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Wong Pik-wan
Helena Wong Pik-wan (, born 21 March 1959) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Kowloon West constituency. She is also an academic staff member at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Background Wong was born in Hong Kong in 1959, and graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Master of Philosophy in Government and Public Administration. She continued on to receive her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the Hong Kong Christian Council in 1984, working on Publication, public policies and social affairs, and promotion of civic education. She co-founded the Hong Kong Christian Institute in 1988, an ecumenical Christian non-governmental organisation outside the institutional constraints of the church. She also chaired the Hong Kong Women Christian Council from 1999 to 2002. She has lectured at Hong Kong Polytechnic University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang (surname)
Wang () is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the common Chinese surname (''Wáng''). It has a mixture of various origin with uncertain lineage of family history, however it is currently the list of common Chinese surnames, most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than 107 million in Asia. It is the 8th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [Public Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People]." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012. A separate surname (''Wāng'') is also romanized as Wang. Wang also has less common unrelated origins in the North Germanic languages, Scandinavian and Germanic languages. Population and distribution Wáng is one of the most common surnames in the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. Specialists in the field are political scientists. History Origin Political science is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political institutions, political thought and behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. As a social science, contemporary political science started to take shape in the latter half of the 19th century and began to separate itself from political philosophy and history. Into the late 19th century, it was still uncommon for political science to be considered a distinct field from history. The term "political science" was not always distinguished from political philosophy, and the modern dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Hong Kong National Security Law
The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a national law of China on Hong Kong national security passed in 2020. It is implemented in Hong Kong in accordance with Hong Kong Basic Law Article 18, which allows for China's national laws to be valid in Hong Kong if they are included in Annex III. It was formulated under the authorization of the National People's Congress decision on Hong Kong national security legislation. The law was passed on 30 June 2020 by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress as a means of resolving the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, anti-extradition bill protests instigated by a 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill, Hong Kong local bill proposed in 2019 to enable Extradition law in China, extradition to other territories including the mainland, and came into force the same day. Among others, the national security law established four particular crimes of Secessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 2021 Arrests Of Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activists
The Hong Kong 47 is a group of 47 Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the 2020 Hong Kong national security law, Hong Kong national security law. On 6 January 2021, 53 activists, former legislators, social workers and academics were arrested by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force under the national security law over their organisation and participation in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, primaries for the postponement of the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election, subsequently postponed Legislative Council election, including six organisers and 48 participants, of which two were arrested in jail, making it the largest crackdown under the national security law since its passage on 30June 2020. Authorities also raided 72 sites including the home of jailed activist Joshua Wong, the offices of news outlets ''Apple Daily'', ''Stand News'' and Hong Kong Inmedia; and po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Free Press
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 Freedom of the press, 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''. History The Hong Kong Free Press was co-founded by Tom Grundy in 2015. Grundy was previously a social activist and a blogger who had lived in Hong Kong since around 2005. He wrote the blog Hong Wrong and held annual International Pillow Fight Day commotions in Central, Hong Kong, Central. He was also known for attempting a citizen's arrest on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He established HKFP in response to concerns about eroding freedom of the press, press freedom and media self-censorship in Hong Kong, with the aim of covering breaking news and topics such as the Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), pro-democracy movement. HKFP a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starry Lee
Starry Lee Wai-king, SBS, JP (, born 13 March 1974) is a Hong Kong politician and former chairperson of the largest pro-establishment Beijing-loyalist party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). She is a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), Legislative Councillor for the Kowloon Central geographical constituency, and a former Kowloon City District Councillor. From 2012 to 2016, she was a member of the Executive Council. Early life and education Born in 1974 in Hong Kong into a working-class family and brought up on a public housing estate, Lee obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Master of Business Administration from the University of Manchester. She became a professional accountant, working for KPMG in Hong Kong and is currently the principal at CCIF CPA Ltd. Career Lee first stood in the District Council elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Hong Kong Pro-democracy Primaries
