Vivian Kong Man Wai on the medal ceremony for ladies’s particular person épée on the Paris Olympics. (Picture: China Information Service/Sheng Jiapeng）
(ECNS) – Hong Kong Olympic gold medalist Vivian Kong Man Wai mentioned Monday she has utilized to resign her Canadian passport to qualify for the 2025 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, in line with native media reviews.
Kong has registered her candidacy and can run within the tourism purposeful constituency, saying she hopes to “serve Hong Kong and provides again to society,” in line with Ming Pao and HK01.
Regardless of restricted prior connection to the tourism sector, Kong mentioned the spirit of sports activities applies to all fields, including that as an athlete competing around the globe, she usually “proudly” launched Hong Kong to others.
“Viewing Hong Kong from a traveler’s perspective helps one to higher recognize its magnificence, and I hope to contribute to the trade,” she mentioned.
Candidates for the Legislative Council can not maintain international residency rights beneath Hong Kong’s Fundamental Regulation.
Kong, who moved to Canada along with her household as a toddler, had beforehand thought of working in a “direct geographical constituency”.
A 2021 graduate of Renmin College of China’s Regulation Faculty, Kong wrote her grasp’s thesis on the harms of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central motion, emphasizing the necessity to enhance the “one nation, two methods” framework and the town’s electoral system.
(By Zhang Jiahao)
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