HK First
HK First 香港本土 | |
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Pro-democracy camp | |
| Colours | Gold/Brown |
| Legislative Council | 0 / 90
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District Councils | 0 / 470
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| HK First on Facebook | |
| HK First | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng běntǔ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hēunggóng búntóu |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1gong2 bun2tou2 |
HK First is a localist political party in Hong Kong. It had one representative in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Claudia Mo, a former pan-democratic Civic Party member. It was founded in 2013 by two pro-democracy legislators, Claudia Mo and Gary Fan, to "defend the city's culture from 'mainlandisation'".[1]
History
The group was formed on 31 January 2013 by the two
Basic Law".[2]
It concerns the cultural aspects of the Hong Kong lifestyle, including the use of
Hong Kong–Mainland conflict. Despite its localist agenda, the group does not advocate for Hong Kong independence as compared to many other localists.[2] It opposed the government's Individual Visit Scheme to limit the number of mainland tourists.[3] They co-sponsored a controversial ad which claimed that reducing immigration would help the people of Hong Kong to get to the bottom of the housing problem, while rejecting claims of bias or discrimination against mainlanders,[4] despite condemnation from the Equal Opportunities Commission.[5] Fan later introduced a motion on adhering to the need to "put Hong Kong people first" in formulating policies, but the motion was ultimately defeated.[6]
Gary Fan ran in the
New Territories East while Claudia Mo ran in Kowloon West with the slogan of "against mainlandisation". The two ran again in the 2016 Legislative Council election, in which Fan lost in the ferocious competition in New Territories East and left the group only one representative. In November 2016, Mo announced her resignation from the Civic Party, citing her differences with the party on matters especially localism. She said she would continue serving the legislature as an "independent democrat" under the label "HK First".[7]
References
- ^ "Hong Kong.Hawaii Chamber of Commerce".
- ^ a b "Press release". 香港本土 HK First. 1 February 2013.
- ^ "議員成立聯盟拒大陸化". Shuonline. 1 February 2016.
- ^ Chong, Tanna (14 October 2013). "Legislators defend controversial advert on mainland migrants". South China Morning Post.
- ^ But, Joshua (12 October 2013). "Head of equality watchdog condemns lawmakers' ad on mainland migrants". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "Legislaitve Council of Hong Kong" (PDF).
- ^ "Hong Kong lawmaker Claudia Mo resigns from Civic Party citing 'differences' over localism and other issues". South China Morning Post. 14 November 2016.
External links
- HK First on Facebook
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