Christopher Cheung Wah-fung, JP (, born 2 May 1952 in

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, China) is the founder and

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of Christfund Securities and a former member of the

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representing the

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constituency.

Background

Cheung founded Christfund in 1980, which was re-organised as Christfund Securities Limited in 1987. He began serving in the

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for Financial Services constituency. Between 1997 and 2000, Cheung was a councillor for the

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. Beginning in 2003, he was a non-executive director in multiple holding limited companies including Fuijian Holding, Tongda Financial, and First China Financial. He was an observer for the

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in Hong Kong until 2007. In 2012, Cheung was

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a member of

, representing the

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. He retained his seat in the

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, securing 51 percent of the 507 votes cast. In November 2020, while Chief Executive

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was giving her Annual Policy speech, Cheung was filmed not paying attention and texting someone to arrange the pickup of HK$9,600 worth of hairy crabs by his driver.

Honours

In 2000, Cheung was appointed as

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheung, Christopher 1952 births Living people Politicians from Quanzhou Alumni of the City University of Hong Kong Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong politicians Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians HK LegCo Members 2012–2016 HK LegCo Members 2016–2021 Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 1998–2000 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2000–2005 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017