Franco Cheung Ching-ho | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 27, 1987 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | District councilor, writer, teacher, taxi driver |
| Education | Hong Kong Shue Yan University (BA) |
| Spouse | |
Franco Cheung Ching-ho (Chinese: 張正皓; born 27 January 1987[1]) is a Hong Kongese writer and former district councilor of the North District Council Fanling South constituency.
Biography
Early life
Cheung was born in Hong Kong on 27 January 1987. He graduated from Hong Kong Shue Yan University with a bachelor's degree in Chinese language and literature.[2] He worked as a cram school Chinese tutor for five years after graduation, before quitting his job and becoming a taxi driver as Cheung wanted to pursue a more free but challenging lifestyle. In 2017, Cheung published Taxi, a prose collection which recorded some of his most memorable incidents as a taxi driver.[3][4] It won the annual Hong Kong Book Awards in lifestyle and encyclopedic category.[5]
Political career
During the early stages of 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, Cheung was a volunteer driver who would pick up young protestors and drive them home.[4] Cheung was moved by the protestors' courage and persistence and participated in the 2019 Hong Kong local elections as an independent candidate.[6][7] He won the election against Raymond Ho and Almustafa Lee and became the district councilor of Fanling South constituency.[8]
In 2021, he resigned to avoid the mandatory oath-taking requirement after the legislation of Hong Kong national security law.[9][10]
Personal life
Cheung was married to web novelist Wait to be Written in 2020,[11] and they migrated to the United Kingdom in 2021.[10]
Bibliography
- Taxi (2017) ISBN 978-9-887-79574-2
- Taxi 2 (2018) ISBN 978-9-887-84901-8
- Blue Taxi (2021) ISBN 978-9-887-48117-1
References
- ^ 張正皓。Franco Cheung. "【你的成績如何，你的人生未必如何】". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "香港粵方言的特殊語序". Hong Kong Shue Yan University Institutional Repository. 2010. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "【呢個香港人】唔做教師揸的士 出書《我的你的紅的》賣斷市". Weekend Weekly. 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ a b "【區選光復香港】被「發夢」少年感動 的士佬「白告」擬參選". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "Taxi 2's Publication Info". Idea Publication. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "獨立民主派李立航「入閘」 粉嶺南非建制派內訌". www.bastillepost.com. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "張正皓。Franco Cheung". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "2019 District Election Results (North District)". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "7月7至11日至少174區議員辭職【附名單】". Ming Pao. 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ a b "【2021回顧．移英議員】因區議員身份毅然離港 白告：大家都背負時代責任". Radio Free Asia. 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ @Wait to be Written (2020-08-05). "Wait to be Written's Instagram post". Retrieved 2022-08-15 – via Instagram.