Sai Kung Commons () is a local political group based in
Sai Kung
Sai Kung may refer to:
* Sai Kung Town, or just Sai Kung, a town and administrative area in the Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
* Sai Kung Peninsula, a peninsula in Hong Kong
* Sai Kung District, an administrative district in Hong Kong, which does no ...
founded in 2016. In a historic pro-democracy landslide in
2019 District Council election, the group won three seats in the
Sai Kung District Council
The Sai Kung District Council () is the district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council currently consists of 31 members, of which the district is divided into 29 constituen ...
.
History
Sai Kung Commons was founded in 2019 by a group of activists who were concerned about development in Sai Kung and rural living and aimed at breaking the monopoly of District Councillors who were biased in favour of the property developers with large scale residential projects destroying the rural nature.
In the
2019 District Council election, the group filled three candidates in the Sai Kung rural constituencies, with Zoe Leung Hin-yan running in
Sai Kung Central, Stanley Ho Wai-hong, who was also a
Labour Party member, in
Pak Sha Wan
Pak or PAK may refer to:
Places
* Pakistan (country code PAK)
* Pak, Afghanistan
* Pak Island, in the Admiralty Islands group of Papua New Guinea
* Pak Tea House, a café in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Arts and entertainment
* PAK (band), an Ame ...
and Debby Chan Ka-lam in
Sai Kung Islands. During the campaign, Stanley Ho was attacked by four rod-wielding white-clad men in Sai Kung. Zoe Leung Hin-yan's campaign volunteer was also attacked with excrement in November.
All three Commons members were eventually elected, defeating the pro-Beijing
(DAB) candidates including Sai Kung District Council chairman George Ng Sze-fuk in Sai Kung Central on 24 November.
Performance in elections
Sai Kung District Council elections
References
External links
Sai Kung Commons's facebook page{{Hong Kong political parties
Political organisations based in Hong Kong
Political parties established in 2019
2019 establishments in Hong Kong
Liberal parties in Hong Kong