Steven Dominique Cheung (Chinese: 張敬龍) is a British Chinese Broadcaster. He was one of the youngest[1] candidates who stood in the European Parliament elections on 4 June 2009.[2][3][4]
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Born 7 October 1989,[5] Cheung grew up in Fanling, Hong Kong and immigrated with his parents to England when he was 11.[6][7][8] His father is Chinese and his mother is Filipino.[9][10] His father works as a chef and his mother is a dinner lady.[11] He speaks four different languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, English and Tagalog.[12] He studied at Highams Park School in Waltham Forest and then took a gap year to stand for the MEP seat.[13]
Cheung is a winner of the Diana Memorial Award in 2009 and was elected the Olympic Ambassador for Waltham Forest.[14] Cheung is part of Envision's Graduate panel, and a Young Advisor for the Ministry of Justice and Waltham Forest Council.[15] He is a member of the Royal Institution[16] and a member of British Chinese Project,[17] which aims to involve young British Chinese in the country's politics.[18][19] Cheung is also a DJ on Spectrum Radio in London.[20]
Cheung joined Spectrum Radio in September 2008 and have been co-hosting the cantonese programme on Spectrum Chinese Programme for two years. Cheung started presenting the Saturday programme and then evolved into presenting the Spectrum English Programme from 8pm to 9pm since February 2011. Topics discussed are usually concerning issues related to the Chinese community and Chinese culture. Cheung is known to be witty, is very enthusiastic about current affairs and has a broad range of general knowledge. Cheung is also a regular contributor on Spectrum Radio Cantonese Programme with DJ Alice. [1]
Cheung's campaign focuses on peace and he "hopes to use his youth to persuade young people to vote for him". He is running the election as an independent and promises "an open and fresh approach to politics". He hopes to "reinvigorate the public mood and capture the disengaged" when the "European Elections have traditionally been associated with a low-turn out"[21] There was eight seats in his constituency, London.[22] Cheung came second out of all the independent candidates and surpassed two political parties in votes.London_(European_Parliament_constituency)