Ma Fung-kwok

Hong Kong politician

馬逢國

Ma in 2019

Convenor of National People's Congress Hong Kong delegation

Incumbent

Assumed office
3 March 2018Preceded byMaria TamMember of the Legislative Council

Incumbent

Assumed office
1 January 2022Preceded byConstituency createdConstituencyElection CommitteeIn office
1 October 2012 – 31 December 2021Preceded byTimothy FokSucceeded byKenneth FokConstituencySports, Performing Arts, Culture and PublicationIn office
16 September 2001 – 30 September 2004ConstituencyElection CommitteeIn office
1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000ConstituencyElection CommitteeIn office
22 February 1997 – 4 April 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council) Personal detailsBorn (1955-07-22) 22 July 1955 (age 68)
Hong KongPolitical partyNew Century ForumSpouseKitty LeungOccupationLegislative Councillor
Films Maker and Distributor
Media Executive

Ma Fung-kwok (Chinese: 馬逢國) is a member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong from for Election Committee constituency and Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication from 1997 to 2000 and 2012 to present. He has also been the leader of New Century Forum. He supported Leung Chun-ying in the 2012 Chief Executive race and is seen as an ally of CY Leung in the Legislative Council.

Bypassing airport security

On 21 May 2018, Ma Fun-kwok allegedly used his status as a legislator to bypass airport security rules to bring a 200g bottle of hair gel into the restricted area.^[1]

Legislative Council

In December 2021, it was reported that Ma had a "privileged" vote in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, where the vote would count approximately 7,215 times more than an ordinary citizen.^[2]

In January 2022, the mainland Chinese national emblem was permanently added to the Legislative Council chamber, after Andrew Leung, Starry Lee Wai-king and Ma Fung-kwok decided that it should be made permanent.^[3] Andrew Leung had earlier said it would be only temporary for the swearing in of lawmakers.^[3]

In July 2022, Ma said that many teenagers in Hong Kong would like to serve in the mainland Chinese military.^[4]

In November 2023, Hong Kong Free Press reported that Ma was accused, along with other directors, of "forcibly seizing control" of a company by using legal proceedings against the company.^[5]

References

^ "Pro-Beijing lawmaker Ma Fung-kwok denies bypassing airport security rules using legislator status". 24 May 2018.
^ FactWire (15 December 2021). "Factwire: 41 privileged voters have 7,200 times greater power than a regular Hong Kong voter following election revamp". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b The Standard, The. "Legco chamber gets 'solemn' makeover". The Standard. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ Standard, The. "'Various ways' for Hongkongers to contribute to China other than joining the army: Erick Tsang". The Standard. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ Ho, Kelly (1 November 2023). "Hong Kong student group alleges attempted forced entry of properties amid lawsuit over ownership". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

Member of the Legislative Council – Hon MA Fung-kwok

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New parliament	Member of Provisional Legislative Council 1997–1998	Replaced by Legislative Council
New parliament	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Election Committee 1998–2000	Seat abolished
Preceded by Ng Ching-fai	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Election Committee 2001–2004	Constituency eliminated
Preceded by Timothy Fok	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication 2012–2021	Next: Kenneth Fok
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Election Committee 2022–	Incumbent
National People's Congress
Preceded by Maria Tam	Convenor of National People's Congress Hong Kong delegation 2018–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Yiu Si-wing Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Charles Mok Member of the Legislative Council