Ma Lik GBS, JP |
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馬力 | |
Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong | |
In office 9 December 2003 – 8 August 2007 |
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Preceded by | Tsang Yok-sing |
Succeeded by | Tam Yiu-chung |
Member of the Legislative Council | |
In office 1 October 2004 – 8 August 2007 |
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Preceded by | Cyd Ho |
Succeeded by | Anson Chan |
Constituency | Hong Kong Island |
Personal details | |
Born |
Guangzhou, China |
23 February 1952
Died | 8 August 2007 Guangzhou, China |
(aged 55)
Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
Political party | DAB |
Spouse(s) | Leung Wai-ching |
Residence | Hong Kong |
Alma mater | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Profession | Politician Secondary school teacher Journalist |
Website | malik.hk (Chinese) |
Ma Lik | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 馬力 | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 马力 | ||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Mǎlì |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | maa5 lik6 |
Ma Lik, GBS, JP (Chinese: 馬力; 23 February 1952 – 8 August 2007), was a Legislative Councillor, and was the Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong.
Ma Lik attended the Pui Kiu Middle School. He graduated with a bachelor's degree (with Honours) from the Department of Chinese from United College, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He was a teacher in the Pui Kiu Middle School, a pro-Chinese secondary school in Hong Kong. He was a deputy publisher of the Hong Kong Commercial Daily and a local Deputy to the National People's Congress
Ma was formerly the Secretary General of the DAB, and became the Chairman of the DAB in December 2003 Chairman, Jasper Tsang resigned following the poor performance of the party in the November 2003 District Council elections in which the pro-democratic camp won 150 seats, while DAB secured only 62 seats out of the 205 DAB candidates fielded. Ma was re-elected leader on 25 April 2007.
Ma served in the Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee, Hong Kong Cheshire Home Foundation, and Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education. He was formerly the Chief Editor of the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Deputy Secretary General of the Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee, Director of Treasure Land International Property Consultants, General Manager of The Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture, and member of the Selection Committee for the First Government of HKSAR.