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Andrew Cheng

Hong Kong politician

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Hong Kong politician

Field	Value
name	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo
native_name	鄭家富
native_name_lang	zh-hk
image	File:Andrew Cheng Ka-foo Chopped.jpg
caption	Cheng attended a radio programme D100 in Mong Kok.
office	Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
term_start	1 July 1998
term_end	30 September 2012
predecessor	New parliament
successor	Fernando Cheung
parliament	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
constituency	New Territories East
term_start2	11 October 1995
term_end2	30 June 1997
predecessor2	New constituency
successor2	Parliament abolished
constituency2	Financial, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services
birth_date
birth_place	Hong Kong
nationality	Chinese (Hong Kong)
spouse	Chan Kwai-ying
party	Independent
otherparty	Democratic Party (1994–2010)
Meeting Point (until 1994)
alma_mater	University of New South Wales
occupation	Solicitor
website	http://www.chengkarfoo.org

| honorific-prefix = Meeting Point (until 1994)

Andrew Cheng Kar-foo () (born 28 April 1960 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong former politician and solicitor. He is a former Democratic Party member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency.

Biography

He was a founder member of the Democratic Party, previously a member of the Meeting Point. He was a member of Southern District Council (representing Ap Lei Chau Estate) between 1994–99 and of Tai Po District Council (representing Tai Po Central) from 1999 to 2011.

Cheng was first elected to the Legislative Council in 1995 representing the Financial, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services constituency but left the council when it was replaced by the Provisional Legislative Council in July 1997.

He was elected to represent the New Territories East constituency in 1998 and won re-election in 2000, 2004 and 2008.

He subsequently decided to vote against the proposals, and announced in his Legco speech that he would quit the party because "small, but critical differences of opinion" prevented him from fulfilling his election pledge to strive for universal suffrage in 2012.

Cheng stood down at the 2012 election, in which he supported several pan-democratic candidates in New Territories East. He helped Gary Fan, who stood second in his list in previous elections and also quit the Democratic Party owing to disagreement over the 2010 electoral reform proposals, of Neo Democrats to win a seat in the constituency. He joined D100 as a radio host after retiring from the Legislative Council.

Although once denied rejoining electoral politics, Cheng changed his mind and contested the 2016 legislative election in New Territories East. He lost the bid with only 3.08% support. Three of Neo Democrat's Shatin District Councillors defected from Gary Fan to Cheng on the election day; they were subsequently dismissed from the party for Fan's failure in re-election.

Personal life

Cheng is married to Chan Kwai-ying, who is a cousin of his fellow Democrat Wong Sing-chi, and is a father of two.

References

Cheng, Kris. (6 November 2017). "Ex-lawmaker Andrew Cheng says he will not run in New Territories East by-election race next year". [[Hong Kong Free Press]].
Wong, Albert (24 June 2010) "Electoral reform row makes one Democrat a quitter, others bitter", ''South China Morning Post''
(2019-06-26). "This newspaper strongly condemns malicious misleading and slander".
Leung, Stanley. (8 September 2016). "Defections within his party led to loss to pro-estab. candidate, says Neo Democrat Gary Fan". Hong Kong Free Press.

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