Andrew To

Politician

1966 –

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Who is Andrew To?

Andrew To is a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. He is the chairman of League of Social Democrats since February 2010, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese.

He was an active Hong Kong students' representative during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and he once went to Beijing to join the hunger strike. In 1991, he was elected district board member. As at 2005, he is the youngest person ever to be elected to this post. He was a member of the Democratic Party then joined the The Frontier. He was in the same ticket with Albert Cheng in the Hong Kong legislative election, 2004, Cheng won a seat and To lost.

In 2009, To and Leung Kwok-hung were sentenced to 100 and 120 hours of community service for assaulting police officers.

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Born
Feb 7, 1966
Profession
Education
  • Lingnan University
  • La Salle Primary School
  • La Salle College
Lived in
  • Hong Kong

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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