António Ng Kuok Cheong (Chinese: 吳國昌; born September 26, 1957) was a member in the Macau Legislative Assembly, returned by direct election. He was the founding chairman of the pro-democratic political party New Macau Association. He is also the leader of the political pressure group Union for Democracy Development. Ng has been a major figure in the Macau democracy movement and is one of the three pro-democratic legislators in the Assembly.
António Ng Ng Kuok Cheong | |
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吳國昌 | |
.JPG) Antonio Ng at the December 20, 2008 demonstration | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 30 September 1992 – 15 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Macau (Directly elected) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 26, 1957 Nanhai, Guangdong, China |
| Nationality | Macau Portugal |
| Political party | New Democratic Macau Association |
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳國昌 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴国昌 | ||||||||||
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After his graduation from Yuet Wah College, Macau, Ng obtained his undergraduate degree in economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Once an employee in a Chinese bank in the early 1990s, Ng lost the job due to political pressure from Beijing.[1]
Election results
edit| Year | Candidate | Hare quota | Mandate | List Votes | List Pct |
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| 1992 | António Ng (ANMD) | 3,412 | №4/8 | 3,412 | 12.39% |
| 1996 | António Ng (AMDP) | 6,331 | №6/8 | 6,331 | 8.73% |
| 2001 | António Ng (AMDP) | 8,481 | №1/10 | 16,961 | 20.95% |
| 2005 | António Ng (AMDP) | 11,745 | №1/12 | 23,489 | 18.80% |
| 2009 | António Ng (APMD) | 8,212 | №3/12 | 16,424 | 11.58% |
| 2013 | António Ng (APMD) | 10,986 | №8/14 | 10,986 | 7.50% |
| 2017 | António Ng (APMD) | 10,079 | №9/14 | 10,079 | 5.84% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kwong, Ying-ho; Wong, Mathew Y.H. (2017). "State Size and Democratization in Hybrid Regimes: The Chinese Island Cities of Macau and Hong Kong". Island Studies Journal. 12 (2): 121. doi:10.24043/isj.36. ISSN 1715-2593.
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