Tommy Cheung

The Honourable
Tommy Cheung Yu-yan
GBS, JP
張宇人
Chairman of the Liberal Party
Assumed office
7 October 2016
Leader Felix Chung
Preceded by Felix Chung
Non-official Member of the Executive Council
Assumed office
25 November 2016
Appointed by Leung Chun-ying
Carrie Lam
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 October 2000
Preceded by New constituency
Constituency Catering
Personal details
Born (1949-09-30) 30 September 1949
British Hong Kong
Political party Liberal Party
Alma mater Diocesan Boys' School
Pepperdine University (B.Sc., M.B.A.)
Occupation Businessman
Politician
Tommy Cheung
Traditional Chinese 張宇人

Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, GBS, JP (Chinese: 張宇人, born 30 September 1949 in Hong Kong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), representing the Catering functional constituencies seats. He is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and the current chairman of the Liberal Party.

Career

He graduated from the Diocesan Boys' School and Pepperdine University.[1] He was previously a member of the Eastern District Council. He is a businessman, chairman of a trading and investment company,[2] and a member of the Diocesan Boys' School school committee.[3]

Legislative Councillor

In late 2005, when there were strong concerns regarding a potential "bird flu" pandemic, Cheung became "an outspoken opponent of migratory birds". As reported in Hong Kong Standard: "Perhaps what we should do is give each person a gun and when we see a migrating bird, we can just shoot it down, so Hong Kong would be a much safer place," he said last week.

Cheung, who represents the catering sector, stood by his comments Monday: "What I'm trying to explain is that migrating birds are the problem. Getting rid of chickens doesn't stop avian flu."[4]

On 20 March 2010, after Cheung suggested a minimum wage of HK$20/hour, he became the subject of insults and derision from some quarters, nicknamed "$20 Cheung".[5]

Chairman of the Liberal Party

Cheung was elected Liberal Party's new chairman after the 2016 Legislative Council election in October. The new leadership was seen as more moderate and conservative with less vocal anti-Leung Chun-ying (pro-government, but anti-Leung) stance.[6] Cheung was subsequently appointed by Leung to the Executive Council.[7] Cheung is reappointed by Carrie Lam to the Executive Council on 1 July 2017.

Cheung voted against paternity leave when it was introduced to the Employment Ordinance in 2015. In 2018, he opposed the Hong Kong government proposal to increase statutory paternity leave from three days to five, claiming the benefit itself should not even exist, as demands for more would be "never-ending". Cheung said that "back in the 1980s" there was no legally mandated paternal leave, but many companies would still grant "white days" for funerals and "red days" for auspicious events such as births and marriages without the need for "inflexible" labour laws requiring them to do so. Cheung's remarks attracted a lot of criticism, including Ng Chau-pei of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions described Cheung as taking part in a "barbaric form of capitalism".[8] Another Executive Councillor, New People's Party chairwoman Regina Ip agreed members should avoid publicly criticising the government.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Profile of Tommy Cheung Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, SBS, JP Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ An official list of DBS school committee members
  4. ↑ Hong Kong Standard. ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2012-06-21. ." Wetland migratory birds not to blame, say experts. Retrieved on 2012-06-21.
  5. ↑ South China Morning Post. "SCMP." Young critics heckle Liberal lawmaker. Retrieved on 2010-04-05.
  6. ↑ "是否繼續「ABC」反梁　自由黨鬧分歧". HK01. 7 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Hong Kong leader appoints two new cabinet members just four months from leadership race". South China Morning Post. 25 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Mandatory paternity leave for Hongkongers a mistake as city has dire shortage of workers, pro-establishment lawmaker says". South China Morning Post. 9 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hong Kong lawmaker who called mandatory paternity leave a mistake criticised by colleagues for attacking government plan". South China Morning Post. 11 August 2018.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Ambrose Cheung
as Representative for Urban Council		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Catering
2000–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Emily Lau		 Chairman of Finance Committee
2012–2013		 Succeeded by
Ng Leung-sing
Preceded by
Ng Leung-sing		 Chairman of Finance Committee
2014–2015		 Succeeded by
Chan Kin-por
Party political offices
Preceded by
Selina Chow		 Vice-Chairperson of the Liberal Party
2008–2010
Served alongside: Vincent Fang		 Succeeded by
Selina Chow
Preceded by
Felix Chung		 Chairman of the Liberal Party
2016–present		 Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Ip Kwok-him
Member of the Executive Council		 Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Executive Council		 Succeeded by
Martin Liao
Member of the Executive Council
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