Fernando Cheung
| Dr. Fernando Cheung | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 12 September 2004 – 7 September 2008 |
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| Succeeded by | Cheung Kwok-che |
| Constituency | Social Welfare |
| Internal Vice-Chairman of the Civic Party | |
| In office 16 March 2006 – 6 December 2008 |
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| Leader | Audrey Eu |
| Succeeded by | Alan Leong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1957 20px Macau |
| Political party | Civic Party (2006-2010) |
| Alma mater | St. Paul's College Hong Kong Baptist University (B.SocSc in Social Work) California State University (Master in Social Work) University of California, Berkeley (Doctorate) |
| Occupation | Lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Applied Social Science) |
Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung (simplified Chinese: 张超雄; traditional Chinese: 張超雄; born 23 February 1957, Macau) is a Hong Kong politician, the vice-chairman of the Civic Party, he is a former member of the Legislative Council.
Cheung worked in the United States from 1988, and became a naturalized United States citizen. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990, and worked as a physician[citation needed]. He also served as the head of an Asian rights organization (屋崙華人服務社) in San Francisco.
After he moved back to Hong Kong in 1996, he became a lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He became the vice-convener of Civil Human Rights Front in 2002. He had close relationship with the left wing pro-democrats. He joined the functional constituency of social welfare of the Legislative Council in June, 2004. He defeated Cheung Kwok-chu by a razor-thin 64 votes. After he won the election, he refused to visit Beijing on 30 September 2004 with nine other pro-democratic legislators; choosing to protest on that day for Hong Kong citizens instead.
Cheung introduced a motion for the referendum on universal suffrage for the 2007 chief executive elections in Hong Kong. The Chinese government had warned Hong Kong's pro-democracy legislators not to hold a referendum on universal suffrage for 2007/08. After three members of the democratic camp said they would not vote for his motion at the Legislative Council's constitutional affairs panel meeting, he said,
| “ | Perhaps the three councillors feared that a referendum was legally binding in nature and hence their reluctance to support my motion. I believe every democrat lawmaker still accepts the 2007-08 target. Voting against my motion does not mean they have abandoned hope of universal suffrage. | ” |
He has also said that if the motion cannot be passed, he would hold an unofficial referendum.[citation needed]
His paternal grandmother is a native of Peru.[1]
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- ^ Emily Kwong, 讓女兒放輕鬆 叫父親太沉重, 13 December 2008, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Page 07
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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| Preceded by Law Chi Kwong |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for Social Welfare constituency 2004–2008 |
Succeeded by Cheung Kwok Che |
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Hong Kong Baptist University
- Alumni of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong
- Chinese emigrants to the United States
- Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong educators
- Hong Kong politicians
- Macau people
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- Civic Party politicians
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