Yiu Chung-yim
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Dr The Honourable Yiu Chung-yim MHKIS, FRICS |
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| 姚松炎 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Tse |
| Constituency | Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape |
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| Born | 1964 (age 52–53) Hong Kong |
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Kowloon Technical School University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Assistant professor |
| Profession | Professional Surveyor, Chartered Surveyor |
Dr. Edward Yiu Chung-yim (Chinese: 姚松炎; born 1964) is a Hong Kong scholar and politician. He is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 2016 Legislative Council election representing the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency.
He graduated from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with a degree in surveying in 1998 and kept on obtaining master and doctoral degrees from the HKU in 2000 and 2002 respectively. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and various professional organisations.
He also started teaching as an instructor and lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong in 2002 and became an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the City University and the University of Hong Kong.
In 2016, he was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the Legislative Council election through the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency, defeating incumbent Tony Tse Wai-chuen with 43 percent of the 5,735 votes cast, against Tse's 35 percent. It was the only defeat for an incumbent across the 30 functional constituencies.
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