Tony Tang is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

-born Canadian engineer and city councillor. He was elected as part of the

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slate in 2011. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in the November 15, 2014 civic election, placing 16th in the race for 10 council positions with 49,414 votes.

Life and career

A native of Hong Kong, Tang immigrated to Canada in 1969 and worked in the home construction sector for more than 22 years. He holds a master's degree in engineering from the

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, and studied art through the Alberta College of Art. An engineer by profession, he is able to speak

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and

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fluently and was a board member of the Shaughnessy Heights Property Owners' Association for five years between 2001 and 2006. He was the chair of the Vancouver board of variance. In September 2009 he was accused by Ray Tomlin, a member of the Vancouver Board of Variance who subsequently fired after the making the allegation, of violating the

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by holding meetings in private.Meet Vision Vancouver city council candidate Tony Tang
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'', November 10, 2011.

Board memberships

* Hastings Institute Board * Vancouver City Planning Commission * Seniors Advisory Committee * Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tang, Tony Living people Canadian engineers Hong Kong emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada University of British Columbia Faculty of Applied Science alumni Vision Vancouver councillors Year of birth missing (living people)