Franco Cheung

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.

Franco Cheung Ching-ho
Born (1987-01-27) January 27, 1987
Hong Kong
OccupationDistrict councilor, writer, teacher, taxi driver
EducationHong Kong Shue Yan University (BA)
Spouse
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(m. 2020)​

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
  1. 張正皓。Franco Cheung. "【你的成績如何，你的人生未必如何】". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  2. "香港粵方言的特殊語序". Hong Kong Shue Yan University Institutional Repository. 2010. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  3. "【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.
  4. "【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.
  5. "Taxi 2's Publication Info". Idea Publication. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  6. "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.
  7. "張正皓。Franco Cheung". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  8. "2019 District Election Results (North District)". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  9. "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.
  10. "【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.
  11. @Wait to be Written (2020-08-05). "Wait to be Written's Instagram post". Retrieved 2022-08-15 – via Instagram.
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