Hilton Cheong-Leen

Hilton Cheong-Leen CBE (Chinese: 張有興, born 6 August 1922 in Georgetown, British Guyana) is a former Hong Kong politician. He is also a former long-time Urban Councillor and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Career

Cheong-Leen is the chairman and the founder of the Hong Kong Civic Association, which he founded in 1954. He was first elected as a member of the Civic Association to the Urban Council of Hong Kong on 1 April 1957 and also the Vice-Chairman of the Council. He served in the Urban Council until 1991.

Cheong-Leen was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1973 and indirectly elected in 1985 and served until 1988. Cheong-Leen was instrumental in pushing for nine years of compulsory schooling.

Personal life

Cheong-Leen came to Hong Kong in about 1931 and married in 1945. He became the father of two boys and two girls including the ballerina and designer Flora Cheong-Leen who was married to actor Russell Wong. His first wife died in 1979. Murder victim Nancy Gan Wan Geok reportedly wed him in 1990 though was estranged at the time of her death.

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Political offices
Preceded by Woo Pak-chuen	Member of the Urban Council 1957–1991	Succeeded by San Stephen Wong
Preceded by Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales	Chairman of the Urban Council 1981–1986	Succeeded by Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New seat	Unofficial Member 1973–1978	Succeeded by Hu Fa-kuang
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong Representative for Urban Council 1985–1988	Succeeded by Elsie Tu