Fernando Cheung
| Dr the Honourable Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung | |
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| 張超雄 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Cheng |
| Constituency | New Territories East |
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In office 1 October 2004 – 30 September 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Law Chi-kwong |
| Succeeded by | Cheung Kwok-che |
| Constituency | Social Welfare |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 February 1957 Macau |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Other political affiliations | Civic Party (2006–10) |
| Alma mater |
St. Paul's College Hong Kong Baptist University (BSocSc) California State University (MSW) University of California, Berkeley, (Ph.D) |
| Occupation |
Lecturer Social worker |
Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung (張超雄; born 23 February 1957, in Macau) is a Hong Kong politician, the vice-chairman of the Labour Party, he is a member of the Legislative Council.
Cheung worked in the United States from 1988, and became a naturalized United States citizen. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990.[1] He served as the head of the Oakland Chinese Community Council (屋崙華人服務社).
After he moved back to Hong Kong in 1996, he became a lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He became the vice-convener of Civil Human Rights Front in 2002. He had close relationship with the pro-democrats. He joined the functional constituency of social welfare of the Legislative Council in June, 2004. He defeated Cheung Kwok-chu by a razor-thin 64 votes. After he won the election, he refused to visit Beijing on 30 September 2004 with nine other pro-democratic legislators; choosing to protest on that day for Hong Kong citizens instead.
Cheung introduced a motion for the referendum on universal suffrage for the 2007 chief executive elections in Hong Kong. The Chinese government had warned Hong Kong's pro-democracy legislators not to hold a referendum on universal suffrage for 2007/08. After three members of the democratic camp said they would not vote for his motion at the Legislative Council's constitutional affairs panel meeting, he said,
| “ | Perhaps the three councillors feared that a referendum was legally binding in nature and hence their reluctance to support my motion. I believe every democrat lawmaker still accepts the 2007-08 target. Voting against my motion does not mean they have abandoned hope of universal suffrage. | ” |
He has also said that if the motion cannot be passed, he would hold an unofficial referendum.
His paternal grandmother is a native of Peru.[2]
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References
- ↑ http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/members/yr12-16/cch.htm
- ↑ Emily Kwong, 讓女兒放輕鬆 叫父親太沉重, 13 December 2008, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Page 07
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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| Preceded by Law Chi-kwong |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for Social Welfare 2004–2008 |
Succeeded by Cheung Kwok-che |
| Preceded by Andrew Cheng |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 2012–present |
Incumbent |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Christopher Cheung Member of the Legislative Council |
Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council |
Succeeded by Sin Chung-kai Member of the Legislative Council |
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