Hong Kong Indigenous
| Hong Kong Indigenous 本土民主前線 | |
|---|---|
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| Convenor | Ray Wong Toi-yeung |
| Founded | January 2015 |
| Membership |
 ~60[1] |
| Ideology |
Localism[2] Nativism[3] Radicalism[3] Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Colours | Blue |
| Legislative Council |
0 / 70 |
| District Councils |
0 / 458 |
| Website | |
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Politics of Hong Kong Political parties Elections | |
Hong Kong Indigenous (Chinese: 本土民主前線) is a radical, localist[2] and nativist[3] political group established in 2015. It is known for its localist stances and militant tendency of protesting. It has been actively involved in protests and engaged into violent clashes with police, including in the anti-parallel trading protests and the Mong Kok unrest. Ray Wong Toi-yeung is the convenor and key figure of the group.
Beliefs
Hong Kong Indigenous opposes the increased influence of mainland China and the Beijing government's involvement in Hong Kong. It opposes the increased use of standard Mandarin in Hong Kong schools instead of the native Cantonese. It also claims that the growing number of mainland migrants will be “diluting the ratio of local people" and depriving the locals' resources,” especially in primary schools, public housing and certain jobs. It argues that a mainland “incursion” is stripping residents of their identity and rights[3] The group does not officially condone violent protests, but has criticized the pan-democracy camp's "gentle approach” of non-violent civil disobedience and calls for a "militant" approach with "some kind of clash”.[2]
History
Hong Kong Indigenous was set up by a group of youngsters who participated in the 2014 Hong Kong protests in January 2015. It organized anti-parallel trading protests with another nativist group Civic Passion against the growing influx of mainland Chinese shoppers engaging in parallel trading in early 2015, aggressively picketing the alleged shoppers and having clashes with the police.[4] After the third demonstration, the central government said it would restrict Shenzhen residents to one visit a week.[3]
In July 2015, Hong Kong Indigenous marched to the Immigration Department to demand deportation of an undocumented 12-year-old Mainland boy Siu Yau-wai, who lived in Hong Kong for nine years without identification, with other nativists including Youngspiration.[5]
In January 2016, the group announced the candidacy of its 24 year old member Edward Leung Tin-kei for the New Territories East by-election, 2016, which left vacant by ex-Civic legislator Ronny Tong.[6]
In February 2016, the group actively involved in the Mong Kok violent clashes, in which the group called for actions to protect the hawkers from government's crackdown which led to clashes with the police.[7] Spokesman and Legislative Council by-election candidate Edward Leung Tin-kei and around 20 members and volunteers of the group were arrested.[8][9] Convenor Ray Wong Toi-yeung dismissed the claim that they incited the violent clashes and stated that they were only there to defend the street hawkers.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ "新聞人物：誰是黃台仰？". BBC. 11 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 Hewitt, Duncan (8 April 2015). "Hong Kong’s Clashes Over Mainland Shoppers Show Rising Cultural Tensions With China". International Business Times.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Sataline, Suzanne (18 May 2015). "Meet the Man Who Wants to Make Hong Kong a City-State". Foreign Policy.
- ↑ Chan, Kevin (2 March 2015). "Chinese shoppers latest target of Hong Kong protest anger". USA Today.
- ↑ "Localism: Why is support for the political perspective growing - and who's behind it?". Time Out Hong Kong. 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "【新東補選】本民前梁天琦參選 稱獲青年新政支持 若進議會拉布點人數「是基本」". Ming Pao. 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "【A1頭條】本土派號召300人旺角撐小販 警噴椒驅散". Apple Daily. 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "【旺角黑夜】本民前梁天琦被捕". HK01. 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "【旺角衝突】本民前稱警上門圖強行入屋 約20成員義工被捕". Apple Daily. 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "【旺角衝突】黃台仰：掟磚非激烈事前冇準備 焦點應放在警濫權". Apple Daily. 9 January 2016.
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