Yau Wai-ching
| Yau Wai-ching | |
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| 游蕙禎 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 1 October 2016 – 12 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Constituency | Kowloon West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 May 1991 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Youngspiration |
| Residence | Mong Kok, Kowloon |
| Alma mater |
Queen Elizabeth School Lingnan University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Regine Yau Wai-ching (Chinese: 游蕙禎; born 6 May 1991) is a Hong Kong politician. She is a member of the localist group Youngspiration that leans towards Hong Kong independence. She was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as a member for Kowloon West in the 2016 Legislative Council election, but has since been disqualified pursuant to a judgement delivered by the High Court on 15 November 2016.
Yau was born on 6 May 1991 in Hong Kong to a middle-class family. Both her parents are civil servants. Her father was a technical officer in the Hong Kong government. She was educated at Queen Elizabeth School and studied Chinese language at Lingnan University. She was an intern at Ta Kung Pao, Beijing mouthpiece, during her study.
She is a member of Youngspiration, a localist group formed by young people after the Umbrella Revolution. Youngspiration fielded nine candidates in the 2015 District Council elections, in which Yau ran against legislator Priscilla Leung in Whampoa East. As a newcomer, Yau received 2,041 votes, only about 300 votes less than Leung. After the district council election Yau served as Kwong's assistant and Youngspiration's Whampoa community officer.
Representing Youngspiration in the 2016 Legislative Council election, she won the sixth and final seat in the Kowloon West geographical constituency. With 20,643 votes, Yau Wai Ching edged out incumbent Wong Yuk-man to become the youngest female member of the Legislative Council, and its second-youngest ever member, behind fellow-localist Nathan Law, who won in the same election, on Hong Kong Island.
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