Preceded by Szeto Wah Constituency Education Succeeded by Ip Kin-yuen Preceded by New parliament Political party Democratic Party | Constituency Teaching/Education Name Cheung Man-kwong Preceded by Szeto Wah Nationality Hong Kong | |
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Born 15 September 1954 (age 69)
Hong Kong ( 1954-09-15 ) Education The Chinese University of Hong Kong | ||
Cheung Man-kwong (Chinese: 張文光, born 15 September 1954 ) is a Hong Kong politician, who is part of the Yuen Long District Council.
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Background
Born in Hong Kong with family roots in Taishan, Guangdong was a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council representing the Education functional constituency. He is a member of Democratic Party and former chairman of Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union. He obtain his bachelor's degree from the Economics department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is a registered teacher.
Views, policy positions and Legco voting
In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government’s 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council functional constituencies.