Antonio Ng

António Ng
Ng Kuok Cheong
吳國昌
Antonio Ng at the December 20, 2008 demonstration
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
30 September 1992 – 15 October 2021
ConstituencyMacau (Directly elected)
Personal details
Born (1957-09-26) September 26, 1957 (age 66)
Nanhai, Guangdong, China
NationalityMacau
Portugal
Political partyNew Democratic Macau Association
Antonio Ng
Traditional Chinese吳國昌
Simplified Chinese吴国昌

António Ng Kuok Cheong (Chinese: 吳國昌; born September 26, 1957) was 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.

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[edit]

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%

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References[edit]

  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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