Lawrence Yum Sin Ling (; born 1948) was a member of the

Hong Kong Legislative Council The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's "one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong' ...

from 1995 to 1997 and a

district councillor A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

for

Kowloon City District Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The district has the third most educated residents while its res ...

of Hong Kong from 1994 to 1997 ( Prince constituency). He is a founding member of a pro-Republic of China (Taiwan) political organisation

123 Democratic Alliance 123 Democratic Alliance ( Chinese: 一二三民主聯盟) was a pro-Kuomintang political party in Hong Kong. Established in 1994 by a group of pro-Taiwan, pro-democracy and pro-business politicians, it aims at striving for the unification of ...

. Yum contested in the Hong Kong Legislative Council election in 1998, but was unelected. His son,

Edward Yum Edward Yum Liang-Hsien (; born 1979) is an entrepreneur and was a member of the Hong Kong pro-democracy camp People Power. He is the son of former Legislative Council member Yum Sin-ling, who once held a pro-Kuomintang party in Hong Kong call ...

, is a political activist in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

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District councillors of Kowloon City District 123 Democratic Alliance politicians HK LegCo Members 1995–1997 1948 births Living people National Cheng Kung University alumni {{hongKong-politician-stub