Peter Cheung Kwok-che (born 8 November 1951, ) is a former member of the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

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Functional constituency A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China: * Functional constituency (Hong Kong) * Functional cons ...

Social Welfare Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet Basic needs, basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refe ...

), with the Labour Party.3 potential pro-democracy candidates fail to agree on primary for LegCo social welfare sector election
HKFP, 24 June 2016 He is a

social worker Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...

Hong Kong Caritas Caritas Hong Kong is a charitable organisation, a member of Caritas Internationalis, founded by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong in July 1953. It started with relief and rehabilitation services to the poor and the distressed after the Second ...

Service for Young People and President of the

Hong Kong Social Workers General Union Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union (HKSWGU) is a trade union for the social workers in Hong Kong. It was established in 1980. The current president, Cheung Kwok-che is the member in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is one of the trad ...

. He beat

Tik Chi Yuen Tik Chi-yuen () is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and of North District Council. He is a registered social worker and chairman of the small centrist Third Side party, which he co-founded in 2015, after quitting the Democratic Part ...

to win his seat of the functional constituency (social welfare) in the 2008 Legislative Council election and held the seat until retiring at the 2016 election.Legco election results
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheung, Kwok-che 1951 births Living people Hong Kong social workers Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood politicians Alumni of King's College, Hong Kong Labour Party (Hong Kong) politicians HK LegCo Members 2008–2012 HK LegCo Members 2012–2016 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021