Keith Yeung
The Honourable Mr Justice Keith Yeung Kar-hung JA | |
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楊家雄 | |
| Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2026 | |
| Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court | |
| In office 29 July 2019 – 20 May 2026 | |
| Director of Public Prosecutions | |
| In office 9 September 2013 – 8 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin Zervos |
| Succeeded by | David Leung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
| Education | University of Hong Kong |
| Keith Yeung Kah-hung | |||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊家雄 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨家雄 | ||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Duong Gia-Hung | ||||||||||||
Keith Yeung Kar-hung (Chinese: 楊家雄) is a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong, and was previously the 5th Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong.
Legal career
[edit]Keith Yeung - Dương Gia-hùng received an LLB in 1986 and a PCLL in 1987 from the University of Hong Kong.[1]
Yeung was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1987 and was a barrister in private practice between 1988 and 2013. He was a member of Plowman Chambers.[2] He took silk in 2009.[1]
On 1 August 2013, Yeung was appointed as the Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong.[3] He was the first ethnic Chinese to take up this post.[4]
Judicial career
[edit]Yeung sat as a Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong for periods in 2013, 2018 and 2019.[1]
On 29 July 2019, Yeung was appointed a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong.[1][5]
Yeung was the Returning Officer for the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election.[6]
On 21 May 2026, Yeung was elevated to the Court of Appeal.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Judicial appointment". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 26 July 2019.
- ↑ "Plowman Chambers". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ↑ "Appointment of Director of Public Prosecutions". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Barrister Keith Yeung to be first Hong Kong Chinese chief prosecutor". South China Morning Post. 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "Keith Yeung appointed High Court judge". The Standard. 2 July 2019.
- ↑ "G.N.(E.) 144" Hong Kong Government Gazette (No. 33, Vol. 26 (Extraordinary), 27 January 2022)
- ↑ "Judicial Appointment". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 20 May 2026.