| Lee Cheuk-yan 李卓人 |
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| Lee Cheuk-yan | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1957 Chaoyang, Guangdong |
| Nationality | People's Republic of China |
| Political party | Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions The Frontier Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Tang |
| Occupation | Legislative Councillor Trade unionists |
Lee Cheuk-yan (Chinese: 李卓人; pinyin: Lǐ Zhuōrén; Yale: Léih Cheuk Yàhn; born 12 February 1957 in Chaoyang, Guangdong) is the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories West constituency. He is also General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, and the chairman of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.
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Lee emigrated from Mainland China to Hong Kong in 1959. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree in civil engineering.[1]
Since his university days, he has been a labour and pro-democracy activist. During the student-led Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he collected donations from Hong Kong and travelled to Beijing to hand-over the funds to student protesters at Tiananmen Square. He was detained by the authorities there and made to sign a confession letter before being allowed to return to Hong Kong. Since the events of 1989, Lee has remained a standing committee member of the pro-democracy group, The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.
In 1995, Lee was elected unopposed in a byelection of the Legislative Council. He won and was re-elected four times since then. He has been a lawmaker for more than a decade, except a brief period during 1997 and 1998, when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the People's Republic of China, and the Legislative Council temporarily became a Provisional Legislative Council, which was filled with people indirectly hand picked by Beijing.
He is married to Elizabeth Tang, the chairperson of the Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO. They have one daughter.[1]
On 25 October 2008 Lee was collecting signatures for old age pensions when a man walked up to his table, wrote down his ID number and next to it the name of Leung Kwok-hung (Long Hair), then began turning over the tables and throwing papers on the floor.[2] He then punched Lee in the face and shoved a banana in his mouth.[3] The 58-year old attacker, surnamed Suen (孫), was then arrested by the police. [2][4] He was detained overnight in a Tuen Mun Hospital then sent to Castle Peak Hospital for psychiatric observation.[3]
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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| New seat | Member of Legislative Council Representative for Production constituency 1995–1997 |
Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council |
| Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories West constituency 1998–present With: Albert Ho, Tam Yiu-chung, Leung Yiu-chung (1998–present) Lee Wing-tat (1998–2000) Tang Siu-tong (2000–2004) Albert Chan (2000–present) Selina Chow (2004–2008) Cheung Hok-ming, Lee Wing-tat (2004–present) Wong Kwok-hing (2008–present) |
Incumbent | |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Szeto Wah |
Chairman of the Alliance 2011–present |
Incumbent |
| New political party | Chairman of Labour Party 2011–present |
Incumbent |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Raymond Ho Member of the Legislative Council |
Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council |
Succeeded by David Li Member of the Legislative Council |
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