and lost to Judy Chan from the NPP.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EAC : 2014 Southern District Council South Horizons West By-election - Result|url=https://www.eac.hk/en/distco/2014sd_shw_result.htm|access-date=2020-07-30|website=www.eac.hk}}</ref>

In 2019, Sin contested in the [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|district council election]] for the [[Wah Lai (constituency)|Wah Lai]] constituency. He won the seat with 51.93% of the votes, defeating [[Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)|pro-Beijing]] incumbent Wong Yiu-chung.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 District Councils Election - Election Results (Kwai Tsing)|url=https://www.elections.gov.hk/dc2019/eng/results_kwai_tsing.html|access-date=2020-07-30|website=www.elections.gov.hk}}</ref> He also became chairperson of the Kwai Tsing District Board again, starting in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=葵青區議會 - 葵青區議會議員資料|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kwt/tc_chi/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2801|access-date=2020-07-30|website=www.districtcouncils.gov.hk}}</ref>

=== Legislative Council === In 1995, Sin ran the [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|Hong Kong legislative election]] for the [[New Territories West (constituency)|New Territories South]] constituency, winning dominantly with 70.74% of the votes over two other candidates. In 1998, Sin participated in the [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|legislative election]], representing the [[Information Technology (constituency)|Information Technology]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]]. He was elected to the Legislative Council with 63.71% of the votes. Sin was re-elected in [[2000 Hong Kong legislative election|2000]] and [[2004 Hong Kong legislative election|2004]] within the same constituency.<ref name=":0" />

Sin contested in the [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election]], where he represented the [[Hong Kong Island (constituency)|Hong Kong Island]] constituency. He came in second place after [[Kenneth Chan Ka-lok]] with 12.26% of the votes, which secured him a seat on the Legislative Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2012 LegCo Election - Election Results|url=https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2012/eng/rs_gc_LC1.html|access-date=2020-07-30|website=www.elections.gov.hk}}</ref>

=== Political activities === Sin served as an executive committee member in the [[United Democrats of Hong Kong]] (UDHK) between the years 1990–1994.<ref name=":1" /> Since 1994, he has been affiliated with the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]]. He was also the former vice chairperson of the party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=單仲偕 - 民主黨|url=https://www.dphk.org/index.php?route=contact/contact&cid=2&contact_id=272|access-date=2020-07-30|website=www.dphk.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Webb-site Who's Who: positions of Sin, Chung Kai 單仲偕|url=https://webb-site.com/dbpub/positions.asp?p=17094|access-date=2020-07-30|website=webb-site.com}}</ref> In December 2012, Sin contested in the [[2012 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election|leadership election of the party]], following the resignation of [[Albert Ho]] in the aftermath of the [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012 Legislative Council election]]. Sin lost narrowly to [[Emily Lau]], who had 149 votes to his 133 votes.<ref name="Chair">[https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1106843/emily-lau-wai-hing-elected-democratic-party-chairwoman Emily Lau Wai-hing elected Democratic Party chairwoman], ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', 16 December 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=129330&sid=38492840&con_type=1&d_str=20121217&fc=10 Lau makes political history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002136/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=129330&sid=38492840&con_type=1&d_str=20121217&fc=10|date=5 October 2013}}, ''[[The Standard (Hong Kong)|The Standard]]'', 17 December 2012</ref>

In 2007, Sin was awarded the [[Silver Bauhinia Star]] for his contributions to public affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Civil And Miscellaneous Lists : Recipients of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Honours and Awards Grand Bauhinia Medal (G.B.M.)|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index2.htm|access-date=2020-07-31|website=www.info.gov.hk|archive-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816203830/https://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index2.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> During his political career, Sin had advocated for [[human rights]], economic prosperity, and free flow of information in Hong Kong. He introduced numerous initiatives to develop the city's IT and telecommunications industries.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Housing Authority and its Committees|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/static/file/en/aboutus/publication/haar0809/12-committees.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Hong Kong Housing Authority}}</ref>

On 18 April 2020, Sin was among the 15 prominent [[Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|pro-democracy]] figures arrested in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Yu|first1=Elaine|last2=Ramzy|first2=Austin|date=18 April 2020|title=Amid Pandemic, Hong Kong Arrests Major Pro-Democracy Figures|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/world/asia/hong-kong-arrests.html|access-date=18 April 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> His arrest was made based on the claim that he took part in an unauthorized assembly on 1 October 2019 during the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|anti-extradition bill]] protests.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wong|first=Rachel|date=18 April 2020|title=15 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested in latest police round up|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/18/8-hong-kong-pro-democracy-figures-arrested-in-latest-police-round-up-party-says/|access-date=18 April 2020|newspaper=[[Hong Kong Free Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Brief Report on the Arrest and Prosecution of Fifteen Human Rights Defenders for Organising or Taking Part in Unauthorised Assemblies|url=https://www.hkcro.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200424-Brief-report-Arrest-of-15-HRDs.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Civil Rights Observer}}</ref>

On 10 June 2022, Sin, along the two other pro-democracy figures, had his [[Silver Bauhinia Star]] honour removed, and his Justice of the Peace appointment was revoked by the government due to his jail sentences related to anti extradition-bill protests.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-10 |title=Opposition veteran says 'no regrets' over loss of Hong Kong civic honours |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3181203/occupy-co-founder-benny-tai-2-other-opposition-veterans |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2022/06/10/3-hong-kong-pro-democracy-activists-have-honours-revoked-by-govt/|title=3 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have honours revoked by gov't|first=Peter|last=Lee|work=[[Hong Kong Free Press]]|date=2022-06-10|access-date=2022-06-11}}</ref>

== Personal life == Sin has been married to his wife since 1986. They have two sons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=隔牆有耳： 單雞晒情史挑戰男神鍾 - 李八方|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20160218/ZC6AFZOWYAUIEWBUKNZGZFVODI/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Apple Daily 蘋果日報|language=zh-hk|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621184915/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20160218/ZC6AFZOWYAUIEWBUKNZGZFVODI/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051102203449/http://www.sinchungkai.org.hk/ Cyber Office of Sin Chung-kai, Legislative Councillor (ITFC)]

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