Civic Act-up
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| Civic Act-up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese: | 公民起動 | |
| Mandarin | ||
| Hanyu Pinyin: | Gōngmín Qǐdòng | |
| Cantonese | ||
| IPA: | [kəʊŋ55 mɐn11 heɪ35 təʊŋ22] | |
| Jyutping: | gong1 man4 hei2 dung6 | |
| Yale: | gūng màhn héi duhng | |
Civic Act-up is a small pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong, China. It was founded on 24 September 2003 by a group of relatively young activists with the encouragement of Legislative Councillor Cyd Ho Sau-lan, to challenge the existing pro-Government District Councillers in Wanchai in the 2003 District Council elections. There is no formal structure in the group.
The platform of the group includes pressing for universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and Legislative Council, improvement on urban design and transportation, paying special attention to youth, women and ethnic-minority issues, and extending anti-discrimination laws to the areas of age, sexual orientation and race.
Despite its relative short history and lack of district work in Wanchai, the group has the support of the democratic camp. 3 out of 5 candidates of the group won in the 2003 District Council elections.
Note that Cyd Ho is also a member of the radical pro-democracy party The Frontier.
