| The Honourable Dr. Leung Chun-ying GBM, GBS, JP |
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| Convenor of the Executive Council | |
| In office 1 July 1999 – 3 October 2011 |
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| President | Tung Chee-hwa Sir Donald Tsang |
| Preceded by | Chung Sze-yuen |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Arculli |
| Member of the CPPCC | |
| In office 10th CPPCC 11th CPPCC |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2003 |
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| Personal details | |
| Spouse(s) | Regina Tong Ching-yi |
| Children | Leung Chuen-yan Leung Chai-yan Leung Chung-yan |
| Alma mater | King's College (Hong Kong) Hong Kong Technical College Bristol Polytechnic |
| Occupation | surveyor |
| Honorary Degree | DBA (PolyU) PhD in Business Administration (UWE) |
Leung Chun-ying GBM GBS JP (Chinese: 梁振英; Mandarin Pinyin: Liáng Zhènyīng; Jyutping: Loeng4 Zan3 Jing1) (born 12 August 1954 in Hong Kong with family roots in Weihai, Shandong), commonly known as CY, was the Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong until his resignation in September 2011.[1][2]
Leung is currently a candidate in the 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election.
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Leung attended high school at King's College. In 1974, he graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a diploma in surveying. In 1977, he read Valuation and Estate management at Bristol Polytechnic in the United Kingdom.[3]
In 1977 Leung returned to HK from the UK and joined the real estate firm Jones Lang Wootton for 5 years.[4] By the age of 30 he was already the chairman of the JLW branch in HK.[4] Making a salary of HK$10 million a year, he was given the nickname "Emperor of the working class" (打工皇帝) early in his career.[4] In 1993 he opened his own surveyor company. By 2000 this company would merge along with Singapore's Dai Yuk-coeng company (戴玉祥) into DTZ Debenham Tie Leung Limited.[5] From 1995 to 1996 Leung was the president of Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. He was the past chairman of Hong Kong branch's Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.[1] He then became an honorary advisor of Shenzhen, Tianjian and Shanghai government on Land Reform.[1] He is also the International Economic advisor for the People's government of Hebei province.[1]
From 1999 to 2008 he was a council chairman at Lingnan University.[6] He is also chairman and member of the Council of the City University of Hong Kong.[3]
In 1999 Leung was awarded the Golden Bauhinia Awards.[4] He is a member of the National Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[3] He is also the chairman, board of directors for the One Country Two Systems Research Institute. [3]
In July 2009 he fanned speculation that he might stand as a candidate for Chief Executive of Hong Kong, saying that he would "talk later" about the matter.[7] On 28 November 2011, he officially announced his candidacy for the post.[8]
In 2011, there were confrontations between police and demonstrators after the annual 1 July march amid public opposition to the government's draft legislation to eliminate by elections for vacated Legco seats. Leung responded by saying that such rowdy rallies should be "sanctioned and restrained".[9]
Leung has two daughters and a son. His father was originally a Hong Kong police officer.[4]
After the 1997 Hong Kong handover to China, Chief executive Tung Chee-hwa proposed the so called "85,000 plan" (八萬五建屋計劃 /八萬五計劃) during his policy address.[10] Under this plan 70% of the citizens can finally have an affordable home within 10 years in Hong Kong's turbulent real estate market.[10][11] But by 29 June 2000, Tung said he has not used the word "85,000" since 1998.[10] Questions exist as to whether this plan ever existed at all.[10] In 2003 the Hong Kong government even terminated the Home Ownership Scheme.[12]
As the convenor of the Executive council, Leung Chun-ying has been put on the spot many times regarding this policy plan over the years.[13] In May 2011 Leung was even challenged by a citizen that "Leung had the balls to bring up this 85,000 policy".[14] The citizen further said these policies favor the business (upper) class.[14] Leung responded that the plan was something the government just projected at one time.[14]
Leung Chun-ying is holding a position of the Council Chairman of the City University of Hong Kong during which he has been accused of failing to properly oversee the overall management of the university, leading to various attempts to suppress and threaten the Staff's Association. He ignored staffs' request to investigate the President's policy to introduce the "Performance-based Pay Review" system (PBPR) which has been perceived by most staffs in the university to be an unfair system of evaluation and assessment. All these allegations raise serious concerns over Leung's efficiency, in view of his interest in the position of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
| Political offices | ||
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| New creation | Convenor of the Executive Council 1997–2011 |
Succeeded by Ronald Arculli |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Charles K. Kao Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal |
Hong Kong order of precedence Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal |
Succeeded by Allan Zeman Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal |