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張學明(Cheung Hok-ming),GBM,GBS,JP,1952年7月3日生於新界大埔林村鄉大菴村,是新界原居民。他自小在鄉村長大,母親是嘉道理農場的泥工,家境並不富裕;他畢業於林村公立學校(1966年)、香島中學及王肇枝中學,其後取得香港大學社會科學綜合文憑和暨南大學社會學文憑,並曾就讀英國利物浦約翰摩爾大學。1982年,他當選大菴村村代表,自此投身新界鄉事;1985年當選大埔區議員,1988年連任失敗。1992年他加入民建聯,1995年首度參選立法局新界東北議席落敗,1996年競逐臨時立法會亦告落選。1997年他獲委任為太平紳士,1998年出任大埔鄉事委員會主席,1999年成為鄉議局議員及新界社團聯會會長。2002年他獲銀紫荊星章。2004年,鄉議局副主席彭鏗然離世,他接任副主席,同年與譚耀宗一同參選立法會新界西地方直選並雙雙勝出,與在新界東當選的李國英成為首次循直選晉身立法會的新界原居民,並與劉皇發、林偉強合稱「鄉事四子」。任內他關注新界土地、丁屋及鄉村發展,並就原居民的合法傳統權益反映意見。2007年他獲委任為大埔區議員,並當選大埔區議會主席,其後一直主持區議會工作至2019年。2009年獲金紫荊星章,2012年獲委任行政會議成員,同時宣布不再參選立法會。2015年他當選大埔鄉事委員會主席,由委任議員轉為當然議員,至2019年3月任期屆滿後失去當然議席及區議會主席資格。2018年,他獲頒大紫荊勳章。他亦長期參與體育事務,曾任大埔足球會會長。
English
Cheung Hok-ming, GBM, GBS, JP, was born on 3 July 1952 in Tai Om Village, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, in the New Territories, and is an indigenous inhabitant. His mother worked as a labourer at the Kadoorie Farm, and he attended Lam Tsuen Public School, graduating in 1966, Heung To Middle School and Wong Shiu Chi Middle School, later earning a general social-science diploma from the University of Hong Kong and a sociology diploma from Jinan University, and he also studied at Liverpool John Moores University in Britain. In 1982 he was elected village representative of Tai Om, entering rural affairs, and in 1985 he became a Tai Po District Councillor, losing his re-election bid in 1988. He joined the DAB in 1992. He lost the 1995 Legislative Council poll in New Territories North East and also failed to enter the Provisional Legislative Council in 1996. Appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1997, he became chairman of the Tai Po Rural Committee in 1998 and a member of the Heung Yee Kuk and president of the New Territories Association of Societies in 1999. Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2002, he became vice-chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk in 2004 after Pang Hang-yin's death, and that year won the New Territories West geographical seat alongside Tam Yiu-chung, becoming, with Lee Kwok-ying, one of the first indigenous inhabitants directly elected to LegCo and forming the rural four with Lau Wong-fat and Lam Wai-keung. In 2007 he was appointed a Tai Po District Councillor and elected chairman of the Tai Po District Council, chairing it until 2019. He received the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2009 and joined the Executive Council in 2012 while announcing he would not stand for LegCo; he became chairman of the Tai Po Rural Committee again in 2015, and after his appointed term ended in 2019 he lost the ex-officio seat and the district council chairmanship. He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2018 and has long taken part in sports affairs, serving as president of the Tai Po Football Club.