Antonio Ng

António Ng Kuok Cheong (simplified Chinese: 吴国昌; traditional Chinese: 吳國昌; pinyin: Wú Guóchāng; born September 26, 1957) is currently a member in the Macau Legislative Assembly, returned by direct election. He was the founding chairman of the pro-democratic political party New Macau Association. He is also the leader of the political pressure group Union for Democracy Development. Ng has been a major figure in the Macau democracy movement and is one of the three pro-democratic legislators in the Assembly.

António Ng
Ng Kuok Cheong
吳國昌
Antonio Ng at the December 20, 2007, demonstration
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
30 September 1992
ConstituencyMacau (Directly elected)
Personal details
Born (1957-09-26) September 26, 1957
Nanhai, Guangdong, China
NationalityPortuguese, Macau Chinese
Political partyNew Democratic Macau Association

After his graduation from Yuet Wah College, Macau, Ng obtained his undergraduate degree in economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Once an employee in a Chinese bank in the early 1990s, Ng lost the job due to political pressure from Beijing.[1]

Election results

Year Candidate Hare quota Mandate List Votes List Pct
1992 António Ng (ANMD) 3,412 №4/8 3,412 12.39%
1996 António Ng (AMDP) 6,331 №6/8 6,331 8.73%
2001 António Ng (AMDP) 8,481 №1/10 16,961 20.95%
2005 António Ng (AMDP) 11,745 №1/12 23,489 18.80%
2009 António Ng (APMD) 8,212 №3/12 16,424 11.58%
2013 António Ng (APMD) 10,986 №8/14 10,986 7.50%
2017 António Ng (APMD) 10,079 №9/14 10,079 5.84%

See also

References

  1. Kwong, Ying-ho; Wong, Mathew Y.H. (2017). "State Size and Democratization in Hybrid Regimes: The Chinese Island Cities of Macau and Hong Kong". Island Studies Journal. 12 (2): 121. doi:10.24043/isj.36. ISSN 1715-2593.


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