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Crystal Chow Ching (; 13 September 1986) is a former Hong Kong activist. She was the vice-chairman of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Students' Union from 2008 to 2009 and the secretary-general of the
Hong Kong Federation of Students The Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS, or 學聯) is a student organisation founded in May 1958 by the student unions of four higher education institutions in Hong Kong. The inaugural committee had seven members representing the four sc ...
from 2009 to 2010. She ran in the
2010 Hong Kong by-election The 2010 Hong Kong Legislative Council by-election was an election held on 16 May 2010 in Hong Kong for all five geographical constituencies of the Legislative Council (LegCo), triggered by the resignation of five pan-democrat Legislative Cou ...
as the candidate of Tertiary 2012 in support of the
Five Constituencies Referendum The 2010 Hong Kong Legislative Council by-election was an election held on 16 May 2010 in Hong Kong for all five geographical constituencies of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council (LegCo), triggered by the resignation of f ...
.


Biography

Daughter of film director and screenwriter
Ivy Ho Ivy Ho Sai-Hong (, born 15 August 1958) is a Hong Kong screenwriter and film director. Ho's work has received high critical acclaim in Hong Kong. Perry Lam of Muse (Hong Kong magazine), ''Muse'' magazine wrote, 'As a writer, Ho excels as a min ...
, Chow was educated at the pro-Beijing
Pui Kiu Middle School Pui Kiu Middle School ( zh, t=培僑中學) is a secondary school in Hong Kong. Located in the Eastern District area of North Point. The school uses Chinese language as a medium of instruction. During a portion of its history in British Hong ...
. She studied Cultural Studies at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...
(CUHK) and was a member of the
Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China ( zh, link=no, t=香港市民支援愛國民主運動聯合會; abbr. ; ) was a pro-democracy organisation that was established on 21 May 1989 in the then British co ...
. She campaigned for the
pro-democracy camp The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic La ...
in the 2004 Legislative Council election. Chow was the vice-chairman of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Students' Union from 2008 to 2009 and the secretary-general of the
Hong Kong Federation of Students The Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS, or 學聯) is a student organisation founded in May 1958 by the student unions of four higher education institutions in Hong Kong. The inaugural committee had seven members representing the four sc ...
from 2009 to 2010. She rose to fame in the
Five Constituencies Referendum The 2010 Hong Kong Legislative Council by-election was an election held on 16 May 2010 in Hong Kong for all five geographical constituencies of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council (LegCo), triggered by the resignation of f ...
movement launched by the
League of Social Democrats The League of Social Democrats (LSD) is a social democratic party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Chan Po-ying, wife of Leung Kwok-hung, it positions itself as the radical wing of the pro-democracy camp and stresses on "street actions" and "parlia ...
(LSD) and the
Civic Party The Civic Party (CP) was a pro-democracy camp, pro-democracy liberalism in Hong Kong, liberal political party from March 2006 to May 2023 in Hong Kong. The party was formed in 2006 on the basis of the Article 45 Concern Group, Basic Law Ar ...
. She formed the Tertiary 2012 with other university students to prevent uncontested election as the
pro-Beijing camp The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp is a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Government of the People's Republic of China, Beijing central government and the Chinese Commun ...
deemed the resignation-triggered by-election as "unconstitutional" referendum.Moy, Patsy & Chiang, Scarlett (26 March 2010)
Curiouser and curiouser
, ''The Standard''
Chow ran in
New Territories East New Territories East is the eastern part of New Territories, covering North District, Hong Kong, North, Tai Po District, Tai Po, Sha Tin District, Sha Tin, and Sai Kung District. History All districts except Sai Kung District have been connected ...
against
Leung Kwok-hung Leung Kwok-hung ( zh, t=梁國雄; born 27 March 1956), also known by his nickname "Long Hair" (), is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council, representing the New Territories East. A Trotskyist ...
and received 17,260 votes, 11 per cent of the total vote share and the highest vote share among the Tertiary 2012 candidates.


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Crystal Chow's blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chow, Crystal Living people 1986 births Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of SOAS University of London Hong Kong democracy activists Hong Kong journalists