Edward Yiu

Dr The Honourable
Yiu Chung-yim
MHKIS, MRICS, MWOBO
姚松炎
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 October 2016
Preceded by Tony Tse
Constituency Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape
Personal details
Born 1964 (age 51–52)
Hong Kong
Alma mater Kowloon Technical School
University of Hong Kong
Occupation Assistant professor
Profession Professional Surveyor, Chartered Surveyor

Dr. Edward Yiu Chung-yim (Chinese: 姚松炎; born 1964) is a Hong Kong scholar and politician. He is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 2016 Legislative Council election representing the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency.

Biography

He graduated from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with a degree in surveying in 1998 and kept on obtaining master and doctoral degrees from the HKU in 2000 and 2002 respectively. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and various professional organisations.[1]

He also started teaching as an instructor and lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong in 2002 and became an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the City University and the University of Hong Kong.[1]

In 2016, he was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the Legislative Council election through the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency, defeating incumbent Tony Tse Wai-chuen with 43 percent of the 5,735 votes cast, against Tse's 35 percent. It was the only defeat for an incumbent across the 30 functional constituencies.

References

  1. 1 2 "(Dr) YIU, Chung Yim Edward BSc., MPhil., PhD., MHKIS, MRICS, MWOBO" (PDF).
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Tony Tse		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape
2016–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Nathan Law
Member of the Legislative Council		 Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative Council 		Succeeded by
Lau Siu-lai
Member of the Legislative Council
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