Legislative Council
In 2008, he ran in the 2008 Hong Kong Legislative election, for a seat in the Kowloon West constituency, on a platform of "Without struggle there is no change"; he introduced a number of innovative actions to Hong Kong politics. On 8 September 2008, he successfully gained a seat in the Legislative Council with the second highest number of votes in his constituency.
Read more about this topic: Raymond Wong (politician)
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“The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society, depend so much upon an upright and skilful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.”
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