Kam Nai-wai

Kam Nai-wai
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2008
Preceded by	Anson Chan
Constituency	Hong Kong Island
Personal details
Born	1 November 1960 (1960-11-01) (age 51) Hong Kong
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	City University of Hong Kong

Kam Nai-wai MH (Chinese: 甘乃威; pinyin: Gān Naǐweī; born 1960, Hong Kong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Geographical constituency, Hong Kong Island). He is a founding member of the Democratic Party,^[1] and the member of Central and Western District Council.^[2] He currently (as of 2009) works as a social worker and a director of an IT company.

Kam has served on the former Urban Council and district councils since 1995.^[3]

Political career

In 2007, Kam planned to participate in Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007 after the former chairman of DAB, Ma Lik, died of colon cancer. He later withdrew from the election process, denying that it was under pressure from fellow democrats who feared splitting the vote with Anson Chan.^[4][5] He won praise for his support for victims of the Lehman minibonds saga in 2008.

In the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election he won the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency seat for the Democratic Party.

Views, policy positions and Legco voting

In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government’s 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council functional constituencies.^[6]

Personal life

Kam is married to Candy.^[3]

External links

• (Chinese) Nai Wai Kam's hk.myblog.yahoo website

References

1. ^ Profile of Kam Nai-wai in Democratic Party Website (Chinese Version)
2. ^ Central & Western District Council Members (2008 - 2011)
3. ^ ^{a b} Democrat faces sexual harassment inquiry, SCMP, Oct 05, 2009
4. ^ Feature on Kam Nai-wai in HK Magazine
5. ^ Anson Chan set to announce LegCo candidacy
6. ^ Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, SCMP, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Anson Chan	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Hong Kong Island constituency 2008 – present Served alongside: Jasper Tsang, Cyd Ho, Tanya Chan, Audrey Eu, Regina Ip	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Patrick Lau Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Cyd Ho Member of the Legislative Council

Persondata
Name	Kam, Naiwai
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Date of birth	1 November 1960
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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