余漢坤

English

Yu Hon-kwan (Randy Yu) is an appointed member of the Islands District Council in Hong Kong for the seventh term (2024–2027) and holds the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) and the Medal of Honour (MH), and has been appointed a Justice of the Peace (JP). He has long served the Mui Wo area of Lantau Island, and was vice-chairman and then chairman of the Islands District Council. In the 2019 District Council election he stood in the Lantau constituency and was elected with 2,873 votes against 2,633 for Fung Siu-yin; in the election for chairman of the sixth-term council he tied with Leung Kwok-ho on seven votes in the first round and then defeated him with 10 votes in the second round. In the seventh-term council he chairs the District Facilities and Works Committee and serves on the Food, Environment and Hygiene Committee, the Community Participation and Culture and Recreation Committee, the Traffic and Transport Committee and the District Infrastructure and Development Planning Committee, and takes part in the task force on boosting the local economy; his office is at Yat House, Ngan Wan Estate in Mui Wo, Lantau. After the 2023 reform of the District Council system the seventh-term councils are formed through appointment, the District Committees constituency and geographical constituencies; Yu was appointed by the Chief Executive and took office on 1 January 2024. The Islands District Council is made up of appointed, District Committees constituency and geographical constituency members together with ex officio members, and is chaired by the District Officer. Beyond these public records, little is known about his education and professional background.