| Anthony Cheung GBS, BBS, JP |
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| Anthony Cheung (2010) | |
| 5th President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Wing-on |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 November 1952 |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | BSocSc (HKU) MSc (Aston University) PhD in Government (LSE) |
Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, BBS, JP (Chinese: 張炳良; born 17 November 1952) is the current President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and a vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong. He is at present a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He is the only member with a pro-democracy camp background in the council.[1]
Cheung founded SynergyNet, a policy think tank, and provides public comment on policy issues. In 2011, he called for a separate regulatory code for the emerging class of political assistants and policy advisers, who are between civil servants and executive officials.[2]
At present, Cheung also serves as the chairman of both the Hong Kong Consumer Council and the Subsidised Housing Committee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority.[3]
Cheung is a gradudate of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, a prestigious all male Roman Catholic Jesuit school in Hong Kong. He has a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics, an MSc in Public Sector Management from Aston University and a BSocSc in Sociology and Economics from the University of Hong Kong (1974).
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| Previous: Marvin Cheung Non-official member of the Executive Council |
Hong Kong order of precedence Non-official member of the Executive Council |
Succeeded by Denise Yue Secretary for the Civil Service |
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