Cheung Yin-tung

Cheung Yin-tung
張賢登
Secretary of the Democratic Party
In office
13 December 1998 – 17 December 2006
Preceded by Law Chi-kwong
Succeeded by Pegga Ha
In office
14 December 2008 – 23 January 2015
Preceded by Pegga Ha
Succeeded by Li Wing-shing
Treasurer of the Democratic Party
In office
17 December 2006 – 14 December 2008
Preceded by Tsui Hon-kwong
Succeeded by Tsui Hon-kwong
Member of the Yuen Long District Board
In office
1 October 1991 – 30 September 1994
Preceded by Zachary Wong
Chung Kwai-ping
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Constituency Yuen Long Town West
Member of the Yuen Long District Council
In office
1 January 2004 – 31 December 2007
Preceded by New constituency
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Constituency Wang Yat
Personal details
Born (1964-05-01) May 1, 1964
British Hong Kong
Political party United Democrats (1990–94)
Democratic Party (since 1994)

Cheung Yin-tung (Chinese: 張賢登; born 1 May 1964) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the former secretary and treasurer of the Democratic Party and former member of the Yuen Long District Council.

Biography

He was an New Territories indigenous resident born in Yuen Long in 1964. He participated in student activism when he was younger and was chairman of the 32nd standing committee of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) and led protests in support of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 in Beijing.

After he graduated, he became a teacher. He was invited by Meeting Point and United Democrats of Hong Kong legislator Ng Ming-yam to join the United Democrats, which later transformed into the Democratic Party. He was elected to the Yuen Long District Board in 1991 but was defeated by conservative Leung Che-cheung in Yiu Yau with a large margin in the 1994 re-election. He participated in the 1995 Regional Council election, running against Leung Che-cheung again but lost to Leung in a margin of 70 votes.

In the 2003 District Council election, he won a seat in the Wang Yat constituency, taking the first seat for the Democrats in Tin Shui Wai. In the 2004 Legislative Council election, he ran in the New Territories West with Albert Ho's ticket. Ho eventually won a seat but Cheung was unelected. He ran again in 2008 Legislative Council election, leading the third ticket for the Democratic Party along with Albert Ho and Lee Wing-tat. His ticket received 10,069 votes and was not elected.

He had been the Democratic Party secretary two terms, from 1998 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2014 and also the party treasurer from 2006 to 2008. Most of the Democratic Party leaders were denied access to the Mainland China due to its strained relationship with the Beijing government. As a Democratic Party secretary, Cheung was granted a 10-year Home Entry Permit on Monday to attend a course for district councillors in 2005. He hoped there would be more formal liaison with mainland authorities.[1]

He was responsible for the intra-party investigation over the allegation of some senior members were involved in spying activities of China in 2006, being the convenor of the five-member committee.

On 23 January 2015 after the party leadership election, Cheung Yin-tung resigned as secretary and his position on the Central Committee with his disciple Kwong Chun-yu. Some speculated their disaffections towards the dominance of the Mainstreamer faction led by the "triumvirate", Yeung Sum, Cheung Man-kwong and Lee Wing-tat.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Words that cause confusion". South China Morning Post. 21 September 2005.
  2. ↑ "張賢登鄺俊宇辭民主黨中委 被指不滿大佬暗中操控 正副主席不認同". Standnews. 28 January 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Zachary Wong
Chung Kwai-ping		 Member of the Yuen Long District Board
Representative for Yuen Long Town West
1991–1994 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of the Yuen Long District Council
Representative for Wan Yat
2004–2007
Party political offices
Preceded by
Law Chi-kwong		 Secretary of the Democratic Party
1998–2006 		Succeeded by
Peggy Ha
Preceded by
Tsui Hon-kwong		 Treasurer of the Democratic Party
2006–2008 		Succeeded by
Tsui Hon-kwong
Preceded by
Peggy Ha		 Secretary of the Democratic Party
2008–2015 		Succeeded by
Li Wing-shing
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