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Huang Chen-ya

Huang Chen-ya is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Huang Chen-ya rather than just read about it. In short: Huang Chen-ya (Chinese: 黃震遐; born 4 November 1939) is a Hong Kong neurologist and former politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1991–97) for Hong Kong Island West.

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Reference excerpt

Huang Chen-ya (Chinese: 黃震遐; born 4 November 1939) is a Hong Kong neurologist and former politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1991–97) for Hong Kong Island West.

Biography He was a third-generation Chinese Singaporean. His father, Huang Ying Jung, was educated in law in China and the United States and obtained a doctoral degree and later opened up a law firm in Shanghai and taught at the National Central University and the Soochow University. Born in Shanghai in 1939, Huang moved with his father to his father's birthplace in 1949, where his father took a teaching post at the Nanyang University and later became the university's acting vice-chancellor. Huang was educated in Singapore and Australia and attended the Medical School of the University of Hong Kong in 1963. He was an editor of the student journal, Undergrad, and resigned from the post with other editors to protest against the university's decision to cut the Chinese version of the journal in 1965. Huang's move sparked the discussion on the discrimination against the usage of Chinese language, in which he advocated the Chinese Movement and the use of Chinese as a medium in the Hong Kong University Students' Union. He also led the students to do voluntary work in the society. In 1970, Huang moved to Australia to further his studies in neurology for 10 years. He promoted the welfare of Australian Chinese and fought against racial discrimination. In 1981, he returned to Hong Kong and took up a teaching post at the University of Hong Kong. He founded the Hong Kong Affairs Society in 1984 and became its first president. Along with the Meeting Point and Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, the society took the leading role in calling for increased democracy before and after 1997 as well as the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. The society later joined the United Democrats of Hong Kong, the first major pro-democracy party in Hong Kong, in 1990. He was elected as Southern District Board member in 1991 District Board elections in which he held the post until 2003. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the first ever direct elections in 1991 through Hong Kong Island West with Democratic Party vice-chairman Yeung Sum, receiving 31,052 votes. He was re-elected in 1995 with 31,156 votes, 66 percent of the vote share. He held the position until the end of the colonial rule when all pro-democracy Legislative Council members boycotted the Beijing-installed Provisional Legislative Council in 1997. He was involved in the development of a new programme of Chinese input method for seven years after his retirement from politics. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and honorary clinical lecturer of the Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong.

Previous public services President, Federation of Medical Societies Member, Preparatory Committee for Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Member, Law Enforcement and Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Member, Southern District Board President, Senate, United Democrats of Hong Kong

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Huang Chen-ya

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Huang Chen-ya claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Huang Chen-ya before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Huang Chen-ya ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Huang Chen-ya

In research: Huang Chen-ya appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Huang Chen-ya in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Huang Chen-ya is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1939 births, Alumni of the University of Hong Kong, Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Huang Chen-ya outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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