TNAG-2724-FCO40-3930-Hong-Kong-political-parties-United-Democrats-of-Hong-Kong-(U-1993 — Page 59

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

The Hon. Lee Chu-ming, Martin, QC, JP

UDHK Chairman

Born in Hong Kong in 1938. A British Dependent

Territories Citizen. Educated at the University of Hong

Kong. A barrister by profession. Married (Amelia) with

one child. Speaks Cantonese, Putonghua and English.

Roman Catholic.

MA

2.

Mr. Lee represented the Legal Functional

Constituency in LegCo from 1985 to 1991, when he was

elected as a member for the Hong Kong Island East

Constituency. He is Chairman of the United Democrats of

Hong Kong and a member of the Fight Crime Committee, and

was until recently Chairman of the Consumer Council.

was a former member of the Basic Law Drafting Committee

who resigned after the 4 June incident.

He

3.

Highly intelligent, articulate and

westernised. Strong proponent of increased democracy and

human rights, but not clear what his personal ambitions

are. Has developed a taste for the limelight since being

elected to LegCo, and has set himself up as an unofficial

"leader of the opposition" - a position which he may

instinctively prefer to the responsibility of taking hard

decisions as a member of the Government.

Closely

associated with the Hong Kong Alliance in support of the

Patriotic Democratic Movement in China in 1989, but has

now ceased to be an office-bearer in this.

CONFIDENTIAL

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