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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.
Starry Lee (right) receives applause at a special forum at the Legislative Council complex on January 8 ahead of the election of the president of the council. Photo: Karma Lo
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.

Hong Kong politics

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

Hong Kong politics

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

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.

Lawmaker Starry Lee is Hong Kong’s sole delegate in the standing committee of the National People’s Congress. Photo: Edmond So
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.

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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A man walks past a banner featuring Starry Lee, in To Kwa Wan on July 6, a constituency in Kowloon where she first won as an independent in 1999. She founded her political career in grass-roots and community work but now, district councillors have drastically diminished influence. Photo: AFP
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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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.

Pro-establishment lawmaker Starry Lee is the incumbent chairwoman of the House Committee of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. Photo: Edmond So
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

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

DAB's legislator Starry Lee Wai-king attends meeting at Legco Chamber in Tamar. Photo: Nora Tam

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

DAB chairwoman Starry Lee also said she resigned from Exco because lawmakers were facing a heavier workload with the Legco’s session ending in July. Photo: Nora Tam
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Starry Lee, the cautious accountant battling to impose her authority

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

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

Veteran lawmaker Ip Kwok-him (right) has replaced DAB chairwoman Starry Lee in Exco after the latter’s resignation. Photos: Nora Tam
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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.

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.

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.

DAB chairwoman Starry Lee Wai-king believes her pro-Beijing party can play a greater role in the city's future governance. Photo: May Tse

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

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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.

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.

Starry Lee, the DAB's first chairwoman. Photo: Felix Wong
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.

Starry Lee (right) was commenting on a suggestion by University of Hong Kong pollster Dr Robert Chung Ting-yiu (left) that a referendum should be held so lawmakers could take it as a reference when voting. Photos: May Tse, Edward Wong

Hong Kong lawmaker Starry Lee eyed as next chief of city's biggest pro-Beijing party

Lai See | Infrastructure spending is declining, says Starry Lee

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