Edward Yiu
Yiu Chung-yim FRICS | |
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姚松炎 | |
Member of the Legislative Council | |
In office 1 October 2016 – 14 July 2017[a] | |
Preceded by | Tony Tse |
Succeeded by | Tony Tse |
Constituency | Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape |
Personal details | |
Born | Hong Kong | 19 July 1964
Education | Kowloon Technical School |
Alma mater | University of Hong Kong (BS, MPhil, PhD) |
Occupation | Associate professor |
Profession | Professional surveyor, Chartered Surveyor |
Edward Yiu Chung-yim | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Yáo Sōngyán |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | jiu4 cung4 jim4 |
Edward Yiu Chung-yim (
Biography
Yiu graduated from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with a degree in surveying in 1998 and later earned master's and doctoral degrees from the HKU in 2000 and 2002 respectively. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and various professional organisations.[3]
He also started teaching as an instructor and lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong in 2002, became an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the City University and the University of Hong Kong and an associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[3]
In 2016, Yiu was elected to the
At the inaugural meeting of the Legislative Council on 12 October 2016, Yiu made the oath taking ceremony as a platform to protest like other pro-democracy and localist legislators. He added the words "safeguarding the institutional justice, fighting for universal suffrage, serving for the sustainable development of Hong Kong" in his oath twice and his oaths were invalidated by the clerk. Yiu retook the oath at the next meeting on 19 October.[4]
However, the
He ran again in the
Notes
- ^ Yiu served as member of the Legislative Council until 14 July 2017 when his oath on 12 October 2016 was invalidated and his seat was vacated according to the ruling of the Court of First Instance.
References
- ^ "Associate Professor Edward Yiu - the University of Auckland".
- ^ a b "Four More Hong Kong Lawmakers Ousted In a Blow to Democratic Hopes". Time. 14 July 2017.
- ^ a b "(Dr) YIU, Chung Yim Edward BSc., MPhil., PhD., MHKIS, MRICS, MWOBO" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "In the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court of First Instance Miscellaneous Proceedings No 3379 of 2016".
- ^ "More than 26,000 voters turn out for Hong Kong pro-democracy camp primary to choose candidates for Legco by-elections". South China Morning Post. 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Hong Kong democracy activist Edward Yiu cleared to run in Legco by-election". South China Morning Post. 29 January 2018.
External links
- Members' Biographies, Legislative Council of Hong Kong