Lee Chik-yuet

Lee Chik-yuet (; born 20 May 1954) is a Hong Kong social worker, lawyer, politician and businessman. He is the former member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong and member of the Sham Shui Po District Board.

He was one of the first social workers to participate in politics in Hong Kong.

Career

1980s: Democratic leader After graduating in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in Social Science, Lee began his career as a social worker at the Hong Kong Christian Social Service, serving at Lei Cheng Uk Estate in Sham Shui Po. He first contested in the first reformed Urban Council election in 1983 alongside Frederick Fung. His greyscale campaign poster featured only his back, under the slogan "The Time for Reform Has Come" (改革的時候到了).

He was re-elected to Urban Council in 1986 and did not seek re-election in 1989. He was also vice-chairman of Meeting Point under the chairmanship of Anthony Cheung. He supported Chris Patten's constitutional reform proposal which split in the party in half. In 1994, he became member of the first executive committee of the Democratic Party when the new party was founded as a merger of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and Meeting Point.

Later: Leaving politics Since the late 1980s, Lee gradually withdrew from politics, retrained as a lawyer, and later moved into the private sector, where he described himself as a "deserter from the democratic movement" (民主逃兵).