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

Hong Kong politics

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

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Hong Kong politics

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

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.

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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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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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Starry Lee became DAB chairwoman eight years ago, succeeding veteran Tam Yiu-chung. Photo: Sam Tsang
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.

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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Starry Lee (right) managed to retain her seat in the district council elections. Photo: Sam Tsang
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’

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

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

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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.

Starry Lee defended the government’s decision to appoint solicitor Maggie Chan Man-ki to the Lingnan University council. Photo: Nora Tam
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

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

Leung appears to smile during the fracas.Photo: SCMP Pictures
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The DAB treads a new path in electing Starry Lee as leader

In electing Starry Lee as leader, the pro-Beijing political party is keen to show its middle-class credentials and appeal to a younger generation.

Starry Lee at Tam Yiu-chung's shoulder after the party emerged the biggest winner in the 2012 Legco elections. Photo: David Wong

Rising politician Starry Lee vows to rejuvenate DAB, Hong Kong’s biggest party

Rising politician Starry Lee on Friday took the reins of the city's biggest party with a pledge to nurture young talent and lead the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong to greater success in crunch elections.

Universal suffrage in Hong Kong

Referendum on Hong Kong reform won’t break political deadlock, says DAB’s Starry Lee

A referendum on the government’s political reform proposal will not help break the current impasse on the issue, an Executive Council member said today.

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