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Starry Lee Wai-king

Starry Lee Wai-king
Starry Lee Wai-king is the incumbent president of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, serving since January 2026. She has been involved in the city’s politics for several decades.
Residents hoping to take part in the city’s subsidised housing scheme view a model of an estate. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong housing

Make home ownership a 5-year plan goal, Legco president says

Starry Lee says reviving Tenants Purchase Scheme and reserving subsidised flats for young, middle-class families could help achieve target.

Hong Kong politics

Legco could tighten members’ code after Wong drink-driving case: Starry Lee

Hong Kong politics

Starry Lee urges Hong Kong officials to respect lawmakers’ dissent amid pushback

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Hong Kong politics

Editorial | Legco could refer to mainland experience in boosting efficiency

The difference between the administrative and legislative systems of the mainland and Hong Kong does not preclude learning from the other side.

The Legislative Council complex in Tamar, Admiralty, on January 26. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Mainland-style oversight system could help Legco to deliver

Hong Kong’s executive-led governance system may just need a different type of oversight where the legislature can perform well.

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Hong Kong politics

Editorial | Hong Kong’s new Legislative Council president must strike the right balance

In her new role, Starry Lee needs to lead the council in cooperating with the government while representing the voice of the public.

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Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Starry Lee or Ronick Chan? Lawmakers’ choice will reveal their priorities

How legislators vote will show how they see their roles and whether they prioritise national and city interests above personal political gain.

Starry Lee and Ronick Chan separately take their oaths at the Legislative Council chamber on January 1. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong politics

Veteran Hong Kong lawmakers Starry Lee, Ronick Chan to vie for Legco presidency

Lee and Chan are running to succeed Andrew Leung as Legco president, with a vote on January 8.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong’s Starry Lee seeks to unite lawmakers, but quiet about Legco presidency

Asked if she plans to run for position, Lee says her roles as a delegate to China’s top legislative body and at Legco do not conflict.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong must better sync up policies with Macau, mainland China: Starry Lee

Starry Lee, who sits on NPC Standing Committee, says more policy coordination between jurisdictions aligns with spirit of third plenum.

A veteran Hong Kong politician has called for greater policy alignment between jurisdictions overseeing the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong tourism

‘Beijing should let mainlanders visit Hong Kong more easily, boost duty-free’

Starry Lee, city’s sole delegate to nation’s top legislative body, calls for return of multiple-entry permit scheme for Shenzhen residents.

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Tourists at the Avenue of Stars. Between December 20 and 29, the city recorded 1.24 million arrivals of mainland and overseas visitors. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | While Starry Lee’s future looks bright, what of the DAB?

As Starry Lee leaves party leadership and district council work behind to focus on national politics, the challenge for her DAB successor is to find a future for the party in a changed political landscape.

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong politician Starry Lee to quit as DAB leader after 8 years in role

Starry Lee, who has been chairwoman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong for eight years, announces decision not to seek re-election.

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Two Sessions 2023

Starry Lee becomes sole Hong Kong member of nation’s top legislative body

Lee vows to serve as ‘communication bridge’ between city and Beijing.

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Starry Lee, leader of Hong Kong’s largest political party. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts

Eight months’ jail for Starry Lee aide who bribed Hong Kong voters

Wong Wai-ha, 54, and her co-defendant were sentenced on Wednesday for conspiring to offer an advantage to others ahead of a Legco by-election in 2018.

Two people have been sentenced to jail for bribery offences relating to a Legco by-election three years ago. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong politics

Government ally plans Legco meeting to end election saga and clear backlog

Starry Lee acts after Legco president signals that she could, as incumbent chair, take control of House Committee.

Hong Kong district council election

DAB chiefs reject leader Starry Lee’s offer to resign over poll disaster

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong fielded 181 candidates but won just 21 seats in its biggest ever hammering.

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Universal suffrage in Hong Kong

Ban on party affiliation for city’s leader ‘needs review’, Starry Lee says

The Post spoke to Starry Lee Wai-king in Admiralty. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Starry Lee’s Exco resignation allows her to focus on Legco poll

DAB chairwoman Starry Lee says Exco resignation will let party work on Hong Kong’s problems ‘more clearly and neutrally’

In Focus

Starry Lee, the cautious accountant battling to impose her authority

Starry Lee with DAB vice-chairmen Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan (left) and Brave Chan Yung. Photo: David Wong
In Focus

Starry Lee looks to put DAB in poll position with Executive Council resignation

DAB members (left to right) Ip Kwok-him, Tam Yiu-chung and Starry Lee Wai-king. Photo: Dickson Lee

DAB chairwoman Starry Lee resigns from Hong Kong Exco, succeeded by party colleague Ip Kwok-him

Occupy Central

DAB’s Starry Lee denies claim party member appointed to university council as ‘political reward’ for anti-Occupy stance

The leader of Hong Kong’s largest pro-Beijing political party has denied criticism that the recent appointment of a party member to a university’s governing council was a “political reward” for her anti-Occupy stance.

Leung Chun-ying (CY Leung)

DAB leader Starry Lee urges CY Leung to pay attention to ministers’ morale after Hong Kong cabinet reshuffle

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's governance could be hampered if ministers were "frightened and lost their peace of mind" following the replacement of two cabinet members last week, the leader of Hong Kong's biggest pro-establishment party warned yesterday.

DAB leader Starry Lee urges CY Leung to pay attention to ministers’ morale after Hong Kong cabinet reshuffle
Hong Kong political reform

DAB leader Starry Lee Wai-king says Hong Kong's pro-Beijing camp will 'learn the lesson' of bungled electoral reform vote

Pro-Beijing legislators after voting fiasco. Photo: May Tse

DAB leader Starry Lee says party could put up its own chief executive election candidate in future

The city's biggest political party, the pro-establishment DAB, needs to groom more talent and strengthen its policy research so that it might put up its own candidate for chief executive in future, the party's new chairwoman told the South China Morning Post yesterday.

All Around Town: How media-savvy Starry Lee puts names to faces

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