Tseung Kwan O Pioneers () is a local political group based in

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named. ...

founded in 2016. In a historic pro-democracy landslide in 2019 District Council election, the group won two 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

Tseung Kwan O Pioneers was founded in March 2016 by three young

residents, Chan Wai-lit, Cheung Fung-kiu and Cheung Wai-chiu who, inspired by the

Umbrella Revolution A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, or Occupy Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014. The protests began after th ...

, aimed to provide community services in Choi Kin, Fu Nam and King Lam, respectively. The Pioneers clashed with other pro-democracy parties in those districts. While Cheung Fung-kiu did not run eventually, Chan Wai-lit and Cheung Wai-chiu failed to coordinate with other pro-democratic candidates which resulted in more than one pro-democrat running in the those constituencies. However, both Chan and Cheung were elected with majority of votes in Choi Kin and King Lam despite the clashes.

Performance in elections

Sai Kung District Council elections

References

External links

TKO Pioneers's facebook page
{{Hong Kong political parties Political organisations based in Hong Kong Political parties established in 2016 2016 establishments in Hong Kong Liberal parties in Hong Kong Localist parties in Hong Kong