Cheung Man-kwong (, born 15 September 1954) is a
Hong Kong
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politician, who is a member of the Yuen Long District Council.
Background
Born in Hong Kong with family roots in
Taishan, Cheung was a member of the
Hong Kong Legislative Council
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' ...
representing the Education
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 ...
. He is a member of
Democratic Party and former chairman of
Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the Economics department of
the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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and is a registered teacher.
Views, policy positions and Legco voting
In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's
2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new
District Council functional constituencies.
[Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, ''South China Morning Post'', Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010]
References
External links
Hong Kong Legislative Council's website on Cheung Man KwongCheung Man Kwong's websiteHong Kong Professional Teachers' Union's website
Cheung, Man Kwong
Cheung, Man Kwong
Charter 08 signatories
Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians
United Democrats of Hong Kong politicians
Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong educators
HK LegCo Members 1991–1995
HK LegCo Members 1995–1997
HK LegCo Members 1998–2000
HK LegCo Members 2000–2004
HK LegCo Members 2004–2008
HK LegCo Members 2008–2012
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021
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