Yeung Sum

Yeung Sum
楊森
Yeung Sum in 2015
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1 October 1998 – 30 September 2008
Succeeded byKam Nai-wai
In office
1 October 1991 – 30 June 1997
Chairman of Democratic Party
In office
2 December 2002 – 12 December 2004
Preceded byMartin Lee
Succeeded byLee Wing-tat
Personal details
Born (1947-11-22) 22 November 1947 (age 77)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Political partyMeeting Point (1983–94)
United Democrats (1990–94)
Democratic (1994–present)
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
University of York
Yeung Sum
Traditional Chinese楊森
Simplified Chinese杨森
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Sēn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYèuhng Sām
JyutpingJoeng4 Sam1

Yeung Sum (Chinese: 楊森; born 22 November 1947 in Guangzhou) is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He served several terms as a Legislative Councillor and was the second chairman of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. He is a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.