Raymond Wong Yuk Man

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Prof. Raymond Wong (Wong-Yuk Man; Chinese: 黃毓民) is a political commentator in Hong Kong. He was a radio host working in Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK) and had hosted many popular "phone-in" programs. He taught journalism in the faculty of Communication and Journalism of Chu Hai College in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. He is also a radical liberal Christian and the Chairman of the League of Social Democrats.

His outspoken views, often critical of the Hong Kong and Chinese administrations, and aggressive style earned him the nickname Mad Dog and resulted in his restaurant, Yuk-Man Ngau Yuk Mihn ("Yuk-Man's Beef Noodles") being vandalised. He was subsequently beaten up by gang members before he cited "political pressure" as the reason for his controversial resignation from his radio show Close Enounters of a Political Kind.

Following a self-imposed three-month exile in Canada, he returned to Hong Kong where he continues to run, along with his wife, his beef noodle restaurant in Mongkok.

[edit] Belief in Christianity

During the outbreak of SARS in 2003, he became a Christian. Since then, he started testifying for the Christ. He helps the Media Evangelism Limited, a right-wing christian organization in Hong Kong, to advertise its Christian programmes. However, he also controversially referred the Society For Truth And Light, which is a far-right christian organization in Hong Kong, as a "terrorist organization". He also criticized the human rights activities of the Society as "nonsense activities". [1] Although a christian, Wong is also seen as a radical liberal Christian, he was invited as a guest of the International Day Against Homophobia protest in Hong Kong on May 21, 2006. [2]

In 2006, Wong also helped the Amazing Grace Worship Music Ministry to record some songs, too.