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'''Hilton Cheong-Leen''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ([[Chinese language|Chinese:]] 張有興, born 6 August 1922 in [[Georgetown, British Guyana]]) is a former Hong Kong politician. He is also a former long-time [[Urban Council of Hong Kong|Urban Councillor]] and former member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]]
==Career==
Cheong-Leen is the chairman and the founder of the [[Hong Kong Civic Association]], which he founded in 1954. He was first elected as a member of the Civic Association to the [[Urban Council]] of [[Hong Kong]] on 1 April 1957 and also the Vice-Chairman of the Council. He served in the Urban Council until 1991.
Cheong-Leen was appointed to the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] in 1973 and indirectly elected in 1985 and served until 1988. Cheong-Leen was instrumental in pushing for nine years of compulsory schooling.
==Personal life==
Cheong-Leen came to Hong Kong in about 1931 and married in 1945. He became the father of two boys and two girls including the ballerina and designer [[Flora Cheong-Leen]] who was married to actor [[Russell Wong]]. His first wife died in 1979.<ref>{{cite news|last=Maher|first=Virginia|title=Hilton Cheong-leen|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/423095/hilton-cheong-leen|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=28 July 2003|access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref> Murder victim [[Nancy Gan Wan Geok]] reportedly wed him in 1990 though was estranged at the time of her death.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jo|first=Yeo Sam|title=Socialite's body found in swimming pool; maid held|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/socialites-body-found-in-swimming-pool-maid-held|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=20 March 2014|accessdate=31 December 2015}}</ref>
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