Keith Yeung Kah-hung () is a Judge of the

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of the

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, and was previously the 5th

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of Hong Kong.

Legal career

Keith Yeung - Dương Gia-hùng received an

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in 1986 and a

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in 1987 from the

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. Yeung was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1987 and was a

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in private practice between 1988 and 2013. He was a member of Plowman Chambers. He

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in 2009. On 1 August 2013, Yeung was appointed as the

of Hong Kong. He was the first

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to take up this post.

Judicial career

Yeung sat as a Deputy Judge of the

of the

for periods in 2013, 2018 and 2019. On 29 July 2019, Yeung was appointed a Judge of the

of the

. Yeung was the

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for the

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."G.N.(E.) 144"

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(No. 33, Vol. 26 (Extraordinary), 27 January 2022)

References

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