Roy Kwong

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Roy Kwong Chun-yu (born 9 February 1983) is a Hong Kong politician and romance novelist. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served on the Yuen Long District Council for Pek Long. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 2016 through the District Council (Second) “super seat,” winning a record number of votes. He resigned from LegCo on 11 November 2020 with other pro-democracy lawmakers after Beijing unseated four pro-democracy officials that day.

Kwong began his public work at a youth centre in Long Ping Estate and later became a community officer for District Councillor Zachary Wong before joining the Democratic Party. He won the Pek Long seat in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011, 2015 and 2019. In 2012 he helped party chairman Albert Ho win a territory-wide seat, and in 2016 he was elected to LegCo via the super seat, riding with veteran James To. His large vote total was helped by Benny Tai’s ThunderGo plan.

During the 2019–20 protests, Kwong spoke for peaceful demonstrations and called for calm among protesters and police. He was attacked near his Tin Shui Wai home on 24 September 2019 and sustained neck injuries. The incident drew condemnation from the Democratic Party and authorities.

On 6 January 2021, Kwong was among 53 pro-democracy figures arrested under the national security law for alleged subversion related to unofficial primaries. He was released on bail the next day. On 21 October 2021 he was disqualified from the Yuen Long District Council for participating in the pro-democracy primaries and for an invalid oath-taking.

Kwong is also a popular writer of romantic fiction. His debut novel, Love You Like the First Time We Met, appeared in 2014. The second book, There is a Kind of Happiness Called Forgetting, sold more than 10,000 copies at the 2014 Hong Kong Book Fair. He published a widely read short essay, “The Last Time You Were On WhatsApp,” in 2012 and had published seven romance novels by 2015. His writing style is often described as “Kwong-style.”