Szeto Wah

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Szeto Wah (Traditional Chinese: 司徒華); (born February 28, 1931), currently the chairman of The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, was a member of the Legislative Council from 1985 to 1997 and 1998 to 2004. Szeto was formerly a primary school principal, and chairman of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union from 1974 to 1990.

Szeto took part in drafting the Hong Kong Basic Law. However; after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he was removed from the drafting committee.

Since the establishment of The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, his relationship with the Communist Party of China became strained. He has been banned from visiting mainland China since serving as the chairman of the alliance.

Szeto was elected to the Legislative Council through the functional constituency of the education sector in 1985 and 1988. He was returned in the Kowloon East in 1991 and in the redrawn constituency in 1995. In the 1998 and 2000 election, he was returned through the multi-member constituency in the same area.

Preceded by Yu Wing Fai	Chairman of HKPTU 1974–1990	Succeeded by Cheung Man Kwong
Preceded by ASPDM established	Chairman of ASPDM 1989–	Succeeded by current incumbent