Cheung Man-kwong

{{Short description|Hong Kong politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Cheung Man-kwong | native_name = {{nobold|張文光}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk | image = File:Cheung_Man-kwong_in_2017.jpeg | caption = Cheung in 2017 | office = President of the [[Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union]] | predecessor = [[Szeto Wah]] | term_start = 1990 | term_end = 2010 | successor = [[Fung Wai-wah]] | office1 = Member of [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] | predecessor1 = [[Szeto Wah]] | successor1 = ''Replaced by [[Provisional Legislative Council]]'' | term_start1 = 9 October 1991 | term_end1 = 30 June 1997 | constituency1 = [[Education (constituency)|Teaching/Education]] | term_start2 = 1 October 1998 | term_end2 = 30 September 2012 | predecessor2 = ''New parliament'' | successor2 = [[Ip Kin-yuen]] | constituency2 = [[Education (constituency)|Education]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|9|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Hong Kong]] | party = [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] | profession = | spouse = Ho Kwok-ching | alma_mater = [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]] {{small|([[BSocSc]])}} }}

'''Cheung Man-kwong''' ({{zh|c=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, Guangdong|Taishan]], Cheung was a member of the [[Hong Kong Legislative Council]] representing the Education [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]]. He is a member of [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|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.<ref name="cmkoffice1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cheungmankwong.org.hk/cmkeng/engframe.html |title=Cheung Man Kwong – Personal Data |accessdate=14 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209055336/http://www.cheungmankwong.org.hk/cmkeng/engframe.html |archivedate=9 December 2009 }}</ref>

==Views, policy positions and Legco voting== In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's [[Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive and for Forming the LegCo in 2012|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 Councils of Hong Kong|District Council]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituencies]].<ref>Cheers and jeers for political reform vote, ''South China Morning Post'', Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101228052958/http://legco.gov.hk/general/english/members/yr08-12/cmk.htm Hong Kong Legislative Council's website on Cheung Man Kwong] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20001028051458/http://www.cheungmankwong.org.hk/ Cheung Man Kwong's website] *[http://www.hkptu.org/ Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union's website]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|hk}} {{s-bef|before=[[Szeto Wah]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of Legislative Council|district=[[Education (constituency)#Teaching|Teaching]]| years=1991–1995}} {{s-aft|after=Himself|as=Representative for Education}} {{s-bef|before=Himself|as=Representative for Teaching}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of Legislative Council|district=[[Education (constituency)|Education]]|years=1995–1997}} {{s-non|reason=Replaced by [[Provisional Legislative Council]]}} {{s-new|parliament}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of Legislative Council|district=[[Education (constituency)|Education]]|years = 1998–2012}} {{s-aft|after=[[Ip Kin-yuen]]}} {{s-edu}} {{s-bef|before=[[Szeto Wah]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Chairman of [[Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union|HKPTU]] | years=1990–2010}} {{s-aft|after=[[Fung Wai-wah]]}} {{end}}

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