14 Facts About Tommy Cheung

Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, GBS, JP is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the Catering functional constituencies seats.

Tommy Cheung is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and the current chairman of the Liberal Party.

Tommy Cheung graduated from the Diocesan Boys' School and Pepperdine University.

Tommy Cheung was previously a member of the Eastern District Council.

Tommy Cheung is a businessman, chairman of a trading and investment company, and a member of the Diocesan Boys' School school committee.

In late 2005, when there were strong concerns regarding a potential "bird flu" pandemic, Cheung became "an outspoken opponent of migratory birds".

Tommy Cheung stated that migrating birds were the source of the pandemic threat.

Tommy Cheung complained that his constituents were suffering due to mandatory closures of some types of businesses, such as bars and karaoke centres, and accused the government of "not understanding economics".

In December 2022, Tommy Cheung said "We need to take action to correct such behaviour that is this disrespectful to Hong Kong and to our country" and that he would support summing Google to the Legislative Council, to answer questions on why Glory to Hong Kong was ranked so highly when searching for the national anthem of Hong Kong.

Tommy Cheung was elected Liberal Party's new chairman after the 2016 Legislative Council election in October.

Tommy Cheung was appointed by Leung to the Executive Council.

Tommy Cheung is reappointed by Carrie Lam to the Executive Council on 1 July 2017.

Tommy Cheung voted against paternity leave when it was introduced to the Employment Ordinance in 2015.

Tommy Cheung's remarks attracted a lot of criticism, including Ng Chau-pei of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions described Tommy Cheung as taking part in a "barbaric form of capitalism".