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Lee Cheuk Yan (Chinese: 李卓人, born 12 February 1957) is the General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU ( is a pro- Democracy He was born in Chaoyang, Guangdong (廣東潮陽) in 1957 and emigrated to Hong Kong in 1959. Chaoyang may refer to Chaoyang Liaoning, city in Liaoning China Chaoyang County, county in Chaoyang Liaoning Chaoyang Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders He graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree in civil engineering. A bachelor is a man above the Age of majority who has never been married (see single) Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built

Since his university days, he has been a labour and pro-democracy activist. During the student-led Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he collected donations from Hong Kong and travelled to Beijing to hand-over the funds to student protesters at Tiananmen Square. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre (referred to in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, to avoid confusion with two Tiananmen Square ( is the large Plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally Gate of Heavenly Peace He was detained by the authorities there and made to sign a confession letter before being allowed to return to Hong Kong.

Since the events of 1989, Lee has remained a standing committee member of the pro-democracy group, The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China (the Alliance) ( Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China

In 1995, Mr Lee was elected unopposed in a byelection of the Legislative Council. The Legislative Council ( LegCo) is the Unicameral Legislature of Hong Kong. He won and was re-elected four times since then. Mr Lee has been a lawmaker for more than a decade, except a brief period during 1997 and 1998, when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the People's Republic of China, and the Legislative Council temporarily became a Provisional Legislative Council which was filled with people indirectly hand picked by Beijing. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Provisional Legislative Council ( Chinese: 臨時立法會 frequently abbreviated to 臨立會 was the interim legislature of Hong Kong from 1997 to 1998

Mr Lee is married to Elizabeth Tang, the chairperson of the Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO. The Hong Kong People’s Alliance on WTO ( Traditional Chinese: 民間監察世貿聯盟 often abbreviated as HKPA is a Grassroots organization that aimed to protest

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