Vincent Cheng Wing-shun

Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, MH (Chinese: 鄭泳舜; born 1979) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and member of the Sham Shui Po District Council for Nam Cheong North.

Biography

Cheng was a son of the former Po Leung Kuk vice-chairman Cheng Kam-chung who is also a clothing retailing and computer accessories retailing businessman. He was raised in Nam Shan Estate before his father became rich. He and his family emigrated New Zealand where he studied Statistics at the University of Auckland and returned to Hong Kong in 2003 after graduation.

He started involving in community services in 2005 and joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest Beijing-loyalist party in 2006. He became member of the Sham Shui Po District Council when he contested in the 2007 District Council elections, winning a seat in Nam Cheong North against two pro-democracy candidates. In 2008, he stood in the Kowloon West in the Legislative Council on the DAB ticket, being placed on the fourth position.

He went on being re-elected to the Sham Shui Po District Council in 2011 and 2015. He also ran in the 2012 Legislative Council election, standing as the third candidate on the DAB ticket.

In the 2018 Hong Kong Island by-election triggered by the disqualification of Youngspiration's Yau Wai-ching over the oath-taking controversy, Cheng defeated another DAB member Chris Ip Ngo-tung in an intra-party selection to represent the party in the election.