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Yiu Si-wing

Yiu Si-wing

Director at China Travel Service

Yiu Si-wing BBS (Chinese: 姚思榮, born 1955) is a director at China Travel Service and a former member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong.[1][2]

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Background

Yiu began his career in China Travel Service in 1973. In 2011, he joined the Election Committee for Tourism constituency. Yiu was elected as a member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2012[3] and continued to hold this office in March 2021.[4]

He is a known supporter of former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.[5]

Calling for arrest of illegal tour guides

In November 2018, shortly after the opening of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, a large number of tourists from mainland China stayed in Tung Chung district, leading to complaints of local residents about overcrowding. Yiu said that he had asked the Security Bureau to instruct the police to arrest illegal mainland tour guides who had not worked with the legally required Hong Kong liaison.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Candidate Number M 2" (PDF). Government of Hong Kong. 19 October 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Board of Directors - Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong". Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong. 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  3. [3]
    Cheng, Kris (5 August 2015). "Pro-Beijing lawmaker assistants received bonus up to 2.5 times monthly salary". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. [4]
    Cheng, Selina (18 March 2021). "Who were the democrats said to have attended the closed-door consultation on Hong Kong's electoral overhaul?". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  5. [5]
    Ng, Joyce; Tsang, Emily (11 September 2012). "Leung Chun-ying supporters beat the Henry Tang Ying-yen camp". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  6. [6]
    Cheng, Kris (6 November 2018). "Police to investigate unregulated mainland tour groups arriving via mega bridge, as residents complain of overcrowding". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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