Ting Tsz-yuen

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Ting Tsz-yuen (Chinese: 丁仕元; born 1979) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy politician and a former member of the Sha Tin District Council for Kam Ying. A former Frontier and Democratic Party member, Ting is also a current convenor of the local political group Community Sha Tin and the deputy convenor of the Community Alliance. Mr Ting born in Hong Kong, and his ancestral hometown is Dongguan city( 東莞市), Guangdong province.

Biography

He had been a long-time assistant for

Li Wing-shing. However in the 2007 District Council elections when seeking for re-election, Ting lost his seat to DAB's Wong Mo-tai by 536 votes.[2]

Ting joined the

New Territories East on the Democratic ticket behind Lam Cheuk-ting
, who defeated Ting-endorsed Au Chun-wah in the intra-party primary, and Emily Lau and successfully got Lam elected.

Ting was involved in the intra-party conflict between the former Frontier members and Lam Cheuk-ting within the New Territories East branch. In December 2018, Ting became one of the 59 party members quit the Democrats, including Ricky Or, Au Chun-wah and Li Wing-shing.[3] Prior to that, Ting formed the district-based Community Sha Tin with other pro-democracy District Councillors in which he was a convenor.[4]

In May 2019, Ting formed the Community Alliance with other former Democratic Party District Councillors and members, where he became a deputy convenor.

References

  1. ^ "NOTICE OF RESULT OF ELECTION" (PDF). Election Affairs Commission.
  2. ^ "Results of the 2007 District Council Election" (PDF). Election Affairs Commission.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong Democrats lose 59 members after row over district council elections". South China Morning Post. 13 December 2018.
  4. ^ "隔牆有耳:民主派單頭連線 組沙田區政 - 李八方". 香港蘋果日報. 2017-12-16.
Political offices
Preceded by Member of Sha Tin District Council
Representative for Yiu On
2004–2007
Succeeded by
Wong Mo-tai
Preceded by Member of Sha Tin District Council
Representative for Kam Ying
2016–2021
Vacant