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Anthony Cheung

The Honourable
Anthony Cheung Bing-leung
GBS, JP
張炳良
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Anthony Cheung (2010)
Secretary for Transport and Housing
Assumed office
1 July 2012
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying
Preceded by Eva Cheng
5th President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education
In office
January 2008 – 2012
Preceded by Lee Wing-on (acting)
Succeeded by Cheng Yin-Cheong (acting)
Personal details
Born (1952-11-17) 17 November 1952 (age 64)
Political party Meeting Point (1983-1994)
Democratic Party (1994–2004)
Independent (2004–present)
Alma mater BSocSc (HKU)
MSc (Aston University)
PhD in Government (LSE)

Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, GBS, JP (Chinese: 張炳良; born 17 November 1952) is the current Secretary for Transport and Housing.

He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Election Committee constituency) and a vice-chairman of the Democratic Party. He was also the 5th President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is at present an official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He is the only member with a pro-democracy camp background in the Executive council.

Cheung founded SynergyNet, a policy think tank, and provides public comment on policy issues. In 2011, he called for a separate regulatory code for the emerging class of political assistants and policy advisers, who are between civil servants and executive officials.

Cheung is a graduate of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, a prestigious boys' Roman Catholic government school in Hong Kong.

He has a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics, an MSc in Public Sector Management from Aston University and a BSocSc in Sociology and Economics from the University of Hong Kong (1974).


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