Tik Chi-yuen

Tik Chi-yuen SBS JP
狄志遠
Tik in 2016
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2022
Preceded by	Shiu Ka-chun (2020)
Constituency	Social Welfare
In office 9 October 1991 – 31 July 1995 Serving with Fung Chi-wood
Constituency	New Territories North
Chairman of Third Side
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 January 2016
Preceded by	Party Established
Vice-Chairperson of the Democratic Party
In office 2006–2008 Serving with Sin Chung-kai
Preceded by	Chan King-ming
Succeeded by	Emily Lau
Personal details
Born	(1957-09-24) 24 September 1957 (age 67) British Hong Kong
Political party	Meeting Point (1985–1994) Democratic Party (1994–2015) Third Side (2016–present)

Tik Chi-yuen
Traditional Chinese	狄志遠
Simplified Chinese	狄志远
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dí Zhìyuǎn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping dik6 zi3 jyun5

Tik Chi-yuen SBS JP (Chinese: 狄志遠) is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and of North District Council.[1] He is a registered social worker and chairman of the small centrist Third Side party, which he co-founded in 2015, after quitting the Democratic Party, of which he was also a co-founder.

Background

He was the chairman of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation, member of the Commission on Strategic Development, Council for Sustainable Development and the Commission on Poverty.[2][3][4]

In 2008, Tik took part in the social welfare functional constituency election in the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. But he was defeated by Cheung Kwok Che, the president of the Hong Kong Social Workers General Union.[5][6]

On 9 September 2015, he quit the Democratic Party after he supported the constitutional reform package which the party opposed and denounced by some party members.[7]

He then founded and is now the chairman of Third Side, a centrist party in Hong Kong.

In 2021, he won a seat in 2021 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections and 2021 Hong Kong legislative election in Social Welfare constituency, making him the only non-Pro-Beijing Legislative Council member in this term.

On 16 February 2022, Tik, along with the other 89 members of the Legislative Council, made a statement of gratitude to Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping for his "guidance" in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.[8][9]

In July 2022, Tik attended a seminar to "learn and promote" the spirit of Xi Jinping's important speech.[10]

In November 2023, he was part of a group of lawmakers who said that the 2023 Gay Games may infringe on the national security law.[11]

References

1. Cheung, Gary (12 July 2008). "Veteran Democrat Decides to Run Again". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
2. TIK CHI YUEN, JP
3. Mr. TIK Chi-yuen, JP Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
4. Recipients of HKSAR Honours and Awards
5. Democratic Party vice chairman eyes Legco seat Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
6. Legco election results: SOCIAL WELFARE
7. "從政30年 狄志遠退出民主黨". Apple Daily. 9 September 2015.
8. "立法會全體議員聲明：感謝習近平總書記作出重要指示". 獨立媒體 (in Chinese). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
9. "立法會全體議員：在祖國強大後盾支持下 香港一定可以戰勝疫情". 文匯報 (in Chinese). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
10. "Hong Kong sectors rush to hold 'mainland-style' seminars to study Xi Jinping's speech". South China Morning Post. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
11. "Anti-LGBTQ lawmakers seek Hong Kong Gay Games ban over 'national security risk'". South China Morning Post. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories North 1991–1995 Served alongside: Fung Chi-wood	Succeeded by Cheung Hon-chung
Preceded by Shiu Ka-chun	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Social Welfare 2022–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Chan King-ming	Vice Chairperson of Democratic Party 2006–2008 Served alongside: Sin Chung-kai	Succeeded by Emily Lau