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Cheung Yan-lung
張人龍
CBE, OStJ, JP
Cheung Yan-lung; 張人龍 CBE, OStJ, JP
Member of the Legislative Council
	In office; 7 October 1981 – 25 August 1988
	In office; 12 October 1988 – 22 August 1991
Preceded by	Lau Wong-fat
Succeeded by	Gilbert Leung
Constituency	Regional Council
Chairman of the Regional Council
	In office; 1986–1991
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Daniel Lam
Personal details
Born	18 April 1922 (age 102); Hong Kong
Political party	Progressive Hong Kong Society
Alma mater	La Salle College,; University of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (BA)
Occupation	Businessman

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Cheung Yan-lung, CBE, OStJ, JP (born 18 April 1922, Hong Kong) is a New Territories indigenous inhabitant businessman and politician. He was born in a New Territories village in the North District nearby the Hong Kong-China border.^[2] Graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (today's Zhongshan University) in Guangzhou, 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 appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1981. In 1985, he became the chairman of the provisional Regional Council.

Actor Alexander Fu was his ninth son.

^ "Database on LegCo members". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ Hayes, James (2006). The Great Difference: Hong Kong's New Territories and Its People, 1898-2004. Hong Kong University Press. p. 237-238.