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Ng Ming-yum

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303:, he was savagely attacked with knives and metal pipes, hospitalising him for eight days. Of the assailants - thought to have been hired thugs, five were arrested and two went to prison. It was the first time a pro-democracy district councillor had been assaulted and generated widespread concern in Hong Kong. It also led to Ng gaining 70 percent of the votes in his district against the pro-Beijingers in the 359:
A few weeks later, during a fundraising campaign on 22 June 1992, he fainted and died. LegCo members observed a moment of silence before the legislature sat in his memory two days later. He was the only LegCo member ever to receive this honour. He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
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Ng was elected as a member of the Legislative Council (LegCo) in 1991, and was noted for his hard work during his short term. He strongly opposed proposed cuts in education expenditure and the number of classes in schools. In this cause he helped bring together the Education
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in February 1992, but continued to work long hours, even making policy proposals from his hospital bed. Despite his deteriorating health, on 4 June 1992 he attended a candlelight vigil in memory of the people who was killed during the
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in 1985, securing the most votes in the territory. He went on to be re-elected with high votes in 1988 and 1991. In 1991, he won a seat on the Legislative Council.
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to pressure on the government. Although pro-Beijing members and some pro-London members voted in favour of the proposal, this plan was finally cancelled in 1993.
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Ng was a secondary school teacher and took an active role in community affairs. In 1971, he joined a demonstration asserting China's territorial rights over the
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was an ally of Ng inside the party and carried his portrait at his funeral. He would later become Democratic Party chairman.
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in 1989, and is remembered for carrying a flag, leading a supporting crowd during the related protest in Hong Kong.
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and the youngest member of the Legislative Council to die in office. He supported the
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Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
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In the LegCo by-election that followed Ng's death, his colleague
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pressure group, and represented the group to win a seat on
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On 11 October 1985, while going to greet residents in
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He united many students and teachers to support the
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Index

Chinese name
family name
Legislative Council
Tang Siu-tong
New Territories West
Regional Council
Tuen Mun District Board
Meeting Point
United Democrats
Chinese
United Democrats of Hong Kong
Democratic Party
Tuen Mun District
Regional Council
Tiananmen Square protesters
Breakthrough Magazine
Lee Wing-Tat
Diaoyutai Islands
Meeting Point
Tuen Mun District Council
Tuen Mun
Regional Council Election in 1986
Tiananmen Square protesters in Beijing
Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
United Democrats of Hong Kong
functional constituency
LegCo
blood cancer
Tiananmen massacre
Albert Ho

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