Hilton Cheong-Leen

Hilton Cheong-Leen (Chinese: 張有興; pinyin: Zhāng Yǒuxīng, born 6 August 1922 in Georgetown, British Guyana) is the chairman and the founder of the Hong Kong Civic Association, which he founded in 1954. He was first elected as a member of the Civic Association to the Urban Council of Hong Kong on 1 April 1957 and also the Vice-Chairman of the Council. He was later appointed to the Legislative Council in 1973 and indirectly elected in 1985. He was the first elected member ever to serve in the Legislative Council. He served in the Urban Counicl until 1991. Cheong-leen was instrumental in pushing for the nine years of compulsory schooling.

He married in 1945 and became the father of two boys and two girls. His wife died in 1979. He is the father of the ballerina and designer Flora Cheong-leen who is married to actor Russell Wong.

References

*Urban Council, "Urban Council Annual Report", 1974
*Virginia Maher, "Hilton Cheong-Leen," in: "South China Morning Post", July 28, 2003, p. 6.