27 Facts About Holden Chow

Holden Chow Ho-ding is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician.

Holden Chow is vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, the largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong, and a former chairman of Young DAB, its youth wing.

Holden Chow was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2016, through the District Council "super seat".

Holden Chow was re-elected in 2021 through the New Territories North West geographical constituency.

In 2004, Holden Chow joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, the largest Beijing-loyalist party in Hong Kong.

Holden Chow became the chairman of Young DAB, the youth branch of party and a member of the party's Executive Committee in 2009.

Holden Chow was an observer on the Independent Police Complaints Council from 2010 to 2014 and an appointed member of the Equal Opportunities Commission from 2013 and was re-appointed in 2015 and 2017.

Holden Chow often participated in RTHK's weekly talk show City Forum and founded Hong Kong Association of Young Commentators in 2012.

Holden Chow received 2,161 votes and successfully held the seat for DAB.

Holden Chow received 264,339 votes, 13.84 percent of the vote share and was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the fourth place out of five seats, ousting another veteran pro-Beijing politician, Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.

Pro-democrats demanded that Holden Chow resign from the select committee as he had lost credibility, and considered a motion to censure Holden Chow in the Legislative Council House Committee.

Holden Chow apologised for his "lack of political sensitivity" in not informing the select committee of Leung's "personal input", but he denied any wrongdoing in discussing the matter with Leung in private.

On 19 May 2017, Holden Chow resigned from the select committee "hoping to calm the political storm", whilst continuing to maintain that he had not done anything wrong.

Holden Chow often criticises the pan-democracy camp, questioning whether someone who truly loved China would demand an end to one-party rule, as the Beijing government required the Chief Executive candidate to love China and love Hong Kong and wanted to exclude the pan-democrats.

Holden Chow identifies as a "patriot" and opposes calls for Hong Kong independence or self-determination.

Holden Chow challenged Jimmy Lai, the boss of the pro-democracy Next Media and supporter of the pro-democracy Occupy Central, for meeting United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.

Holden Chow criticised a call for Hong Kong's independence from China as irresponsible.

Holden Chow claimed that sentences against pro-democracy protestors have been too light, and said that there should be a panel to review sentencing guidelines.

Holden Chow has expressed prejudice against Hong Kong's ethnic minorities by supporting a crackdown on the refugee population in Hong Kong based on unverified claims that refugees are responsible for crimes in the area.

Previously Holden Chow signed a joint statement urging the government to appeal a court's ruling of granting welfare benefits to a gay civil servant for his husband.

Holden Chow urged his supporters to voice their opposition to the legalisation of same-sex marriage and protect "traditional family values".

In February 2021, Holden Chow insisted that universities in Hong Kong should be mandated to hold a weekly flag-raising ceremony of the PRC flag.

Holden Chow has pushed for patriotic education in Hong Kong, though Holden Chow himself did his undergraduate degree outside of Hong Kong, in London.

In March 2021, Apple Daily reported that Holden Chow had asked for an investigation into Department of Justice prosecutor William Wong, who earlier had asked coworkers to join him in an annual vigil to remember victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

Also in March 2021, Holden Chow asked Kevin Yeung if the Education Bureau could suspend teachers if they were suspected of participating in unlawful assemblies but not yet convicted of crimes.

In March 2021, Holden Chow expressed his support for cotton from Xinjiang, after several companies stopped purchasing the cotton due to concerns about human rights violations.

In November 2022, Holden Chow said that Jimmy Lai should not be allowed to use a UK lawyer, and said that the Hong Kong courts had ignored the importance of national security by rejecting the government's requests to disallow the UK lawyer.