# Zachary Wong

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Hong Kong politician (born 1957)

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In this [Hong Kong name](/source/Hong_Kong_name), the [surname](/source/Surname) is *[Wong](/source/Wong_(surname))*. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Zachary Wong and the Chinese-style name is Wong Wai-yin.

Zachary Wong Wai-yin 黃偉賢 Member of the Yuen Long District Council In office 1988 – 21 October 2021 Constituency Nam Ping Member of the Legislative Council In office 10 December 1991 – 31 July 1995 Preceded by Tai Chin-wah Constituency New Territories West In office 11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997 Constituency New Territories North-west Personal details Born (1957-12-22) 22 December 1957 (age 68) Hong Kong Party Meeting Point (1988–1994) Democratic Party (1994–2025) Occupation District Councillor

**Zachary Wong Wai-yin** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 黃偉賢; born 22 December 1957, Hong Kong) is a former [Yuen Long District Councillor](/source/Yuen_Long_District_Council) (representing [Nam Ping](/source/Nam_Ping_(constituency))) for the [Meeting Point](/source/Meeting_Point) and later [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(Hong_Kong)) and a former member of the [Legislative Council of Hong Kong](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong).[1]

He joined the [Association for the Rights of the Elderly](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Association_for_the_Rights_of_the_Elderly&action=edit&redlink=1), founded by [Yeung Sum](/source/Yeung_Sum) and [Frederick Fung](/source/Frederick_Fung), in 1982. He was elected chairman of the association in 1991. In 1988, he joined Meeting Point and became a member of its Central Committee in 1991. He was also part of the [Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government](/source/Joint_Committee_on_the_Promotion_of_Democratic_Government). He organised most of the rallies, petitions and 50-hour fasting strike at the [Star Ferry Pier](/source/Star_Ferry_Pier%2C_Central) in 1989 for a faster pace of democracy.

He was first elected to the Yuen Long District Board in 1988 and replaced [Tai Chin-wah](/source/Tai_Chin-wah) as a LegCo member in a [by-election](/source/1991_New_Territories_West_by-election) in 1991. He stood in the Legislative Council elections in 1998 and again in 2012 but did not get elected.

In 2020, Wong became chairman of the [Yuen Long District Council](/source/Yuen_Long_District_Council), after the pro-Beijing [DAB](/source/Democratic_Alliance_for_the_Betterment_and_Progress_of_Hong_Kong) was defeated in the [2019 Hong Kong local elections](/source/2019_Hong_Kong_local_elections).

On 21 October 2021, Wong was unseated from his position both member and chairman of Yuen Long District Council, after he was disqualified together with 16 other members of the same council for being deemed by the Hong Kong SAR Government to have not fulfilled its requirements for taking the oath of allegiance upon taking office under the [Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021](/source/Public_Offices_(Candidacy_and_Taking_Up_Offices)_(Miscellaneous_Amendments)_Ordinance_2021) - which it introduced into and was passed by the Legislative Council in the first half of 2021 and covers all members of every District Council in addition to legislative councillors and other major public office holders.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *Read Their Lips (I): A dossier of political leaders in Hong Kong*. Pace Publishing Ltd.

Political offices New constituency Member of Yuen Long District Council Representative for Nam Ping 1994–2021 Vacant Preceded by Shum Ho-kit Chairman of Yuen Long District Council 2020–2021 Succeeded by Shum Ho-kit

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