Cheong Kam-Chuen (張鑑泉), the only son of Cheong Ying-chan (張英燦)
Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen, CBE, JP (Chinese: 張鑑泉; 31 May 1941 – 18 May 1993) was a Hong Kong industrialist and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1980 to 1993 until his sudden death from a heart attack.
Biography
He was born on 31 May 1941 in Hong Kong and was educated at the La Salle College. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Diploma of Imperial College from the Imperial College and Master of Philosophy from the London University.
After he returned to Hong Kong, he joined the textile industry and became the managing director of the Lee Wah Weaving Factory and Cheong's Textile Co.. He was member of the general committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and deputy chairman and chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, the two leading chambers of commerce in the colony.
He was appointed to various public posts, including chairman of the Transport Complaints Unit, member of Economic Review Committee, Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation Advisory Board, Hong Kong Industrial Estates Corporation, Public Accounts Committee, Transport Advisory Committee and UMELCO Police Group.
He was first appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1980. He was a leading representative of the business interests in the 1980s. In the first Legislative Council election in 1985, he represented the Federation of Hong Kong Industries to run uncontestedly in the First Industrial functional constituency. He opposed to the pro-democracy faction calling for the faster pace of democratisation during the 1988 Hong Kong electoral reform. He was the founding president of the Hong Kong Foundation, a conservative lobby group in the early 1990s.
Tragically, he suddenly died on 18 May 1993 from a heart attack at the age of 51.
張鑑泉猝死震驚政界
被視為自由黨重量級元老的前立法局議員張鑑泉，一直都沒有心臟病徵兆，惟九三年五月十七日晚上，他出席香港記者協會周年舞會時，疑因冠狀血管閉塞，突暈倒昏迷，經過九小時搶救後不治，享年五十二歲。從政十三年的張鑑泉活躍政壇，長袖善舞，八Ｏ年首次獲委任為立法局議員，八五年九月廿六日由工業界功能組別當選立法局議員，其後，他參與籌建以工商界為主的自由黨，其猝逝對自由黨衝擊頗大。梁錦濠九三年五月廿五日出席張鑑泉喪禮後，步出靈堂時在梯間突然暈倒，期間手掩胸口，需以氧氣罩幫助呼吸，幸送院後情況穩定。
東方日報
一九九三年五月十七日
