Thomas Pang Cheung-wai, SBS, JP (, born 1954) is the current vice-chairman of the

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(DAB), the largest

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party in Hong Kong.

Career

Pang has been serving in the

Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most ...

for many years. He was first elected to the Sha Tin District Board in the 1991 District Board elections in the

Fo Tan Fo Tan () is an area of Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was developed as a light industrial area, but this activity has declined markedly in recent years. There are residential areas to the east, alongside the MTR line, and in t ...

constituency. He subsequently joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) and won a seat in the Regional Council in the 1995 municipal elections. After the establishment of the Special Administrative Region, he was the member of the Provisional Sha Tin District Board and Provisional Regional Council until the Regional Council was abolished in 1999. In 1998 Legislative Council elections, he failed to get a seat in the Election Committee constituency. In 2000 Legislative Council elections, he ran against

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in the Transport functional constituency but was defeated. Since the 1999 District Council elections, he has been representing the Sui Wo constituency and is the vice-chairman of the Sha Tin District Council. Through the New Territories District Councils Subsector, he has been member of the

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since 2000. Pang has been the secretary general of the DAB. In 2013, he became the delegate to the National Committee of the

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(CPPCC), China's top national consultative body. and also the vice-chairman of the DAB. Pang has also been appointed to various public positions including member of the Appeal Board on Closure Orders (Immediate Health Hazard), Environmental Campaign Committee,

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New Territories Regional Advisory Committee, Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee,

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(IPCC) Observers, and Municipal Services Appeals Board. He was made Justice of the Peace on 1 July 2003 and was awarded the

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in 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pang, Thomas 1954 births Living people Hong Kong Anglicans District councillors of Sha Tin District Members of the Regional Council of Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong politicians 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 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021 Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star