Huang Chen-ya

Huang Chen-ya MBE
Hoàng chấn hà
Member of theLegislative Council
In office 9 October 1991 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Abolished
Constituency	Hong Kong Island West
Personal details
Born	(1939-11-04)4 November 1939 Singapore,Straits Settlements
Political party	Hong Kong Affairs Society(1984–1990) United Democrats(1990–94) Democratic Party(1994–present)
Spouse	Chak-yee
Alma mater	University of Sydney(BSc Hons) University of Hong Kong(MBBS) University of Singapore(MMed)
Occupation	Medical Practitioner

Huang Chen-ya
Traditional Chinese	Hoàng chấn hà
Simplified Chinese	Hoàng chấn hà
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Zhènxiá Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wòhng Jan hàh Jyutping Wong4Zan3haa4

Huang Chen-ya,MBE(Chinese:Hoàng chấn hà;born 4 November 1939) is a neurologist and member of theDemocratic Partyand was the member of theLegislative Council of Hong Kong(1991–97) forHong Kong Island West.

Biography

He was a third-generation of Chinese Singaporean. His father, Huang Ying Jung, was educated law in China and the United States and obtained a doctoral degree and later opened up a law firm in Shanghai and taught at theNational Central Universityand theSoochow University.Born in Shanghai in 1939, Huang moved with his father to his father's birthplace in 1949, where his father took a teaching post at theNanyang Universityand later became university's acting vice-chancellor.

Huang was educated in Singapore and Australia and attended the Medical School of theUniversity of Hong Kongin 1963. He was en editor of the student journal,Undergrad,and resigned from the post with other editors to protest against the university's decision to cut the Chinese version of the journal in 1965. Huang's move sparked the discussion on the discrimination against the usage of Chinese language, in which he advocated the Chinese Movement and the use of Chinese as a medium in theHong Kong University Students' Union.He also led the students to do voluntary works in the society.

In 1970, Huang moved to Australia to further his studies in neurology for 10 years. He promoted the welfare of Australian Chinese and fought against racial discrimination. In 1981, he returned to Hong Kong and took up a teaching post at the University of Hong Kong. He founded theHong Kong Affairs Societyin 1984 and became its first president. Along with theMeeting PointandHong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood,the society took the leading role in calling for increased democracy before and after 1997 as well as the implementation of theSino-British Joint Declaration.The society later joined theUnited Democrats of Hong Kong,the first major pro-democracy party in Hong Kong, in 1990. He was elected asSouthern District Boardmember in1991 District Board electionsin which he held the post until 2003.

He was elected to theLegislative Council of Hong Kongin thefirst ever direct electionsin 1991 throughHong Kong Island Westwith Democratic Party vice-chairmanYeung Sum,receiving 31,052 votes. He was re-elected in 1995 with 31,156 votes, 66 percent of the vote share. He held the position until the end of the colonial rule when all pro-democracy Legislative Council members boycotted the Beijing-installedProvisional Legislative Councilin 1997.

He was involved in the development of a new programme ofChinese input methodfor seven years after his retirement from the politics. He is also aFellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physiciansand honorary clinical lecturer of the Department of Medicine at theUniversity of Hong Kong.

Previous public services

• President, Federation of Medical Societies
• Member, Preparatory Committee for Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
• Member, Law Enforcement and Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
• Member,Southern District Board
• President, Senate,United Democrats of Hong Kong