{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Tony Tse Wai-chuen | native_name = {{nobold|謝偉銓}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk | honorific_suffix = [[Bronze Bauhinia Star|BBS]] | image = Tony_Tse_Wai-chuen.png | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] | constituency = [[Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape (constituency)|Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape]] | term_start = 12 March 2018 | term_end = 31 December 2025 | predecessor = [[Yiu Chung-yim]] | successor = [[Julia Lau]] | term_start1 = 1 October 2012 | term_end1 = 30 September 2016 | alongside1 = | predecessor1 = [[Patrick Lau]] | successor1 = [[Yiu Chung-yim]] | constituency1 = [[Architectural, Surveying and Planning (constituency)|Architectural, Surveying and Planning]] | majority = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|10|27}} | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University|Hong Kong Polytechnic]] ([[Higher diploma|HD]]) | occupation = [[Surveying|Surveyor]] | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = | data1 = }} '''Tony Tse Wai-chuen''', [[Bronze Bauhinia Star|BBS]] ({{lang-zh|t=謝偉銓}}; born 27 October 1954) is a Hong Kong surveyor and politician. He was a member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] for [[Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape (constituency)|Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape]] (formerly Architectural, Surveying and Planning) from 2012 to 2016 and again from 2018 to 2025.

==Education and career== He was born on 27 October 1954 and graduated from the [[Hong Kong Polytechnic]] before joining the [[Hong Kong Civil Service]] and working in the [[Lands Department|Crown Lands & Survey Office]]. After 12 years, Tse moved into the commercial sector, including with [[Hongkong Land]], [[Knight Frank|Chesterton Petty]], [[Emperor Group|Emperor International Holdings]], and [[Henderson Land Development|Henderson Land]]. He also founded a property development and asset management consultancy, Brand Star.

Tse has held various public positions, including on the [[Urban Renewal Authority]], [[Town Planning Board]], Land and Building Advisory Committee, Municipal Services Appeals Board, Disciplinary Board Panel (Land Survey Ordinance) and Disciplinary Panel of the [[Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants]]. He was also the chairman of the Real Estate Services Training Board of the [[Vocational Training Council]] and chairman of the Surveyors Registration Board 2002-03. He was the president of the [[Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors]], 2003-04. From 2012 to 2014 he was the president of the [[Hong Kong Professional and Senior Executives Association]].

==Legislative Council== He was first elected to the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] in [[Architectural, Surveying and Planning (constituency)|Architectural, Surveying and Planning]] [[functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]] in 2012 by defeating incumbent [[Patrick Lau]] with a thin margin of 61 votes. Despite running under as an independent politician, Tse was a known to be a supporter of [[Leung Chun-ying]], his fellow surveyor and Hong Kong Polytechnic alumni of whom he nominated in the [[2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|2012 Chief Executive election]] as a member of the [[Election Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1019467/tony-tse-wai-chuen-criticises-leung-chun-ying-bid-legco-seat|title=Tony Tse Wai-chuen criticises Leung Chun-ying in bid for Legco seat|date=21 August 2012|last1=Ng|first1=Joyce|last2=Cheung|first2=Tony|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> He was awarded [[Bronze Bauhinia Star]] (BBS) by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in 2014.

In the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 Legislative Council election]], he lost his seat to the [[pro-democrat]] candidate [[Yiu Chung-yim]] in a three-way contest. After Yiu was disqualified for his [[Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy|conduct during the oath-taking process]], Tse ran in the [[2018 Hong Kong by-election|2018 by-election]] and successfully retook the seat by defeating independent democrat [[Paulus Johannes Zimmerman|Paul Zimmerman]] with nearly 3,000 votes.<ref>[https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20182211/egn201822112023.pdf Hong Kong Gazette G.N. 2023]</ref>

He was also appointed member of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] (CPPCC) in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/18/0126/06/D92BRKK400051C89.html|title=中国人民政治协商会议第十三届全国委员会委员名单|access-date=2018-01-26|work=网易|archive-date=2018-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127143232/http://sports.163.com/18/0126/06/D92BRKK400051C89.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2022, Tse told SCMP that he would not be attending the 2022 Two Sessions, as a Hong Kong delegate, due to family reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-19|title=Beijing loyalists in Hong Kong weigh options on attending key political meetings|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3167680/coronavirus-beijing-loyalists-hong-kong-weigh-options|access-date=2022-02-19|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Facebook|TonyTseWaiChuen|Tony Tse}}

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