Deliberation Tsuen Wan ( zh, t=荃民議政) is a localist political group based in
Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...
founded on 6 July 2019. In a historic pro-democracy landslide in
2019 District Council election, the group won two seats in the
Tsuen Wan District Council
The Tsuen Wan District Council () is the district council of Hong Kong, district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Tsuen Wan District Council currently consists of 21 members, of which the distric ...
.
History
Deliberation Tsuen Wan was formed on 6 July 2019 ahead of the
2019 District Council election by a group of Tsuen Wan residents. The group co-organised the Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing march on 25 August 2019 amid the
anti-extradition bill protests. After the police fired tear gas at the protesters, the group organised volunteer cleaners to wash off the tear gas residue at the market in Yeung Uk Road, fearing the chemicals would poison the food there.
The group filled three candidates in the 2019 election, with contesting in
Tak Wah, Tam Pui-yan in
Tsuen Wan Rural and challenging legislator
Michael Tien
Michael Tien Puk-sun (born 25 August 1950) is a Hong Kong politician, businessman and member of the Legislative Council for New Territories North West. He is the founder and chairman of the G2000 clothing retail chain and former chairman of ...
in
Discovery Park. Jackson Lau and Adrian Lau were elected, with Tam losing to incumbent Norris Ng with narrow margin of votes.
Electoral performance
Tsuen Wan District Council elections
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