Cheung Man-kwong

Cheung Man-kwong
Cheung Man-kwong
張文光
	Cheung in 2017
President of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
	In office; 1990–2010
Preceded by	Szeto Wah
Succeeded by	Fung Wai-wah
Member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong
	In office; 9 October 1991 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	Szeto Wah
Succeeded by	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency	Teaching/Education
	In office; 1 October 1998 – 30 September 2012
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Ip Kin-yuen
Constituency	Education
Personal details
Born	15 September 1954 (age 69); Hong Kong
Nationality	Hong Konger
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse	Ho Kwok-ching
Alma mater	Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSocSc)

Cheung Man-kwong (Chinese: 張文光, born 15 September 1954) is a Hong Kong politician, who is a member of the Yuen Long District Council.

Background

Born in Hong Kong with family roots in Taishan, Cheung was a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council representing the Education functional constituency. He is a member of Democratic Party and former chairman of Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the Economics department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is a registered teacher.^[1]

In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council functional constituencies.^[2]

^ "Cheung Man Kwong – Personal Data". Archived from the original on 9 December 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
^ Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, South China Morning Post, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Szeto Wah	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Teaching 1991–1995	Succeeded by Himself as Representative for Education
Preceded by Himself as Representative for Teaching	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Education 1995–1997	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
New parliament	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Education 1998–2012	Succeeded by Ip Kin-yuen
Educational offices
Preceded by Szeto Wah	Chairman of HKPTU 1990–2010	Succeeded by Fung Wai-wah

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