Yiu Si-wing BBS (, born 1955) is a director at

China Travel Service China Travel Service, also known as China Tourism Group Corporation Limited, (CTG; ) is a state-owned tourism company headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China. The corporation was established on 19 November 1949 with the goal of marketing China ...

and a former member of

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, colloquially known as LegCo, is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under People's Republic of China, China's "one country, two systems" c ...

Background

Yiu began his career in

in 1973. In 2011, he joined the

Election Committee The Election Committee is the electoral college in Hong Kong that selects the Chief Executive (CE) and, since 2021, elects 40 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council. Established by Annex I of the Basic Law of Hong Kong which states ...

for Tourism constituency. Yiu was elected as a member of

in 2012 and continued to hold this office in March 2021. He is a known supporter of former Chief Executive

Leung Chun-ying Leung Chun-ying ( zh, t=梁振英; born 12 August 1954), also known as CY Leung, is a Hong Kong politician and chartered surveyor who has served as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Confe ...

Calling for arrest of illegal tour guides

In November 2018, shortly after the opening of the

Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a bridge–tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is both the longest sea crossing and the longest Intercontinent ...

, a large number of tourists from mainland China stayed in

Tung Chung Tung Chung ( " eastern stream") is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. One of the most recent new towns, it was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung C ...

district, leading to complaints of local residents about overcrowding. Yiu said that he had asked the Security Bureau to instruct the police to arrest illegal mainland tour guides who had not worked with the legally required Hong Kong liaison.

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* 1955 births Living people HK LegCo Members 2012–2016 HK LegCo Members 2016–2021 Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star {{HK-bio-stub