Alvin Yeung
| The Honourable Alvin Yeung | |
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| 楊岳橋 | |
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Alvin Yeung after 2016 New Territories East by-electoral victory | |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 29 February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ronny Tong |
| Constituency | New Territories East |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1981 (age 34–35) Hong Kong |
| Nationality |
Canadian (until 2012) Hong Kong Chinese |
| Political party | Civic Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Western Ontario (B.A.) Peking University (LL.M.) University of Bristol (M.A.) |
| Occupation |
Barrister Politician |
Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu (Chinese: 楊岳橋, born 1981) is a barrister and politician in Hong Kong. He is currently member of the Civic Party and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing New Territories East after winning the 2016 by-election.
Biography
Yeung was born in Yuen Long, Hong Kong in 1981 as the only child to a restaurant owner and a jewellery dealer, Yeung and his parents emigrated to Canada in the early 1990s after the Tiananmen massacre in 1989.[1] Yeung graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree of political science and obtained a master of laws in constitutional and administrative laws from the Peking University around 2003.
Inspired by the large-scale 2003 July 1 march, Yeung joined a group called “7.1 People Pile". He campaigned for Alan Leong Kah-kit, a barrister-turned-politician in the 2004 Legislative Council election. In the following year, he joined the master of arts in legal studies program at the University of Bristol and became a certified barrister in 2008.[1]
He joined the Civic Party in 2011 and ran in the 2011 District Council election in Tai Po Market but was defeated. He later elected to the Election Committee through the legal subsector in the Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector election, 2011. In 2012 Legislative Council election, he partnered with Ronny Tong Ka-wah to run in the New Territories East and successfully got Tong re-elected. He had given up his Canadian citizenship for the candidacy in the election.[2]
Yeung is currently chairman of the New Territories East branch of the party and member of the Appeal Panel (Housing),[3] and also co-host of the political talk-show “Teacup in a Storm” on D100 radio station.[1]
He was recommended by Ronny Tong when Tong resigned from the Legislative Council in June 2015 to take up the seat in the upcoming by-election. He retained the seat for the Civic Party by defeating Beijing-loyalist Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) candidate Holden Chow Ho-ding and localist Hong Kong Indigenous candidate Edward Leung Tin-kei, receiving 160,880 votes in the New Territories East constituency.[4]
References
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- 1 2 3 Zeng, Vivienne (24 August 2015). "Rising political leaders profile: Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu". Hong Kong Free Press.
- ↑ "Hong Kong legislator Ronny Tong prepares successor, but who is Alvin Yeung?". South China Morning Post. 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "YEUNG Ngok Kiu, Alvin". Civic Party.
- ↑ "2016 Legislative Council Geographical Constituency New Territories By-election - Election Result". Electoral Affairs Commission. 29 February 2016.
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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| Preceded by Ronny Tong |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 2016–present |
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