Joseph Lee (Hong Kong politician)

Joseph Lee Kok-long SBS JP PhD RN (born 14 August 1959, Macau) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Health Services functional constituency. He is the member of Pro-democracy camp.

The Honourable Joseph Lee Kok-long SBS, JP, PhD, RN
李國麟
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2004
Preceded by	Michael Mak
Constituency	Health Services
Personal details
Born	(1959-08-14) 14 August 1959 Macau
Spouse(s)	Dianna Lee Tze-fan
Alma mater	Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School La Trobe University University of Edinburgh Lingnan University
Profession	Professor Nurse

Joseph Lee
Traditional Chinese	李國麟
Simplified Chinese	李国麟
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Guólíng

Lee is a nurse and a Professor and Dean in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the Open University of Hong Kong.[1][2]

Education

Lee received his Bachelor of Nursing degree from the La Trobe University, Australia in 1992. His master's degree was in nursing/education from the University of Edinburgh. In 2002 he completed his PhD thesis, Ascertaining Patient Condition: a grounded theory study of diagnostic practice in nursing from Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

Political career

Lee became a member of the Legislative Council in 2004, representing the Health Services functional constituency.[3]

In June 2010, he voted in favour of the government's 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council functional constituencies.[4]

In March 2011, he abstained on legislation accepting reduced funding from Beijing for Hong Kong.[5]

Lee announced his intention to step down from LegCo and not participate in the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election, following his loss to Winnie Yu in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries.[3]

Committees

Lee has served or currently serves on the following Legco committees:

• 2008–09 Panel Committees:

Panel on Health Services

Panel on Food Safety & Environmental Hygiene

Panel on Housing[6]

• 2008–09 Bill Committees:

Independent Police Complaints Council Bill

Prevention and Control of Disease Bill

Subcommittee on Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2008[6]

Other appointments

He also serves as:

• the Chairman of Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff;
• Vice-chairman of Independent Police Complaints Council.

He is a member of:

• the Hospital Authority and the Nursing Council of Hong Kong;
• the Hospital Governing Committee of Kwai Chung Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong;
• the Commission on Strategic Development;
• the Estate Agents Authority;
• the Operations Review Committee;
• the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

He is an honorary research fellow of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies at Lingnan University of Hong Kong.[7]

References

1. Joseph Lee Kok-long: "Revamp government health policy", Open University of Hong Kong
2. Joseph Lee Kok-long's Legco biodata Archived 28 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
3. "民主派初選｜衞生服務界大敗 李國麟服從結果：得186票打咗個突". 香港01 (in Chinese). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
4. Cheung, Gary; Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung (25 June 2010). "Cheers and jeers for political reform vote". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
5. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=109210&sid=31679370&con_type=1%5B%5D
6. Biography at personal website
7. http://www.leekoklong.org.hk/e_index.htm

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Michael Mak	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Health Services 2004–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Abraham Shek Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Wong Ting-kwong Member of the Legislative Council