The Shatin Community Network ( zh, t=沙田社區網絡) is a

localist Localism describes a range of political philosophies which prioritize the local. Generally, localism supports local production and consumption of goods, local control of government, and promotion of local history, local culture and local identi ...

political group in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. It was formed by a group of

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ne ...

residents and former member of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Local Society was inspired by 2014 Occupy protests. It uses "pragmatism, locality and democracy" and aimed to win back the District Councils from the

pro-Beijing camp The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp, pro-government camp or pro-China camp refers to a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Beijing central government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) t ...

. It won a seat in the

2015 Hong Kong district council elections The 2015 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 22 November 2015. Elections were held to all 18 District Councils with returning 431 members from directly elected constituencies after all appointed seats had been abolished. A recor ...

Electoral performance

District Council elections

References

Political organisations based in Hong Kong Localist parties in Hong Kong {{HongKong-poli-stub

Electoral performance

District Council elections

See also

References