Andrew Chiu Ka-yin (; born 17 July 1985) is a Hong Kong politician, democracy activist, experienced accredited mediator and arbitrator. He is a member of the

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, strategy committee member of the

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, chairperson o
Hong Kong Society of Accredited Mediators
and convenor of

Power for Democracy Power for Democracy (; PfD) was a pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong established by a group of pro-democracy activists in 2002. It worked mainly as a mediating platform for electoral coordination between the pro-democratic parties. It ...

, as well as an elected member of the

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for Tai Koo Shing West since 2008.

Biography

He was born and educated in Hong Kong, graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the

Open University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is a university in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. Established as the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong government in 1989, HKMU now consists of five schools, namely the School of Arts and S ...

and a master's degree in Public Administration from

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary liberal arts education, liberal arts institution with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage. It was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of Ame ...

. In 2017, he was conferred an honorary doctorate degree in Public Administration from SABI University, an online private higher education institute registered under France Government 'Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation', in recognition of his contributions and commitments to public sector over a decade, including the fact that Chiu was the youngest elected representative in

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(22 years old). Chiu joined the

in 2004 and was first elected to the

in Tai Koo Shing West in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011 and 2015. He was also a central committee member of the Democratic Party from 2010 to 2014. He was on the Democratic Party ticket in the

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. The ticket received 316,468 votes and successfully secured a seat for

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. In 2014, he succeeded Joseph Cheng Yu-shek to become the convenor of the

, a mediating platform for electoral coordination between the pro-democratic parties. During his tenure as convenor, the group coordinated several mock polls and primaries for the pro-democrats, including the 2015 District Council election and the primaries for March 2018 Legislative Council by-elections. Chiu was elected vice-president of the Eastern District Council in 2020. On 6 January 2021, Chiu was among 55 members of the pro-democratic camp who were arrested under the national security law, specifically its provision regarding subversion. The group stood accused of organising and participating in unofficial primary elections held by the camp in July 2020. Like most of the group, Chiu was released on bail on 7 January. After he was charged, Chiu decided to resign as a member and Vice-Chairman of

, effective on 9 July 2021.

Tai Koo Shing attack

On 3 November 2019, during a protest at

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Tai Koo Shing Taikoo Shing or Tai Koo Shing (), is a private residential development in Quarry Bay, in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is a part of Swire's property business, along with Taikoo Place, the adjacent Cityplaza retail and offic ...

, Chiu was attacked by a pro-Beijing, Mandarin-speaking, knife-wielding man, when he tried to stop a fight after the attacker assaulted several people. His left ear was partially bitten off by the attacker. Doctors made an unsuccessful attempt to reattach the ear. Chiu later said, “I am worried there will be more casualties and I urge residents and young people to protect themselves. They cannot underestimate the violence and fierceness of the regime.”

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiu, Andrew 1985 births Living people Alumni of Hong Kong Metropolitan University Alumni of Hong Kong Baptist University District councillors of Eastern District Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians Hong Kong political prisoners