Tik Chi-yuen explained

Tik Chi-yuen
Native Name Lang:zh-Hant-HK
Office:Member of the Legislative Council
Term Start:1 January 2022
Predecessor:Shiu Ka-chun (2020)
Constituency:Social Welfare
Term Start1:9 October 1991
Term End1:31 July 1995
Constituency1:New Territories North
Alongside1:Fung Chi-wood
Office2:Chairman of Third Side
Term Start2:3 January 2016
Predecessor2:Party Established
Office3:Vice-Chairperson of the Democratic Party
Term Start3:2006
Term End3:2008
Predecessor3:Chan King-ming
Successor3:Emily Lau
Alongside3:Sin Chung-kai
Birth Place:British Hong Kong
Birth Date:1957 9, df=yes
Party:Meeting Point (1985–1994)
Democratic Party (1994–2015)
Third Side (2016–present)

Tik Chi-yuen is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and of North District Council.[1] He is a registered social worker and chairman of the small centrist Third Side party, which he co-founded in 2015, after quitting the Democratic Party, of which he was also a co-founder.

Background

He was the chairman of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation, member of the Commission on Strategic Development, Council for Sustainable Development and the Commission on Poverty.[2] [3] [4]

In 2008, Tik took part in the social welfare functional constituency election in the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. But he was defeated by Cheung Kwok Che, the president of the Hong Kong Social Workers General Union.[5] [6]

On 9 September 2015, he quit the Democratic Party after he supported the constitutional reform package which the party opposed and denounced by some party members.[7]

He then founded and is now the chairman of Third Side, a centrist party in Hong Kong.

In 2021, he won a seat in 2021 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections and 2021 Hong Kong legislative election in Social Welfare constituency, making him the only non-Pro-Beijing Legislative Council member in this term.

On 16 February 2022, Tik, along with the other 89 members of the Legislative Council, made a statement of gratitude to Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping for his "guidance" in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.[8] [9]

In July 2022, Tik attended a seminar to "learn and promote" the spirit of Xi Jinping's important speech.[10]

In November 2023, he was part of a group of lawmakers who said that the 2023 Gay Games may infringe on the national security law.[11]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cheung. Gary. Veteran Democrat Decides to Run Again. 15 January 2013. South China Morning Post. 12 July 2008.
  2. http://www.info.gov.hk/lasc/2007ar/eng_txt/member_of_council.html TIK CHI YUEN, JP
  3. http://www.ysp.org.hk/committee_detail.html Mr. TIK Chi-yuen, JP
  4. http://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index2.htm Recipients of HKSAR Honours and Awards
  5. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=277 Democratic Party vice chairman eyes Legco seat
  6. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200809/08/P200809080111.htm Legco election results: SOCIAL WELFARE
  7. News: 從政30年 狄志遠退出民主黨. Apple Daily. 9 September 2015.
  8. News: 立法會全體議員聲明:感謝習近平總書記作出重要指示. 獨立媒體. 17 February 2022. 17 February 2022. zh-Hant-HK.
  9. News: 立法會全體議員:在祖國強大後盾支持下 香港一定可以戰勝疫情. 文匯報. 16 February 2022. 16 February 2022. zh-Hant-HK.
  10. Web site: 2022-07-06 . Hong Kong sectors rush to hold ‘mainland-style’ seminars to study Xi Jinping’s speech . 2023-02-06 . South China Morning Post . en.
  11. Web site: 2023-11-01 . Anti-LGBTQ lawmakers seek Hong Kong Gay Games ban over ‘national security risk’ . 2023-11-02 . South China Morning Post . en.