David Chu Yu-lin

Dr. David Chu Yu-lin JP
朱幼麟

Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office 11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency	Election Committee
In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council)
In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2004
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Election Committee
Personal details
Born	(1944-03-05) 5 March 1944 (age 72) Shanghai, China
Nationality	Hong Kong Chinese American (renounced 1994)
Political party	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Other political affiliations	Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (until 1999) Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (1999–2005)
Spouse(s)	Chu Ho Miu-hing
Children	Ann Chu Kwok-on Chu Kwok-chuen
Alma mater	Northeastern University Harvard University
Occupation	Managing Director

David Chu Yu-lin

朱幼麟

Dr. David Chu Yu-lin, JP (born 5 March 1944) is a Hong Kong politician. He was one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA), a forerunner of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), and has been a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as well as the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.

Chu was born in Shanghai in 1944. He moved to the United States in 1958 with his parents. The family settled in Bedford, Massachusetts, and Chu would go on to naturalise as a U.S. citizen. He graduated from Cambridge High and Latin School in 1962. He continued his education at Northeastern University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Business Administration. His employer sent him to Hong Kong on assignment in 1977, and he chose to settle there.

Chu held positions in a number of government bodies soon after his arrival in Hong Kong, the earliest as a member of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force from 1982 to 1985. He was named a Hong Kong Affairs Advisor to the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in 1992.

In 1996, Chu was chosen as a member of the Provisional Legislative Council. In 1997, he was named a Hong Kong deputy to the 9th National People's Congress. In the 1998 LegCo election, he ran as a candidate in the Election Committee functional constituency, and was elected with 469 votes, the fifth-highest out of ten candidates. In the 2000 LegCo election, he was returned to the same seat with 464 votes, again the fifth-highest out of the ten candidates. In 2003, he was reappointed a Hong Kong deputy to the 10th National People's Congress.