Wong Yeung-tat

Wong Yeung-tat
黃洋達
Wong Yeung-tat at 2014 Hong Kong Book Fair.
Personal details
Born 29 May 1979
Hong Kong
Political party Civic Passion
Spouse(s) Chan Sau-wai
Alma mater Hong Kong Baptist University
Occupation Social activist, screenwriter, novelist, internet radio host

Wong Yeung-tat (Chinese: 黃洋達; born 29 May 1979) is a Hong Kong social activist and the founder and leader of radical populist group Civic Passion.

Biography

Wong was born in Hong Kong and was graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University. He joined Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and became a screenwriter. He later quit TVB and started his career as a novelist in 2004.

Wong became active in the politics in 2010 when he began to host online radio shows for Hong Kong Reporter, an internet radio station affiliated with the radical democratic party People Power. He quickly rose as the protege of the radical democrat legislator "Mad Dog" Raymond Wong Yuk-man. In February 2012, Wong Yeung-tat set up an activist group, Civic Passion, which mostly consisted of his devoted followers.

Wong ran for the Legislative Council in the 2012 LegCo election as a People Power candidate. Before he ran for the election, he took the initiative to waive bail and serve his sentence for his conviction of gate-crashing a public forum at the Hong Kong Science Museum protesting against a government proposal of the Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2012 in September 2011, as he was not eligible for candidacy if his prison term was still pending.[1] After he served his three-week sentence, he ran for the election but failed in Kowloon East by 2,900 votes.[2] After the election, Wong denied any relationship with the People Power, which drew attacks from the People Power and its supporters, calling Wong a "traitor."

Filmography

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References

  1. ↑ Luk, Eddie (8 May 2012). "Activist picks jail to free Legco run". The Standard.
  2. ↑ Chong, Tanna (11 September 2012). "People Power and Neo Democrat radicals punish Democrats". South China Morning Post.