Charles Yeung Siu-cho

Charles Yeung Siu-cho, OBE, JP (Chinese: 楊少初; born 19 December 1934) is the first New Territories rural leader to become solicitor and to be appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Graduated from the King's College, Hong Kong and subsequently the University of Hong Kong with a law degree, he went aboard to the study at the University of London and received professional qualifications.

In 1961, he returned to Hong Kong and practiced law as a solicitor.

He was also actively involved in the rural politics and had been village representative and member of the Heung Yee Kuk, the powerful organ for the indigenous inhabitants' interests.

[1] In 1980, he was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services in Hong Kong.