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
PartyMeeting Point (1983–94)
United Democrats (1990–94)
Democratic (1994–present)
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
University of York
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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.