Political party in Hong Kong
Banner of Civic Act-Up's Cyd Ho Sau-lan during the 2010 Hong Kong by-election . Civic Act-up (Chinese : 公民起動 ) is a small pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong . It was founded on 24 September 2003 by a group of relatively young activists with the encouragement of Legislative Councillor Cyd Ho , to challenge the existing pro-government district councillors in Wanchai District in the 2003 District Council elections . There is no formal structure in the group.
Beliefs
The platform of the group includes pressing for universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and Legislative Council , improvements in 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 .
History
It was formed in the background of the 2003 July 1 march , where half of a million Hong Kong people showed up in the demonstration against the legislation of the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 and the Tung Chee-hwa administration. In the wake of the massive civil movement, Legislative Councillor Cyd Ho So-lan formed the Civic Act-up to contest in the Wanchai District in the 2003 District Council elections . Three out of five candidates of the group won in the 2003 District Council elections, with Cyd Ho defeated the pro-Beijing DAB 's Legislative Councillor Ip Kwok-him in the Kwun Lung constituency in Central and Western District .[1]
In 2004 LegCo elections , Cyd Ho, representing the Civic Act-up, lost her seat to DAB's Choy So-yuk with a narrow margin in Hong Kong Island due to tactical mistake of the ally Democratic Party . Cyd Ho revenged her defeat in the 2012 LegCo elections by winning in Hong Kong Island.[2]
In 2012, Cyd Ho joined the Labour Party and ran under the Labour banner in the 2012 LegCo elections .
