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Cheng Yiu-tong
鄭耀棠
Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
In office
1 July 2002 – 30 June 2017
PresidentTung Chee Hwa
Donald Tsang
Leung Chun-ying
Succeeded byWong Kwok-kin
HK deputy to the NPC of the PRC
Assumed office
17 March 2003
Congress10th National People's Congress
11th National People's Congress
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office
17 September 1995 – 30 June 1998
ConstituencyLabour
Majority1995: 684
Personal details
Born (1948-10-14) 14 October 1948 (age 76)
British Hong Kong
NationalityChinese, Hong Kong
Political partyHong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Alma materRaimondi College
HKU SPACE
Jinan University
Cheng Yiu-tong
Traditional Chinese鄭耀棠
Simplified Chinese郑耀棠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Yàotáng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzeng6 jiu6 tong4

Cheng Yiu-tong GBM, JP (Chinese: 鄭耀棠; born 14 October 1948 in Hong Kong) is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He was appointed as the president of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions in April 2000.[1] He is also the Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.

On 1 July 2015, Cheng was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM), the highest honour of the SAR, in recognition of his contributions to the formulation of labour policies and promotion labour relations in Hong Kong with pragmatic and reasonable approach which helped maintaining the business-friendly environment, and also promoting charity and social services to disadvantaged group and enhancing cooperation with the Mainland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "鄭耀棠簡歷". Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2009. Xinhuanet
  2. ^ "Appendix: The citations of the award recipients of the 2015 Honours List". Hong Kong Government. 1 July 2015.
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Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
1986–2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
2000–2009
Succeeded by
New seat Non-official Member of Executive Council
2002–2017
Succeeded by
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Labour
1995–1997
Served alongside: Lee Kai-ming
Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
New parliament Member of Provisional Legislative Council
1997–1998
Replaced by Legislative Council