Ti-liang Yang
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The Honourable Dato Seri Paduka Sir Ti-liang Yang GBM, JP |
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| Life Member of the Court of HKU | |
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Assumed office 18 December 2001 Serving with Sir Yuet-Keung Kan, Dr. Rayson Huang and Dr. Victor Fung |
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| Chief Justice of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1988–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Denys Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Sir Noel Power (acting) |
| Unofficial Member of the Executive Council |
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In office 1997–2002 |
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| Chief Executive | Tung Chee-Hwa |
| Convenor |
Sir Sze-Yuen Chung Chun-Ying Leung |
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30 June 1929 Shanghai, Republic of China |
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| Alma mater |
Soochow University (Suzhou) Law School LLB (University College, London) |
| Honorary Degree | Hon LLD (CUHK) Hon DLitt (HKU) Hon LLD (PolyU) |
The Hon. Dato Seri Paduka Sir Ti-liang Yang,GBM, JP, (Chinese: 楊鐵樑爵士; born 30 June 1929) is a retired senior Hong Kong judge. He was the Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1988–1996, the only ethnic Chinese person to hold this office during British colonial rule.
He was a candidate in the 1996 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, where he lost to his opponent Tung Chee-Hwa. After the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong, he was appointed a non-official member of the Executive Council by Tung and retired in 2002. In retirement, he mainly focuses on writing and teaching English. In September 2003, he became the host of a RTHK radio programme, Yang Ti-liang Mail Box (楊鐵樑留言信箱), teaching English grammar.
Yang was born in Shanghai on 30 June 1929 to an influential family which had roots in what was Nanguan in Xiangshan County of Guangnan East Circuit (now Zhongshan, Guangdong Province) since the early twelfth century, although they had resided in Shanghai since the early nineteenth century. His pre-12th century ancestors were officials in Guangling, now Guangling District, Yangzhou, whose roots go back to the Sui dynasty.
He is the youngest of four siblings. Their great-grandfather, Yang Guixuan, and grandfather, Yang Meinan, were trading partners with Swire in Shanghai. His father, Yang Shaonan (楊少南), was a Swire manager who later co-founded a shipping company with Swire. His mother, Chun Sinyu (陳蒨如), was educated at St. Mary's Middle School in Shanghai. Her father and grandfather, Chen Xuejie (Chun Shut-kai) and Chen Keliang (Chun Ko-liang), respectively, were trading partners with Swire.
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