Keith Yeung

Keith Yeung Kah-hung SC (Chinese: 楊家雄) is a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong, and was previously the 5th Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeung.
The Honourable Mr Justice

Keith Yeung Kah-hung

SC
楊家雄
Judge of the Court of First Instance
Assumed office
2019
Director of Public Prosecutions
In office
9 September 2013 – 8 September 2017
Preceded byKevin Zervos
Succeeded byDavid Leung
Personal details
Born1964 (age 56–57)
Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
Keith Yeung Kah-hung
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊家雄
Simplified Chinese杨家雄
Vietnamese name
VietnameseDuong Gia-Hung

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

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]

References
  1. "Judicial appointment". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 26 July 2019.
  2. "Plowman Chambers". Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. "Appointment of Director of Public Prosecutions". Info.gov.hk. Government of Hong Kong. 1 August 2013.
  4. "Barrister Keith Yeung to be first Hong Kong Chinese chief prosecutor". South China Morning Post. 2 August 2013.
  5. "Keith Yeung appointed High Court judge". The Standard. 2 July 2019.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Kevin Zervos		 Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong
2013–2017		 Succeeded by
David Leung
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