14 Facts About Huang Chen-ya

Huang Chen-ya, MBE is a neurologist and member of the Democratic Party and was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Hong Kong Island West.

Huang Chen-ya was educated in Singapore and Australia and attended the Medical School of the University of Hong Kong in 1963.

Huang Chen-ya was en editor of the student journal, Undergrad, and resigned from the post with other editors to protest against the university's decision to cut the Chinese version of the journal in 1965.

Huang Chen-ya's move sparked the discussion on the discrimination against the usage of Chinese language, in which he advocated the Chinese Movement and the use of Chinese as a medium in the Hong Kong University Students' Union.

Huang Chen-ya led the students to do voluntary works in the society.

In 1970, Huang Chen-ya moved to Australia to further his studies in neurology for 10 years.

Huang Chen-ya promoted the welfare of Australian Chinese and fought against racial discrimination.

Huang Chen-ya founded the Hong Kong Affairs Society in 1984 and became its first president.

Huang Chen-ya was elected as Southern District Board member in 1991 District Board elections in which he held the post until 2003.

Huang Chen-ya was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the first ever direct elections in 1991 through Hong Kong Island West with Democratic Party vice-chairman Yeung Sum, receiving 31,052 votes.

Huang Chen-ya was re-elected in 1995 with 31,156 votes, 66 percent of the vote share.

Huang Chen-ya held the position until the end of the colonial rule when all pro-democracy Legislative Council members boycotted the Beijing-installed Provisional Legislative Council in 1997.

Huang Chen-ya was involved in the development of a new programme of Chinese input method for seven years after his retirement from the politics.

Huang Chen-ya is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and honorary clinical lecturer of the Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong.