Tam Yiu-chung

The Honourable Tam Yiu-chung GBM, JP
譚耀宗
Tam in the Legislative Council Complex in 2015
Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
In office 28 August 2007 – 17 April 2015
Preceded by	Ma Lik
Succeeded by	Starry Lee
Member of the Legislative Council
In office 2 July 1998 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Eddie Chu
Constituency	New Territories West
In office 30 October 1985 – 31 July 1995
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Cheng Yiu-tong
Constituency	Labour
In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council)
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Parliament abolished
Non-official Member of the Executive Council
In office 1997–2002
Appointed by	Tung Chee-hwa
Preceded by	New council
Succeeded by	Tsang Yok-sing
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-15) 15 December 1949 (age 67) Hong Kong
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	DAB
Other political affiliations	Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU)
Spouse(s)	Lai Xiang-ming
Residence	Hong Kong
Alma mater	Australian National University London Metropolitan University
Occupation	Legislative Councillor Trade unionists Politician

Tam Yiu-chung, GBM, JP (born 15 December 1949, Hong Kong) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories West constituency from 1998 to 2016. He was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2002. He was the chairman of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) from 2007 to 2015.

Tam was born in a Hakka family of Huiyang ancestry. In 1968, when he was a 19-year-old window display designer, he joined a retail union. He later rose to be the vice-chairman in 1975 and become one of the vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, the largest pro-Communist trade union in Hong Kong, with Cheng Yiu-tong in 1982. In 1985, he was first elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the first ever Legislative Council election as a Labour representative. He was also appointed to the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee which responsible for the drafting of the mini-constitution of Hong Kong after 1997.

In 1992, he co-founded the pro-Beijing party the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) with other local pro-Communist leaders. He became the founding vice-chairman of the party. In the 1995 Legislative Council elections, he gave up his Legislative Council seat in the labour constituency to fight for the Kowloon Southeast, one of 18 geographical constituencies elected by the public at large, but narrowly defeated by the Demcoratic Party candidate Fred Li Wah-ming, finishing a little over 2,000 votes behind.