Huang, Chen-ya

• 黃震遐

• Dr. Huang, Chen-ya

Huang Chen-ya (黃震遐) is a neruologist and pro-democrat politician of Singaporean decent. Huang was born in Shanghai on November 4, 1939 and moved to Singapore with his father on 1949. He spent his adolescence in Singapore, subsequently acquiring a Bachelor of Science from The University of Sydney in 1961 and a Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery from The Hong Kong University in 1966, and a Master of Medicine from the University of Singapore in 1971. Afterwards, he spent 10 years in Australia furthering his studies in neurology until 1981, when he returned to as a lecturer in The Hong Kong University. He held multiple public roles that include President of Federation of Medical Societies (香港醫學組織聯會), member of the Preparatory Committee for Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (香港醫學專科學院籌委會), and also member of Law Enforcement and Crminal Injuries Compensation Board (暴力及執法傷亡賠償董事會).

With the handing over of Hong Kong to China in the horizon, Huang became increasingly active in politics. In 1984, he founded the Hong Kong Affairs Society (太平山學會) and served as its first president. The Society rallied for progress in democracy and the constitutional implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration (中英聯合聲明). In April 1990, The Society dissolved and Haung, together with the majority of his associates, joined the United Democrats of Hong Kong (香港民主同盟). This party would later become the Democratic Party (民主黨) in a merger with Meeting Point (匯點) in 1994. Huang was elected to the Legislative Council in the first dircet elections through the Hong Kong Island West constituency in 1991, and then re-elected again in 1995 until the democrat legislator boycotted the Legislative Council in 1997. He also ran for the 1991 District Board elections and won the seat at the Southern District (南區區議會), which he held until 2003. Since then he stepped back from his career, but he remained active in medicine and wrote on topics related to culture, society, and healing. His publications include 醫說樂韻: 從醫學角度看音樂及文化歷史 and Paintings and Medicine (醫與醫—一位腦科醫生的視點).

Shanghai, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong

Created March 01, 2026 — Jason Kahei Wong, Archivist.