Franco Cheung Explained

Franco Cheung Ching-ho
Birth Date:27 January 1987
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Occupation:District councilor, writer, teacher, taxi driver
Education:Hong Kong Shue Yan University (BA)

Franco Cheung Ching-ho (; born 27 January 1987[1]) is a Hong Kongese writer and former district councilor of the North District Council Fanling South constituency.

Biography

Early life

Cheung was born in Hong Kong on 27 January 1987. He graduated from Hong Kong Shue Yan University with a bachelor's degree in Chinese language and literature.[2] He worked as a cram school Chinese tutor for five years after graduation, before quitting his job and becoming a taxi driver as Cheung wanted to pursue a more free but challenging lifestyle. In 2017, Cheung published Taxi, a prose collection which recorded some of his most memorable incidents as a taxi driver.[3] [4] It won the annual Hong Kong Book Awards in lifestyle and encyclopedic category.[5]

Political career

During the early stages of 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, Cheung was a volunteer driver who would pick up young protestors and drive them home. Cheung was moved by the protestors' courage and persistence and participated in the 2019 Hong Kong local elections as an independent candidate.[6] [7] He won the election against Raymond Ho and Almustafa Lee and became the district councilor of Fanling South constituency.[8]

In 2021, he resigned to avoid the mandatory oath-taking requirement after the legislation of Hong Kong national security law.[9] [10]

Personal life

Cheung was married to web novelist Wait to be Written in 2020,[11] and they migrated to the United Kingdom in 2021.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 張正皓。Franco Cheung . 【你的成績如何,你的人生未必如何】 . . 23 July 2020.
  2. Web site: 香港粵方言的特殊語序 . . 2010 . 28 October 2022.
  3. Web site: 【呢個香港人】唔做教師揸的士 出書《我的你的紅的》賣斷市 . 25 September 2017 . Weekend Weekly . 28 October 2022.
  4. Web site: 【區選光復香港】被「發夢」少年感動 的士佬「白告」擬參選. 5 January 2020. Apple Daily. 30 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191230074105/https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20190914/60038247.
  5. Web site: Taxi 2's Publication Info . Idea Publication . 28 October 2022.
  6. Web site: 獨立民主派李立航「入閘」 粉嶺南非建制派內訌. 5 January 2020. 22 October 2019. www.bastillepost.com.
  7. Web site: 張正皓。Franco Cheung. 5 January 2020. Facebook.
  8. Web site: 2019 District Election Results (North District) . . 28 October 2022.
  9. Web site: 7月7至11日至少174區議員辭職【附名單】 . 11 July 2021 . . 28 October 2022.
  10. Web site: 【2021回顧.移英議員】因區議員身份毅然離港 白告:大家都背負時代責任 . 30 December 2021 . . 28 October 2022.
  11. Wait to be Written's Instagram post . 5 August 2020 . Wait to be Written . CDeUtPhBo8W . . 15 August 2022.