The 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries were held on 11 and 12 July 2020 for selecting the numbers of pro-democracy camp, pro-democracy candidates for the subsequently Postponement of the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election, postponed 2020 Legislative Council election to maximise the chance for the pro-democrats to achieve a majority in the 70-seat Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council. With a turnout of more than 600,000, which equals to nearly half of votes received by the pro-democracy camp in the 2016 Hong Kong legislative election, 2016 general election, it was the most-participated primary held in the history of Hong Kong, despite the SAR government's threats of the organisers' potential breaching of the newly imposed 2020 Hong Kong national security law, national security law. Traditional pro-democrat parties lost ground to the localist camp, localist new faces, with an unofficial six-person alliance led by Joshua Wong and Nathan Law of the disbanded D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Hong Kong Legislative Election
The 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was originally scheduled on 6 September 2020 until it was postponed by the government. On 31 July 2020, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that she was invoking the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to postpone the election under the emergency powers granted to her by it, citing the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong#July 2020, recent resurgence of the COVID-19 cases, adding that the move was supported by Government of China, Beijing. Despite Lam's denial of any political calculation, the delay was seen by pro-democrats as politically motivated, who aimed to achieve a "35+" majority (obtaining more than 35 out of the 70 seats in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council) by riding the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, 2019 District Council landslide on a wave of 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, massive protests against the government and concerns about the sweeping new 2020 Hong Kong national se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kowloon City
Kowloon City is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District. Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is History As early as in the Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE), Kowloon City was famous for its pearl production. During the Song dynasty (960–1279), Kowloon City was a part of Kwun Fu Cheung (), which was part of a salt yard governed by Chinese officials. During the late Song Dynasty, two young emperors, Zhao Bing and Duanzong, sought refuge at current day Kowloon City, roughly at present day Sung Wong Toi Garden, to escape from the growing Mongol Army. There are also historic relics and a temple which dates back to 800 years ago. Part of the area was the location of the original Kowloon Walled City, erected during the Qing dynasty. This is now Kowloon Walled City Park. The former Kai Tak International Airport was also located in the district. In 1982, Hong Kong was divided into 18 districts, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Ching Estate
Kai Ching Estate is a Public housing in Hong Kong, public housing estate in a Brownfield land, brownfield development area of the disused Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. It consists of six residential buildings completed in 2013. It houses around 5,200 flats for 13,300 residents and shares the "Ching Long Shopping Centre" with Public housing estates in the Kai Tak development area#Tak Long Estate, Tak Long Estate. Kai Ching Estate was built by China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong). History In 1998, the Kai Tak Airport relocated to Chek Lap Kok as Hong Kong International Airport, clearing the way for a redevelopment of the Kai Tak (constituency), Kai Tak lands. In 2006, the Planning Department (Hong Kong), Planning Department outlined plans to build two new public estates on part of this brownfield land, brownfield site. The two estates, called Kai Ching () and Tak Long (), opened on the former north Apron (airport), apron in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Like other pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Hong Kong Heavy Metal In Drinking Water Incidents
Samples of potable water in Hong Kong were found to contain excessive levels of heavy metals including lead, nickel and cadmium in 2015. Such discoveries of contamination caused widespread crisis within the city. The scandal began in June 2015 when the Democratic Party announced that testing of drinking water at Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon revealed lead contamination. The Hong Kong Housing Authority subsequently confirmed that the levels of lead exceeded the standard established by the World Health Organization. Since the initial discovery at Kai Tak, lead contamination of drinking water has been found at numerous other housing estates, schools, and public buildings across Hong Kong. Heavy metal content in domestically used water Potable water that is used in Hong Kong indicated high levels of heavy metal when it was tested. The heavy metals include lead, nickel and cadmium. The discovery was made in 2015 when the Democratic Party undertook the responsibility of testing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Michael Webb
David Michael Webb, MBE (born 29 August 1965) is an activist investor, transparency advocate and public data archivist/analyst. Long based in Hong Kong, he was formerly an investment banker. He maintains a large, open set of highly synthesised public data records, at Webb-site.com. In 2020, he announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer but would maintain the database and his activism for as long as he could.The coming end of Webb-site Webb-site, 12 February 2025 Early life Webb graduated in mathematics from in 1986. From 1981 to 1986 he was also an author of books and games for early home computers, particularl ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
