楊哲安

English

Jeremy Young Chit-on is an appointed member of the Central and Western District Council and a member of the Liberal Party. He comes from a political family: his father, Howard Young, is a former Liberal Party legislator, a former Southern District councillor and a former senior executive of Cathay Pacific. Jeremy Young studied in the United Kingdom and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford and a master's degree from the London School of Economics. After returning to Hong Kong he worked as a senior manager at a logistics company, and he joined the Liberal Party in 2003, taking part in its work on transport as well as youth and women's affairs on Hong Kong Island. In September 2008 he was appointed Political Assistant to the Secretary for Education, serving until June 2012. He then moved into district politics, winning the 2017 by-election for the Peak constituency of the Central and Western District Council; the seat had been held by the Liberal Party's Christopher Chan, who resigned after being appointed Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, triggering the by-election. In the 2019 election he was re-elected for the Peak constituency with 2,422 votes. After the overhaul of the district councils in 2023 he did not stand for direct election again but was appointed by the Chief Executive to the 7th District Council (2024-2027); on the council he chairs the Traffic and Transport Committee and sits on the District Facilities and Works Committee and the Food, Environment and Hygiene Committee. In 2025 he contested the Hong Kong Island West geographical constituency in the Legislative Council election for the Liberal Party. He focuses on transport, the environment and the district economy, and his ward office is on Stanley Street in Central.