Eddie Chu
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The Honourable Eddie Chu Hoi-dick |
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| 朱凱廸 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Tam Yiu-chung |
| Constituency | New Territories West |
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29 September 1977 Hong Kong |
| Citizenship | Hong Kong permanent resident |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Political party | Land Justice League |
| Residence | Kam Tin, New Territories |
| Education | Tehran University |
| Alma mater | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Community organiser |
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| Traditional Chinese | 朱凱廸 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jyū Hói dihk |
| Jyutping | Zyu1 Hoi2 dik6 |
Eddie Chu Hoi-dick (Chinese: 朱凱廸; born 29 September 1977) is a Hong Kong social activist and politician. He is a member of the Local Action and founder of the Land Justice League which are involved in conservation and environmental movements. He is known for his actions against the demolition of the Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier and Queen's Pier in 2006 and 2007 and Tsoi Yuen Tsuen in 2009 and 2010. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election in New Territories West. Chu is a member of self-determination pro-democracy camp, as well as Lau Siu-lai and Nathan Law.
Chu was born in Hong Kong in 1977 and was educated at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After his graduation in 1999, he studied Persian language at the Tehran University in Iran and worked as an editor and reporter, covering news in several Persian-speaking countries after he returned to Hong Kong.
Chu became involved in cultural conservation and environmental issues and founded an activist group called Local Action. In 2006, he was one of the leaders to launch a campaign against the government's decision to demolish the Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier for the Star Ferry and the Queen's Pier to make way for the land reclamation project. He camped inside the pier with other protesters and filed a judicial review with another environmentalist Ho Loy against the decision of the then Secretary for Home Affairs of 22 May 2007 not to declare the Queen's Pier a monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Cap 53). The Court of First Instance dismissed the judicial review application on 10 August 2007.
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