Dennis Leung
Dennis Leung Tsz-wing | |
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.jpg) Leung in 2023 | |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Luk Chung-hung Poon Siu-ping |
| Constituency | Labour |
| Member of the Kwai Tsing District Council | |
| In office 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Leung Wing-kuen |
| Succeeded by | Leung Wing-kuen |
| Constituency | On Yam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1973 Zhuhai, China |
| Political party | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) (2003–2014) |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Chinese University of Hong Kong Paris Dauphine University |
| Occupation | Politician Teacher |
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Dennis Leung Tsz-wing, MH (Chinese:
Biography
[edit]Leung was graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a postgraduate diploma of education and a Master of Education. He also obtained a Master of Science in mathematics of actuarial science and finance from the City University of Hong Kong and the Paris Dauphine University.[1]
He taught in several secondary schools in his teaching career, including the Sheng Kung Hui Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School in Kwai Chung where he laid the foundation of his political career in the district.[2]
Leung first participated in the electoral politics when he contested in the 2003 District Council election, running in Siu Hong as a candidate for pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) but was defeated by Josephine Chan of the Democratic Party.[3] He was first elected to the Kwai Tsing District Council in the 2007 District Council election through On Yam constituency, until he was defeated in the pro-democracy landslide in 2019.
He ran as a candidate for the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) led by Wong Kwok-hing in the 2008 Legislative Council election in New Territories West, where he was placed the fifth on the ticket. He was again placed second behind Chan Yuen-han on the FTU ticket in District Council (Second) territory-wide constituency, but was also not elected.
Leung was elected in the 2021 Legislative Council election through Labour constituency.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Members database". Legislative Council.
- ^
梁 子 穎. "Dennis Leung Tsz Wing -工作 經歷 及學歷 ". Facebook]. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2020-05-28. - ^ 鍾少
騰 (2003-11-24). "《選 舉管理 委員 會 (選 舉程序 ) (區 議會 )規 例 》--(規 例 第 82條 )--選 舉結果 公告 --區 議會 一般 選 舉--屯 門 區區 議會 --兆康選區" (PDF).憲 報 . Vol. 7, no. 51.香港 特別 行政 區 政府 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-05-30. - ^ "Legislative Council General Election results: Labour constituency". Hong Kong Government. 20 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1973 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Alumni of the City University of Hong Kong
- Paris Dauphine University alumni
- HK LegCo Members 2022–2025
- Hong Kong educators
- Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
- District councillors of Kwai Tsing District
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026
- 21st-century educators