| Benton Cheung Yan-lung | |
| Honorific Suffix: | CBE OStJ JP |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-hk |
| Honorific-Suffix: | CBE, OStJ, JP |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1922 |
| Birth Place: | New Territories, North District, British Hong Kong[1] |
| Death Place: | Hong Kong |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Council |
| Constituency1: | Regional Council |
| Term Start: | 7 October 1981 |
| Term End: | 22 August 1991 |
| Predecessor1: | Lau Wong-fat |
| Successor1: | Gilbert Leung |
| Office2: | Chairman of the Regional Council |
| Term Start2: | 1986 |
| Term End2: | 1995 |
| Predecessor2: | New title |
| Successor2: | Daniel Lam |
| Office3: | Chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk |
| Term Start3: | 1964 |
| Term End3: | 1966 |
| Predecessor3: | Chan Yat-sen |
| Successor3: | Pang Fu-wa |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Spouse: | Angela Liu Fung-wo Dolly Chan Shuk-ching Hui Yuk-kau |
| Children: | Cheung Sing-chung Cheung Heung-ping Cheung Chun Sing Cheung May Ping Cheung Leung-sing Cheung Yiu-sing Cheung Lok-ching Cheung Tak-Hay Cheung Yuen-wa Alexander Fu Cheung Chin-pang Cheung Leung-Kwan Cheung Tak-kwai |
| Mother: | Choi Siu-tai |
| Father: | Cheung Chi-hang |
Benton Cheung Yan-lung, CBE, OStJ, JP (18 April 1922 – 19 September 2021) was a Hong Kong businessman and politician with New Territories rural background. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1991 and chairman of the Regional Council of Hong Kong and New Territories Heung Yee Kuk.
Cheung was born on 18 April 1922 in a New Territories village in the North District nearby the Hong Kong–China border to his father Cheung Chi-hang and his wife Choi Siu-tai.[2] Having graduated from the La Salle College and with a degree in economics from the University of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Canton, Cheung worked in his father's business in Hong Kong.
In 1964, he was selected by the rural committees as the 16th chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk, representing the indigenous inhabitants. He was also chairman of the North District Community Centre and Town Hall Management Committee.
Cheung was appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1981. In 1985, he became the chairman of the Regional Council (Provisional Regional Council up to 1986) which he held the position until 1995. He was also member of the North District Board. He held other public positions including member of North District Social Services Committee, St. John Council, Hong Kong Housing Authority and Fireworks Displays Vetting Committee. He was also director of the Hong Kong Future Exchange and Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.
He had three wives, the first being Angela Liu Fung-wo, while the second was Dolly Chan Shuk-ching, and the third was Hui Yuk-kau, with them he had 16 children. His ninth son, Alexander Fu (birth name Cheung Fu-sheng) was a famous kungfu movie star.
Cheung died on 19 September 2021, at the age of 99.[3]