Tam Yiu-chung

The Honourable Tam Yiu-chung GBS, JP 譚耀宗
Tam at an election forum
Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 August 2007
Vice Chairman	Lau Kong-wah Ann Chiang Horace Cheung Starry Lee
Preceded by	Ma Lik
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 1998
Preceded by	New parliament
Constituency	New Territories West
In office 30 October 1985 – 31 July 1995
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Cheng Yiu-tong
Constituency	Labour
In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council)
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Parliament abolished
Non-official Member of the Executive Council
In office 1997–2002
Appointed by	Tung Chee-hwa
Preceded by	New council
Succeeded by	Tsang Yok-sing
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-15) 15 December 1949 Hong Kong
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Spouse(s)	Lai Xiang-ming
Residence	Hong Kong
Alma mater	Australian National University University of London
Occupation	Legislative Councillor Trade unionists

Tam Yiu-chung, GBS, JP (born 15 December 1949, Hong Kong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories West constituency. He was a member of the Executive Council from 1997 to 2002. He is the chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).

Tam studied Adult Education at Australian National University and Trade Union Studies at the London School of Economics. He is a Justice of the Peace and holds the Gold Bauhinia Star. He was selected DAB Chairman following the death from cancer of the previous chairman Ma Lik on 29 August 2007. He had been acting chairman for the preceding three weeks. Later he received the post, elected as the chairman of DAB, and re-elected in 2009.

External links

• Legco biography