Michael Cheng Tak-kin, JP (; born 1938) was the member of the

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and

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Biography

Born in Hong Kong, Michael Cheng studied at the

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in his youth. Cheng obtained his bachelor's degree in History and Political Science from the

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and master's degree in education from the

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. He was the principal of the Po Leung Kuk CFA No.1 College. He was first elected as the Wong Tai Sin District Board member in

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, representing the residents in

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(later representing the Tsz Wan East constituency), and continually served in the Board through the transfer of the sovereignty until his retirement in 2007. In 1988 election, he defeated the pro-democracy incumbent

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from the

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electoral college constituency consisting of members of the Wong Tai Sin District Board. Cheng's political stance was considered conservative. On the legislation of the

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in 1990, he worried that the Bill would provide the protection for the criminals and made the police difficult to maintain law and order. In 1990, he became the member of the pro-business conservative

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. As the electoral college was to be abolished and replaced by directly elected seats in the 1991 Legislative Council election, Cheng decided not to seek for re-election. He later on became member of the

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when the Liberal Democratic Federation was merged into it in the late 1990s, and the

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when the two parties merged in 2005. He retired from the Wong Tai Sin District Council in 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Michael Tak-kin 1938 births Living people Hong Kong educators District councillors of Wong Tai Sin District Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Progressive Hong Kong Society politicians Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong politicians Hong Kong Progressive Alliance politicians Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians HK LegCo Members 1988–1991