Demographic features of the population of Hong Kong include population density,ethnicity,education level,the health of the populace,religious affiliations,and other aspects.
Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee is a politician in Hong Kong. She is currently the Convenor of the Executive Council (ExCo) and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo),as well as the founder and current chairperson of the New People's Party. She was formerly a prominent government official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and was the first woman to be appointed the Secretary for Security to head the disciplinary service. She is also the founder and Chairwoman of Savantas Policy Institute,a think-tank in Hong Kong.
Filipinos in Hong Kong refer to the Filipinos residing or working in Hong Kong. They constitute the largest ethnic minority in Hong Kong,numbering approximately 130,000,many of whom work as foreign domestic helpers. The Eastern District has the highest concentration of Filipino residents in Hong Kong,with 3.24% of the district's population being of Filipino descent.
Lee Cheuk-yan is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2016,when he lost his seat. He represented the Kowloon West and the Manufacturing constituencies briefly in 1995 and had been representing the New Territories West constituency from 1998 to 2016. He is a former trade union leader,former General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions,as well as former chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. He has been jailed since April 2021 for his role in the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests,having been sentenced for organizing two unauthorized assemblies;for an alleged offence of subversion of the state,no trial date has been set as of February 2024.
Refugees in Hong Kong have formed historic waves arriving in the city due to wars in the region and Hong Kong's historical role as a trading and transit entrepôt. More recently those seeking asylum or protection based on torture claims are a fast growing part of the city's population,increasing since 2004 due to changes in the legal system for considering asylum and torture claims mandated by local courts.
Chungking Mansions is a building located at 36–44 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. Though the building was supposed to be residential,it is made up of many independent low-budget guesthouses,shops,and other services. As well as selling to the public,the stalls in the building cater to wholesalers shipping goods to Africa and South Asia. The unusual atmosphere of the building is sometimes compared to that of the former Kowloon Walled City.
Andrew Wan Siu-kin is the former vice-chairman of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Kwai Tsing District Council for Shek Yam constituency. He was elected in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election through New Territories West.
Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) is a free,non-profit news website based in Hong Kong. It was co-founded in 2015 by Tom Grundy,who believed that the territory's press freedom was in decline,to provide an independent alternative to the dominant English-language newspaper of record in Hong Kong,the South China Morning Post.
Eunice Yung Hoi-yan is a Hong Kong barrister and pro-Beijing politician. She is a former member of the New People's Party (NPP) and the Civil Force (CF). She became member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for New Territories East in 2016 and for Election Committee in 2021. She stepped down in December 2023 after her home was searched by the Hong Kong National Security Police.
Dominic Lee Tsz-king is a Hong Kong politician. He is a member of the New People's Party and a Legislative Council Member representing the New Territories North East. He is a former member of the Sham Shui Po District Council for Yau Yat Tsuen from 2015 to 2019 and the former chairman of the Liberal Party Youth Committee.
"Glory to Hong Kong" is a protest anthem that was composed and written by a musician under the pseudonym "Thomas dgx yhl",with the contribution of a group of Hongkonger netizens from the online forum LIHKG during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. It was initially written in Cantonese and was eventually developed into various language versions starting with English.
Chris Tang Ping-keung is a Hong Kong law enforcement administrator who has been serving as the Secretary for Security of Hong Kong since June 2021. Tang joined the Hong Kong Police Force in 1987 immediately after his graduation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Science in social work. He previously served as the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong from 2019 to 2021,Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) in 2018,and Director of Operations of the Hong Kong Police Force from 2016 to 2018.
Cheng Tat-hung,also known as Tat Cheng,is a Hong Kong politician,formerly affiliated with the Civic Party. He was a member of Eastern District Council for Tanner from 2016 to 2021.
Kinda Li Ka-tat is a Hong Kong social activist and politician. He is a former member of the Kwun Tong District Council for Hip Hong.
Owen Chow Ka-shing is a Hong Kong localist camp activist. He was a 2019 District Council election candidate in Tai Wai and ran in the pro-democracy primaries for the 2020 Legislative Council election with the slogan "reject colonisers,national resistance against tyranny" in New Territories East.
The Hong Kong 47 is a group of 47 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the Hong Kong national security law.
Student Politicism was a student political group in Hong Kong. Founded on 26 May 2020,the group was one of only few pro-democracy organisations still existing in Hong Kong as of September 2021,before it was dissolved on 24 September 2021 after core members were charged under the National Security Law.
Adrian Pedro Ho King-hong is a Hong Kong politician and businessman. In 2022,he was elected to the Legislative Council as an election committee constituency member.
John Joseph Clancey is a Hong Kong–based American human rights lawyer,and the first foreigner arrested under the Hong Kong national security law for his role in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries.
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