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The Honourable Dato Seri Paduka Sir Ti-liang Yang GBM | |
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| Life Member of the Court of HKU | |
| In office 18 December 2001 – 24 June 2023 | |
| Chief Justice of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1988–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Denys Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Sir Noel Power (acting) |
| Unofficial Member of the Executive Council | |
| In office 1997–2002 | |
| Chief Executive | Tung Chee-Hwa |
| Convenor | Sir Sze-Yuen Chung Leung Chun-ying |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1929 Shanghai, China |
| Died | 24 June 2023 (aged 93) |
| Spouse(s) | Tam Oi-lin (aka Eileen Barbara Tam; died 24 June 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Soochow University Law School, Shanghai LLB (University College, London) |
| Honorary Degree | Hon LLD (CUHK) Hon DLitt (HKU) Hon LLD (PolyU) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 楊鐵樑 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨铁梁 | ||||||||||
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Sir Ti-liang Yang,[1] GBM (Chinese: 楊鐵樑; 30 June 1929 – 24 June 2023) was a Hong Kong judge. He was the Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1996, the only ethnic Chinese person to hold this office during British colonial rule.
Yang was a candidate in the 1996 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, where he lost to his opponent Tung Chee-Hwa. After the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, he was appointed a non-official member of the Executive Council by Tung and retired in 2002. In retirement, he mainly focused on writing and teaching English. In September 2003, he became the host of a RTHK radio programme, Yang Ti-liang Mail Box (楊鐵樑留言信箱), teaching English grammar. Yang died on 24 June 2023, at the age of 93.[2]
- ^ Yang Ti-liang never took an English name for himself, believing it to be unnecessary. He once stated that Sun Yat-sen likewise had no English name and he was "as famous as Sun". (得失之間 楊鐵樑, 壹週刊時事專訪, 7 August 2003)
- ^ 消息：前最高法院首席大法官楊鐵樑逝世 終年93歲 (in Chinese)