Kalvin Ho

Kalvin Ho Kai-ming (Chinese: 何啟明; born 18 September 1988) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the current vice chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) and member of the Sham Shui Po District Council for Nam Cheong East since 2016.

Kalvin Ho
何啟明
Ho in 2020
Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
Assumed office
27 December 2016
Preceded byPius Yum
Member of the Sham Shui Po District Council
Assumed office
1 January 2016
Preceded byNew constituency
ConstituencyNam Cheong East
Personal details
Born (1988-09-18) 18 September 1988
British Hong Kong
CitizenshipHong Kong
Political partyHong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
Civic Party (quit in 2015)
ResidenceTiu King Leng, Hong Kong
Alma materCity University of Hong Kong

Biography

Ho graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Science in Sociology. He used to be a member of the Civic Party. Ho quit the party in 2015 to focus on community services as a member of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL), which was rooted in Sham Shui Po.[1]

In the 2015 District Council election, Ho ran in Nam Cheong East and was elected with 1,727 votes, becoming a member of the Sham Shui Po District Council.[2] In the 2016 Legislative Council election, Ho replaced Frederick Fung who lost his District Council seat to run in District Council (Second) for ADPL. Due to his lagging behind in the polls, Ho suspended his campaign in the late stage of the election to maximise the election chances of other pro-democrat candidates.[3]

In the March 2018 Kowloon West by-election for the vacancy left by Yau Wai-ching of Youngspiration over the Legislative Council oath taking controversy, Ho ran against veteran Frederick Fung in the intra-party primary election for the candidacy, but later withdrew.[4] Fung later lost in the pro-democracy primary. Ho and other young ADPL members strongly opposed Fung's intention to run in another Kowloon West by-election, which led to Fung's departure from the party.[5]

In the 2020 Legislative Council election, Ho contested in the pro-democracy primaries for the nomination in Kowloon West. Initial results showed Ho came in fifth, which meant he barely lost the nomination to localist Frankie Fung. With the paper ballots included, Ho slightly surpassed Fung in the final vote tally, securing a place for ADPL in the general election.[6]

References
  1. "政情：公文袋退黨也拉布？" (in Chinese). 東方日報. 2015-03-31.
  2. 深水埗南昌東　文青「阿明」鬥「阿明」，堅料網，2015-10-29
  3. Lau, Stuart (2 September 2016). "Five pan-democrats throw in the towel ahead of Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections". South China Morning Post.
  4. "立會補選民協內部爭逐 何啟明讓路馮檢基". 明報. 2017-05-13.
  5. "民協不撐馮檢基參加補選？　事件出現羅生門". 香港經濟日報. 2018-09-20.
  6. "九西初選　何啟明反超馮達浚". 蘋果日報. 2020-07-16.
Political offices
New constituency Member of Sham Shui Po District Council
Representative for Nam Cheong East
2016–present		 Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Pius Yum		 Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
2016–2018		 Incumbent
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