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Cheung Yin-tung

Cheung Yin-tung
張賢登
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Secretary of the Democratic Party
In office
13 December 1998 – 17 December 2006
Preceded by Law Chi-kwong
Succeeded by Pegga Ha
In office
14 December 2008 – 23 January 2015
Preceded by Pegga Ha
Succeeded by Li Wing-shing
Treasurer of the Democratic Party
In office
17 December 2006 – 14 December 2008
Preceded by Tsui Hon-kwong
Succeeded by Tsui Hon-kwong
Member of the Yuen Long District Board
In office
1 October 1991 – 30 September 1994
Preceded by Zachary Wong
Chung Kwai-ping
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Constituency Yuen Long Town West
Member of the Yuen Long District Council
In office
1 January 2004 – 31 December 2007
Preceded by New constituency
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Constituency Wang Yat
Personal details
Born (1964-05-01) May 1, 1964 (age 52)
British Hong Kong
Political party United Democrats (1990–94)
Democratic Party (since 1994)

Cheung Yin-tung (Chinese: 張賢登; born 1 May 1964) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the former secretary and treasurer of the Democratic Party and former member of the Yuen Long District Council.

He was a New Territories indigenous resident born in Yuen Long in 1964. He participated in student activism when he was younger and was chairman of the 32nd standing committee of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) and led protests in support of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 in Beijing.

After he graduated, he became a teacher. He was invited by Meeting Point and United Democrats of Hong Kong legislator Ng Ming-yam to join the United Democrats, which later transformed into the Democratic Party. He was elected to the Yuen Long District Board in 1991 but was defeated by conservative Leung Che-cheung in Yiu Yau with a large margin in the 1994 re-election. He participated in the 1995 Regional Council election, running against Leung Che-cheung again but lost to Leung in a margin of 70 votes.

In the 2003 District Council election, he won a seat in the Wang Yat constituency, taking the first seat for the Democrats in Tin Shui Wai. In the 2004 Legislative Council election, he ran in the New Territories West with Albert Ho's ticket. Ho eventually won a seat but Cheung was unelected. He ran again in 2008 Legislative Council election, leading the third ticket for the Democratic Party along with Albert Ho and Lee Wing-tat. His ticket received 10,069 votes and was not elected.


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