Alan Leong

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Leong. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Alan Leong and the Chinese-style name is Leong Kah-kit.

Alan Leong Kah-kit (Chinese: 梁家傑; born 22 February 1958), SC is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon East geographical constituency and former chairman of the now-disbanded Civic Party. He was also vice-chairperson of the Independent Police Complaints Council.

Alan Leong Kah-kit SC
梁家傑
Leong in 2015
Chairperson of the Civic Party
In office 19 November 2016 – 27 May 2023
Leader	Alvin Yeung
Preceded by	Audrey Eu
Succeeded by	Position dissolved
Leader of the Civic Party
In office 8 January 2011 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by	Audrey Eu
Succeeded by	Alvin Yeung
Member of the Legislative Council
In office 1 October 2004 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Jeremy Tam
Constituency	Kowloon East
Personal details
Born	(1958-02-22) 22 February 1958 British Hong Kong
Political party	Civic Party
Spouse	Carol Chen Suk-yi
Alma mater	La Salle Primary School Wah Yan College, Kowloon University of Hong Kong Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	梁家傑
Simplified Chinese	梁家杰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liáng Jiājié Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lèuhng Gā-giht Jyutping Loeng4 Gaa1git6

Early career

Leong graduated with an LLB from the University of Hong Kong and an LLM from Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. He was chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association from 2001 to 2003.

Political career

As chairperson of Hong Kong Bar Association, he mobilised many barristers to participate in the July 1 protests. He won a seat in the Legislative Council in the 2004 election.

In January 2011, Leong was elected the second leader of the Civic Party, replacing Audrey Eu.

2007 Chief Executive election

Leong was nominated by the Civic Party as its party candidate for the Chief Executive election in 2007. He was also supported by the pan-democrats, including the Democratic Party.

Leong later secured 132 nominations and became the first Pan-democracy camp candidate to succeed in joining the Chief Executive election. In the end Leong lost to Donald Tsang in the CE election on 25 March 2007, gaining 123 votes from the 800-member Election Committee.

"Five Constituencies Referendum"

Main article: 2010 Hong Kong by-election

In January 2010, Leong and other four lawmakers, Albert Chan, Tanya Chan, Leung Kwok-hung and Wong Yuk-man resigned their seats to force by-elections, in which they all stood, which they called on to be treated as a referendum to press the Chinese Central Government into allowing universal suffrage in Hong Kong. On 16 May 2010, he was re-elected as a lawmaker in the by-election.

Violence may sometime be THE solution to a problem

In a public forum held between the HKU president and college faculties and students dated July 18, 2019 during 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, Leong claimed that "Violence may sometime be THE solution to a problem", which was refuted by the President Xiang Zhang.

Dissolution of the Civic Party and retirement

After the Civic Party failed to form a new executive committee in December 2022, Leong stated the party would be dissolved in 2023. He also announced his intention to retire from politics after the party's dissolution, saying he was "old enough to retire as a politician".

Personal life

Leong is married with three children.

External links

• Personal website
• ALSC Chambers
• Official website
• CE election site
• Official blog Archived 6 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine