Tony Tse

Tony Tse Wai-chuen, BBS (Chinese: 謝偉銓; born 27 October 1954) is a Hong Kong surveyor and politician. He is a member of the Legislative Council for Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape (formerly Architectural, Surveying and Planning) from 2012 to 2016 and again from 2018.

The Honourable
Tony Tse Wai-chuen
BBS
謝偉銓
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
12 March 2018[1]
Preceded byYiu Chung-yim
ConstituencyArchitectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape
In office
1 October 2012 – 30 September 2016
Preceded byPatrick Lau
Succeeded byYiu Chung-yim
ConstituencyArchitectural, Surveying and Planning
Personal details
Born (1954-10-27) 27 October 1954
Hong Kong
Nationality Hong Kong
 United Kingdom[2]
Residence(s)North Point, Hong Kong Island
Alma materHong Kong Polytechnic (HD)
OccupationSurveyor

Education and career

He was born on 27 October 1954 and graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic before joining the Hong Kong Civil Service and working in the Crown Lands & Survey Office. After 12 years, Tse moved into the commercial sector, including with Hongkong Land, Chesterton Petty, Emperor International Holdings, and Henderson Land. He also founded a property development and asset management consultancy, Brand Star.

Tse has held various public positions, including on the Urban Renewal Authority, Town Planning Board, Land and Building Advisory Committee, Municipal Services Appeals Board, Disciplinary Board Panel (Land Survey Ordinance) and Disciplinary Panel of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was also the chairman of the Real Estate Services Training Board of the Vocational Training Council and chairman of the Surveyors Registration Board 2002-03. He was the president of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, 2003-04. From 2012 to 2014 he was the president of the Hong Kong Professional and Senior Executives Association.

Legislative Council

He was first elected to the Legislative Council in Architectural, Surveying and Planning functional constituency in 2012 by defeating incumbent Patrick Lau with a thin margin of 61 votes. Despite running under as an independent politician, Tse was a known to be a supporter of Leung Chun-ying, his fellow surveyor and Hong Kong Polytechnic alumni of whom he nominated in the 2012 Chief Executive election as a member of the Election Committee.[3] He was awarded Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in 2014.

In the 2016 Legislative Council election, he lost his seat to the pro-democrat candidate Yiu Chung-yim in a three-way contest. After Yiu was disqualified for his conduct during the oath-taking process, Tse ran in the 2018 by-election and successfully retook the seat by defeating independent democrat Paul Zimmerman with nearly 3,000 votes.

He was also appointed member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in January 2018.[4] In February 2022, Tse told SCMP that he would not be attending the 2022 Two Sessions, as a Hong Kong delegate, due to family reasons.[5]

References
  1. Hong Kong Gazette G.N. 2023
  2. "工程界3參選人擁外國國籍 周博賢王維基捨加國居留權參選". 香港01. 2016-07-28. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  3. Ng, Joyce; Cheung, Tony (21 August 2012). "Tony Tse Wai-chuen criticises Leung Chun-ying in bid for Legco seat". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  4. "中国人民政治协商会议第十三届全国委员会委员名单". 网易. Archived from the original on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  5. "Beijing loyalists in Hong Kong weigh options on attending key political meetings". South China Morning Post. 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
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