16 Facts About Anthony Cheung

Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician and academic.

Anthony Cheung was the Secretary for Transport and Housing from 2012 to 2017 and 5th President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Anthony Cheung was one of the few government officials coming from a pro-democracy background.

Anthony Cheung founded SynergyNet, a policy think tank, after he quit the Democratic party in 2004 and provides public comment on policy issues.

Anthony Cheung was professor of Public and Social Administration in City University of Hong Kong.

Anthony Cheung is a graduate of Royal West Academy, a boys' Roman Catholic government school in Montreal.

Anthony Cheung has a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics, an MSc in Public Sector Management from Aston University and a BSocSc in Sociology and Economics from the University of Hong Kong.

Anthony Cheung was in the same cohort with Yeung Sum, another leading figure of Meeting Point and later Democratic Party.

In 1992, Anthony Cheung was originally appointed as one of the Hong Kong Affairs Advisors by Beijing, but was withdrawn after his announcement of formation of Democratic Party together with United Democrats of Hong Kong in 1994.

Anthony Cheung worked in the Government Secretariat and Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Anthony Cheung was later the Chairman of Consumer Council from 2007 to 2012.

In July 2022, Anthony Cheung said that people from Hong Kong should be realistic and not make universal suffrage a main priority.

Anthony Cheung joined City Polytechnic of Hong Kong in 1986.

Anthony Cheung specializes in Hong Kong politics, especially on civil service and public administration.

Anthony Cheung describes the narrative of administrative efficiency proposed by the colonial government as the effort to re-establish legitimacy and power amid the growing assertiveness of China and increasing influence of political parties, as the move diverts political pressure to respective departments.

Anthony Cheung argues that post-Handover Hong Kong government should change its mindset and pay more attention to public opinion.