Ip Kwok-him, GBM, GBS, JP (Chinese: 葉國謙; born 8 November 1951) is a former unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, served between 2016 and 2022.
He also co-founded the working committee on concerning the Hong Kong Basic Law with Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen, the chairman of the Central and Western District Board.
[citation needed] He became a founding member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), a flagship pro-Beijing party set up by a group of traditional leftists in 1992.
[citation needed] As a Legislative Councillors, Ip held many other public positions, including on the Board of directors of the Urban Renewal Authority.
[citation needed] According to a chat record leaked to the South China Morning Post,[7] Ip, as the convenor of the DAB caucus and the coordinator of the pro-Beijing camp, was responsible together with the Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing for the walk-out that resulted in a humiliating defeat of the pro-Beijing parties in the electoral reform voting at the Legislative Council in July 2015.
"[9] In response, Ma Ngok from Chinese University said that doing so would eliminate public participation in choosing the chief executive.
[10] On 5 January 2022, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.
[11] One day later, it was discovered that Caspar Tsui attended a birthday party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man, with 222 guests.