Jordan Pang

Jordan Pang Ka-ho (Chinese: 彭家浩; born 3 April 1998) is a Hong Kong District Councillor, student leader, and pro-democracy camp activist. In 2019, whilst a university student, he defeated the incumbent pro-Beijing politician and became the District Councillor of Sai Wan in the Central and Western District Council making him the second youngest District Councillor in Hong Kong's history.

This is a Hong Kong name; Pang (彭) is the surname.
Jordan Pang
彭家浩
Central and Western District Council
Assumed office
1 January 2020
Preceded byHorace Cheung
ConstituencySai Wan
Personal details
Born (1998-04-03) April 3, 1998
Hong Kong
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Victoria Social Association (until 2020)
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
Jordan Pang
Chinese彭家浩

Early life and education

Pang studies politics and public administration at the University of Hong Kong. In 2019, he briefly served as the acting Vice-president (External) of the Hong Kong University Students' Union.[1][2] He later became the acting chairperson of the Current Affairs Committee.[3]

Political career

In 2019, Pang participated in the anti-extradition bill and pro-democracy protests. At the time, he claimed he received multiple death threats against him via Facebook and Telegram, and his family received threatening phone-calls.[3]

In the 2019 local elections, Pang, a 21-year-old fourth-year university student, ran for Central and Western District Council's Sai Wan constituency. The seat had been held by Horace Cheung, vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, since 2011. In addition to his District Council post, Cheung served on the Legislative Council and Executive Council, giving him the title of "triple councillor".[1] Pang won the election by nearly 800 votes,[1] making him the second youngest District Councillor in Hong Kong's history.[4] The youngest, Roy Pun, is three months younger than Pang.[4] On the result of the election, Pang said it was mainly due to the protests and there was "still a long road ahead".[1] He said his goal was still "five demands, not one less", a slogan of the protests, referring to the demands of the protestors. He also promised to focus on local issues, and hold regular forums.[1][4][5]

Pang was a member of the Victoria Social Association. He left the group in 2020, shortly before the national security law was enacted, and soon after that the group disbanded, also because of the new law.[6][7]

Electoral history
Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Sai Wan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. democrat Jordan Pang 3,289 56.48
DAB Cheung Kwok-kwan 2,494 42.83 −8.57
Nonpartisan Shirley Wong Mi-hing 40 0.69
Majority 795 13.65
Ind. democrat gain from DAB Swing

Sources:[8][9]

References
  1. "Hong Kong elections: The young winners who unseated political veterans". BBC News. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. 距獲委任僅隔五日 彭家浩請辭署理學生會外務副會長一職. 學苑 (in Chinese). 30 March 2019.
  3. 「殺你老母全家」　多家院校學生會成員收恐嚇短訊　住所遭陌生人監視貼街招. The Stand News (in Chinese). 16 August 2019.
  4. 陳嘉裕 (8 December 2019). 【光復區會】區佬不老！21歲史上最年輕當選人：推倒陋習 改革議會. Apple Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 December 2019.
  5. Wong, Tsui-kai (3 January 2020). "The Hong Kong University student and pro-democracy advocate leading a district". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. 國安法通過　學生動源解散香港本部　維多利亞社區協會暫停運作. The Stand News (in Chinese). 30 June 2020.
  7. Creepy, Jennifer (3 July 2020). "Hongkongers purge social media, delete accounts as Beijing passes national security law". Hong Kong Free Press.
  8. "Election Results". District Council Election 2019.
  9. 2019 區議會選舉專頁. The Stand News (in Chinese).
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