- Andrew Cheng
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The Honourable Andrew Cheng Kar-Foo
鄭家富Member of the
Legislative Council of Hong KongIn office
1998 – presentPersonal details Born Hong Kong Nationality Chinese (Hong Kong) Residence Hong Kong Alma mater University of New South Wales Profession Legislative Councillor Website http://www.chengkarfoo.org/ Andrew Cheng Kar Foo (Chinese: 鄭家富) BA, MA, MEd, PCLL (born 28 April 1960 in Hong Kong with family roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency. He was a founder member of the Democratic Party, a member of Southern District Council between 1994 to 1999. He has been a member of Tai Po District Council since 1999.
Married and a father of two, Cheng is a solicitor and has represented the New Territories East constituency since 1998.
In June 2010, Cheng publicly pondered his moral dilemma in supporting the vote in support of the revised electoral reform proposals put forward by the government and backed by the Democratic Party. He subsequently decided to vote against the proposals, and announced in his Legco speech that he would quit the party because "small, but critical differences of opinion" prevented him from fulfilling his election pledge to strive for universal suffrage in 2012.[1]
References
- ^ Wong, Albert (24 Jun. 2010) "Electoral reform row makes one Democrat a quitter, others bitter", South China Morning Post
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong New seat Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Financial, Insurance and Real Estate Services constituency
1995–1997Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council Member of Legislative Council
Representative for New Territories East constituency
1998 – present
Served alongside: Emily Lau, Cyd Ho, Andrew Wong,
Lau Kong-wah, Nelson Wong, James Tien, Ronny Tong
Leung Kwok-hung, Li Kwok Ying, Gary ChanIncumbent Order of precedence Preceded by
Emily Lau
Member of the Legislative CouncilHong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative CouncilSucceeded by
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