# Cheung Yin-tung

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Hong Kong politician

In this [Chinese name](/source/Chinese_name), the [family name](/source/Chinese_surname) is *[Cheung (張)](/source/Zhang_(surname))*.

Cheung Yin-tung 張賢登 Secretary of the Democratic Party In office 13 December 1998 – 17 December 2006 Preceded by Law Chi-kwong Succeeded by Pegga Ha In office 14 December 2008 – 23 January 2015 Preceded by Pegga Ha Succeeded by Li Wing-shing Treasurer of the Democratic Party In office 17 December 2006 – 14 December 2008 Preceded by Tsui Hon-kwong Succeeded by Tsui Hon-kwong Member of the Yuen Long District Board In office 1 October 1991 – 30 September 1994 Preceded by Zachary Wong Chung Kwai-ping Succeeded by Constituency abolished Constituency Yuen Long Town West Member of the Yuen Long District Council In office 1 January 2004 – 31 December 2007 Preceded by New constituency Succeeded by Constituency abolished Constituency Wang Yat Personal details Born (1964-05-01) 1 May 1964 (age 62) British Hong Kong Party United Democrats (1990–94) Democratic Party (1994–2025)

**Cheung Yin-tung** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 張賢登; born 1 May 1964) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the former secretary and treasurer of the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(Hong_Kong)) and former member of the [Yuen Long District Council](/source/Yuen_Long_District_Council).

## Biography

He was a [New Territories indigenous resident](/source/Indigenous_inhabitants_of_the_New_Territories_(Hong_Kong)) born in [Yuen Long](/source/Yuen_Long) in 1964. He participated in student activism when he was younger and was chairman of the 32nd standing committee of the [Hong Kong Federation of Students](/source/Hong_Kong_Federation_of_Students) (HKFS) and led protests in support of the [Tiananmen Square protests of 1989](/source/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989) in Beijing.

After he graduated, he became a teacher. He was invited by [Meeting Point](/source/Meeting_Point) and [United Democrats of Hong Kong](/source/United_Democrats_of_Hong_Kong) legislator [Ng Ming-yum](/source/Ng_Ming-yum) to join the United Democrats, which later transformed into the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(Hong_Kong)). He was elected to the [Yuen Long District Board](/source/Yuen_Long_District_Council) in 1991 but was defeated by conservative [Leung Che-cheung](/source/Leung_Che-cheung) in [Yiu Yau](/source/Yiu_Yau_(constituency)) with a large margin in the [1994 re-election](/source/1994_Hong_Kong_local_elections). He participated in the [1995 Regional Council election](/source/1995_Hong_Kong_municipal_elections), running against Leung Che-cheung again but lost to Leung in a margin of 70 votes.

In the [2003 District Council election](/source/2003_Hong_Kong_local_elections), he won a seat in the Wang Yat constituency, taking the first seat for the Democrats in [Tin Shui Wai](/source/Tin_Shui_Wai). In the [2004 Legislative Council election](/source/2004_Hong_Kong_legislative_election), he ran in the [New Territories West](/source/New_Territories_West_(constituency)) with [Albert Ho](/source/Albert_Ho)'s ticket. Ho eventually won a seat but Cheung was unelected. He ran again in [2008 Legislative Council election](/source/2008_Hong_Kong_legislative_election), leading the third ticket for the Democratic Party along with Albert Ho and [Lee Wing-tat](/source/Lee_Wing-tat). His ticket received 10,069 votes and was not elected.

He had been the Democratic Party secretary two terms, from 1998 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2014 and also the party treasurer from 2006 to 2008. Most of the Democratic Party leaders were denied access to the Mainland China due to its strained relationship with the Beijing government. As a Democratic Party secretary, Cheung was granted a 10-year [Home Entry Permit](/source/Mainland_Travel_Permit_for_Hong_Kong_and_Macao_Residents) to attend a course for District Councillors in 2005. He said he would hope there would be more formal liaison with mainland authorities.[1]

He was responsible for the intra-party investigation over the allegation of some senior members were involved in spying activities of China in 2006, being the convenor of the five-member committee.

On 23 January 2015 after the [party leadership election](/source/2014_Democratic_Party_(HK)_leadership_election), Cheung Yin-tung resigned as secretary and his position on the Central Committee with his disciple [Kwong Chun-yu](/source/Kwong_Chun-yu). Some speculated their disaffections towards the dominance of the [Mainstreamer faction](/source/Democratic_Party_(Hong_Kong)#Factions) led by the "triumvirate", [Yeung Sum](/source/Yeung_Sum), [Cheung Man-kwong](/source/Cheung_Man-kwong) and Lee Wing-tat.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Words that cause confusion"](https://www.scmp.com/article/517151/words-cause-confusion). *South China Morning Post*. 21 September 2005.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "張賢登鄺俊宇辭民主黨中委 被指不滿大佬暗中操控 正副主席不認同". *Standnews*. 28 January 2015.

Political offices Preceded by Zachary Wong Chung Kwai-ping Member of the Yuen Long District Board Representative for Yuen Long Town West 1991–1994 Constituency abolished New constituency Member of the Yuen Long District Council Representative for Wan Yat 2004–2007 Party political offices Preceded by Law Chi-kwong Secretary of the Democratic Party 1998–2006 Succeeded by Peggy Ha Preceded by Tsui Hon-kwong Treasurer of the Democratic Party 2006–2008 Succeeded by Tsui Hon-kwong Preceded by Peggy Ha Secretary of the Democratic Party 2008–2015 Succeeded by Li Wing-shing

v t e Democratic Party Leadership and notable members Chairpersons Martin Lee Yeung Sum Lee Wing-tat Albert Ho Emily Lau Wu Chi-wai Lo Kin-hei Vice-Chairpersons Anthony Cheung Lau Chin-shek Law Chi-kwong Chan King-ming Sin Chung-kai Tik Chi-yuen Richard Tsoi Andrew Wan Li Wing-shing Lam Cheuk-ting Edith Leung LegCo members Conrad Lam Albert Chan Cheung Man-kwong Fung Chi-wood James To Michael Ho Huang Chen-ya Man Sai-cheong Ng Ming-yum Fred Li Zachary Wong Andrew Cheng Tsang Kin-shing John Tse Wong Sing-chi Kam Nai-wai Helena Wong Ted Hui Roy Kwong Internal elections Leadership elections 1994 (Lee) 1996 1998 2000 2002 (Yeung) 2004 (Lee) 2006 (Ho) 2008 2010 2012 (Lau) 2014 2016 (Wu) 2018 2020 (Lo) 2022 2024 LegCo primaries 2016 Related groups Predecessors Frontier Hong Kong Affairs Society Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Meeting Point United Democrats of Hong Kong Split groups League of Social Democrats Third Side Neo Democrats Real brother Local alliances Pro-democracy camp Civil Human Rights Front Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union Group of 190 Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government International affiliated Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats Liberal International Hong Kong Portal

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