Keith Yeung

For the jockey, see Keith M L Yeung. For the English architect, see Keith Young.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeung.
The Honourable Mr Justice
Keith Yeung Kah-hung
SC
楊家雄
Judge of the Court of First Instance
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
Director of Public Prosecutions
In office
9 September 2013 – 8 September 2017
Preceded byKevin Zervos
Succeeded byDavid Leung
Personal details
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
Keith Yeung Kah-hung
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊家雄
Simplified Chinese杨家雄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Jiāxióng
Wade–GilesYang Chia-Hsiung
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingjoeng4 gaa1 hung4
Vietnamese name
VietnameseDuong Gia-Hung

Keith Yeung Kah-hung SC (Chinese: 楊家雄) is a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong, and was previously the 5th Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong.

Keith Yeung - Dương Gia-hùng received an LLB in 1986 and a PCLL in 1987 from the University of Hong Kong.[1]

Yeung was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1987 and was a barrister in private practice between 1988 and 2013. He was a member of Plowman Chambers.[2] He took silk in 2009.[1]

On 1 August 2013, Yeung was appointed as the Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong.[3] He was the first ethnic Chinese to take up this post.[4]

Judicial career

Yeung sat as a Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong for periods in 2013, 2018 and 2019.[1]

On 29 July 2019, Yeung was appointed a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong.[1][5]

Yeung was the Returning Officer for the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Judicial appointment". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Plowman Chambers". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Appointment of Director of Public Prosecutions". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 1 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Barrister Keith Yeung to be first Hong Kong Chinese chief prosecutor". South China Morning Post. 2 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Keith Yeung appointed High Court judge". The Standard. 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ "G.N.(E.) 144" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 33, Vol. 26 (Extraordinary), 27 January 2022)
Legal offices
Preceded by Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong
2013–2017 		Succeeded by