Tang Fei (Hong Kong)
Lawrence Tang Fei | |
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鄧飛 | |
 Tang in 2021 | |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Constituency | Election Committee |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (FEW) |
| Education | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation |
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Lawrence Tang Fei[1][2] MH (Chinese: 鄧飛) is a Hong Kong politician and educator. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Election Committee constituency between 2021 and 2025. He is a current member of the Legislative Council for education constituency since 2026. He is also a former chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (FEW) and former principal of the Heung To Secondary School (Tseung Kwan O).
Biography
[edit]Tang graduated from the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[3]
He was appointed to the Education Commission in 2011 and the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education in 2014.[4] He was appointed to the Committee on the Initiation of Moral and National Education Subject, which the subject later triggered a large-scale protest movement.
He ran in Election Committee constituency in the 2021 Legislative Council election, in which he received 1,339 votes and gained the second seat in the constituency.[5]
In 2022, Tang defended a school rule where boys were not allowed to have long hair, saying that it would go against traditional values.[6]
In 2025, he was re-elected as a legislative councilor through education constituency.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Wong, Natalie (13 December 2021). "Hong Kong elections: experts over populists? Why some candidates in Legislative Council race are not on social media". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ Huang, Eleanor (15 October 2020). "National education: Know your roots to know yourselves". China Daily. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ Mok, Lea (30 May 2022). "Two universities in Hong Kong plan to restructure politics departments amid security law chill". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ↑ "Tang, Fei (HKFEW) 鄧飛". Webb-database Who's Who.
- ↑ "Legislative Council General Election overall results". Hong Kong Government. 20 December 2021.
- ↑ Ho, Kelly. "2 Hong Kong students sue schools over ban on long hair for boys - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". hongkongfp.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
