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Cheng Chung-tai

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On 5 January 2017, Cheng declared that Civic Passion would no longer participate in street protests and instead reorient itself to focusing on community work, and to restructure as a political party. As reasons for this step, he cited the risks – several Civic Passion members had been arrested for
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Cheng lost this position on 30 June 2018 as his teaching contract had not been renewed by the university. He quoted a disciplinary letter from the university as stating: "Your conduct and convictions are inconsistent with the university’s commitment to quality education and aspiration to embrace
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had handed out to legislators of the Legislative Council. Lau stated in his testimony that his intention had been to remind legislators that the country should be respected. Cheng regarded the flags as "cheap patriotic acts" and alleged that the pro-Beijing bloc was ignoring issues of actual
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5,000. Lau subsequently stated that the punishment was light, and referred to previous sentences of imprisonment for burning and scrawling on the flag.
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internationalisation". He alleged that the university's actions were "political persecution" and were unrelated to his teaching performance.
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to protest against the latest action by the Chinese Government, leaving Cheng the sole opposition legislator; and along with nonpartisan
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importance to Hong Kong people. Lau subsequently called the police to report Cheng for flag desecration. On 29 September 2017, the
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Cheng lost his Legislative Council seat on 26 August 2021 after he was disqualified of his ex-officio membership in the
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almost a year earlier –, as well as his view that current public opinion was not supportive enough of street protests.
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On 31 August 2019, Cheng was one of several prominent democrats targeted in sweeping arrests made by police that day.
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From 2012 to 2018, Cheng has served as a teaching fellow at the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the
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Before his disqualification in August 2021, he was the sole remaining opposition member in the
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Cheng was born in 1983 in Hong Kong. He obtained his bachelor's degree from
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In September 2017, Cheng was convicted and fined for the offence of
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In November 2020, pro-democracy Legislative Council members
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after the mass resignation of pro-democracy legislators.
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Index


Legislative Council
Albert Chan
New Territories West
Civic Passion
Wong Yeung-tat
Hong Kong
Chinese
Hong Kong
Civic Passion
Alma mater
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BA
Peking University
PhD

Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
Chinese
New Territories West
2016 legislative election
Wong Yeung-tat
Civic Passion
Legislative Council
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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