Pun Kwok-shan


Pun Kwok-shan, MH, JP is a Hong Kong politician. He is vice-chairman of the New People's Party and member of Civil Force. He is also a former member of the Sha Tin District Council for Tin Sum.

Biography

Pun was first elected to the Sha Tin District Council in 2003 in a three-way contest in Tin Sum for local-based Civil Force. He was re-elected in 2007 and retired in 2011. His seat was replaced by Lau Kong-wah, member of both Civil Force and the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, who went on contest the ill-fated 2012 Legislative Council election in the newly created District Council constituency.
Pun returned to the Sha Tin District Council in 2013 Tin Sum by-election when Lau Kong-wah resigned to take the position of Under Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs. He won the seat by taking 2,432 votes. Under his leadership of Civil Force. The group allied with Legislative Councillor Regina Ip's New People's Party in 2014 when he was elected vice-chairman of the party. He was also elected to the Election Committee in 2016. He lost his seat in Shatin District Council in 2019 following a rout of pro-Beijing candidates amidst the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.