Ting Tsz-yuen (; born 1979) is a Hong Kong

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politician and a former member of the

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for Kam Ying. A former

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and

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member, Ting is also a current convenor of the local political group

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and the deputy convenor of the

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. Mr Ting born in Hong Kong, and his ancestral hometown is Dongguan city( 東莞市）， Guangdong province.

Biography

He had been a long-time assistant for Legislative Councillor

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. In the 2003 District Council elections, he was first elected to the

by defeating Wong Mo-tai of the

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(DAB) by a margin of 222 votes in Yiu On. He was seen as the high-flyer in The Frontier, along with

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lor

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lor Au Chun-wah and Emily Lau's assistant

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. However in the 2007 District Council elections when seeking for re-election, Ting lost his seat to DAB's Wong Mo-tai by 536 votes. Ting joined the

when Emily Lau decided to merge The Frontier and the Democrats in 2008. He contested again in the 2011 District Council elections but was failed to get elected. In 2013 He contested in the Tin Sum by-election but was defeated by

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. He eventually returned to the Sha Tin District Council when he was elected in Kam Ying in the 2015 District Council elections. He also stood in the 2016 Legislative Council election where he stood in New Territories East on the Democratic ticket behind

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, who defeated Ting-endorsed Au Chun-wah in the intra-party primary, and Emily Lau and successfully got Lam elected. Ting was involved in the intra-party conflict between the former Frontier members and Lam Cheuk-ting within the New Territories East branch. In December 2018, Ting became one of the 59 party members quit the Democrats, including Ricky Or, Au Chun-wah and Li Wing-shing. Prior to that, Ting formed the district-based

with other pro-democracy District Councillors in which he was a convenor. In May 2019, Ting formed the

with other former Democratic Party District Councillors and members, where he became a deputy convenor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ting, Tsz-yuen 1979 births Living people District councillors of Sha Tin District Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians The Frontier (Hong Kong) politicians