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SCMP Reporter

THIRTEEN of the 28 new Hongkong members of the National People's Congress will be serving in the national legislature for the first time.

  Their nomination is expected to be endorsed in the course of the 12-day Guangdong People's Congress, which opened in Guangzhou yesterday.

  Aside from mainland officials, most of the neophytes are well-established businessmen and professionals with a pronounced ''patriotic'' record.

  Here are brief biographies of the 13 new Hongkong delegates to the national legislature.

   Mr Chan Wing-kee, managing director of Yangtse Kong Garments. Mr Chan strongly supports China's bid for unconditional renewal of Washington's Most Favoured Nation trading status.

  He is also an executive member of the Business and Professional Federation of Hongkong, a conservative political group. Mr Chan sits on the textile advisory committee of the Trade Development Council.

   Mr Choy Wai-hang, a veteran businessman, is chairman of the Hongkong Chinese Reform Association, a traditional pro-Beijing organisation.

  The association has been inactive in local politics for many years.

   Mr Gallant Ho Yiu-tai, a member of the Guangdong People's Congress. Mr Ho's law firm was recently allowed to open a branch in China and he has established close links with legal circles on the mainland.

   Mr Huang Diyan, director of the Hongkong and Macau office of the Bank of China and China's top representative in the local banking industry.

  A Fujian native, Mr Huang has played an instrumental role in the Bank of China's recent rapid expansion in Hongkong and on the mainland.

  He is also the most senior Chinese representative of China-funded enterprises in Hongkong to join the legislature.

  Mr Huang is reported to be a member of the Communist Party cell that ''administers'' party members in Hongkong.

   Mr Kan Fook-yee, 57, a senior member of the pro-Chinese political group, the New Hongkong Alliance, is a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

  A vocal critic of the liberal factions in Hongkong, Mr Kan played an active role in drafting the Basic Law.

   Mr Lee Chak-tin, president of the Federation of Trade Unions, is a veteran of the local labour movement.

  Mr Lee has maintained a relatively low profile and he concentrates mainly on the internal affairs of the federation.

  Mr Cheng Yiu-tong, a senior executive of the federation, is an incumbent deputy to the NPC.

   Mr Li Wai-ting, is an assistant to Mr Zhou Nan, director of the Hongkong Branch of the New China News Agency.

  Mr Li is one of the few locally-groomed young officials of Beijing's de facto mission in Hongkong.

  Promoted to the present position a few months ago, Mr Li is also a former Chinese member of the Sino-British Land Commission.

   Ms Elsie Leung Oi-sze is a member to the Guangdong People's Congress. Ms Leung will be the third Hongkong lawyer to join the national legislature after veterans Ms Liu Yiu-chu and Mr Gallant Ho.

  Ms Leung is also a member of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hongkong. The chairman of the alliance, Mr Tsang Yok-sing, is tipped to join the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body to the central government.

   Mr Luk Tat-kuen, a senior executive of the pro-China business council, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

  Mr Luk is believed to be closely related to local business tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung, who is a Standing Committee member of the NPC.

   Mr Victor Sit Fung-shuen, a professor at the University of Hongkong and a member of the Airport Consultative Committee.

  A vocal critic of the Hongkong Government, Dr Sit has lobbied against the building of the Chek Lep Kok Airport.

   Mr Wai Kee-shun, chairman of the pro-China New Hongkong Alliance.

  A veteran sports and public-affairs commentator, Mr Wai is active in the local media and public relations industry. He is an ally of former executive councillor Mr Lo Tak-shing, who is a close adviser to the Hongkong and Macau Affairs Office of the StateCouncil.

   Mr Wong Kin-lap, principal of the pro-Beijing Hon Wah Middle School. Mr Wong would be the third representative from the education circle to join the legislature.

  Mr Ng Hong-man, principal of the Chinese-affiliated Pui Kiu Middle School, and Botany Professor Zee Sze-yung of the Hongkong University are the other two local delegates from this sector.

   Mr Peter Wong Man-kong, president of Hongkong Ferry. Also a member of the New Hongkong Alliance, Mr Wong failed in the 1991 legislative election, but has maintained a high profile in the activities organised by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

  The following incumbents will be re-elected: Miss Liu Yiu-chu, lawyer and Hongkong affairs adviser; trade unionist Mr Cheng Yiu-tong; Professor Zee Sze-yong, Hongkong University lecturer; Mr Wong Kwong-hon, leader of a Fujian traders' association; Mr Li Lin-sang, president of the New Territories Association of Societies; unionist Mr Luk Tat-kim; Mr Robin Chan Yau-hing, director of a China-funded bank; and Mr Tong Chee-on, physician at the Federation of Trade Unions; Mr Ng Hong-mun, Hongkong adviser and superintendent of Pui Kiu Secondary School, Mr Chen Hong, adviser to Bank of China, actress Lisa Wang, Mr Tsang Hin-chi, managing director of Goldlion, and Mr Tsang Tak-sing, editor of the newspaper Ta Kung Pao.

  Two Standing Committee members of the NPC are Mr Zhou Nan, New China News Agency director, and tycoon Mr Henry Fok Ying-tung.

  The following three will retire after the coming session - Mr Zhang Jianhua, former director of the China Resources Group, Mr Fong Shan-kwei, former manager of Bank of China, and businessman Mr Tong Ping-tat.



Hongkong representatives prepare to make congress debut