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Edward Yiu | |
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姚松炎 | |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Tse |
| Constituency | Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Assistant professor |
| Profession | Surveyor |
Dr. Edward Yiu Chung-yim (Chinese: 姚松炎; born 1964) is a Hong Kong scholar and politician. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 2016 Legislative Council election through the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency.
Biography
He graduated from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with a degree in surveying in 1998 and kept on obtaining master and doctoral degrees from the HKU in 2000 and 2002 respectively. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and various professional organisations.[1]
He also started teaching as an instructor and lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong in 2002 and became an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the City University and the University of Hong Kong.[1]
In 2016, he was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 2016 Legislative Council election through the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency.