Tsz Wan Shan Constructive Power () was a local political group based in

Tsz Wan Shan Tsz Wan Shan () is a residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Located below Temple Hill, it is administratively part of Wong Tai Sin District. (Note that Temple Hill is also called ''Tsz Wan Shan'' , but Tsz Wan Shan usually refers to the are ...

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founded in January 2015 by a group of

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netizens. Inspired by the

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, the group contested in the 2015 District Council election but failed to win any seats. It won two seats in a historic pro-democracy landslide in 2019 District Council election.

History

The group was formed in January 2015 by a group of

netizens attempting to prevent the pro-Beijing camp from running uncontested in the 2015 District Council election after the

. Members Mak Tsz-ho and Tam Chun-man ran in Ching Oi and Tsz Wan East against

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(DAB) incumbents anti-Occupy lawyer Maggie Chan Man-ki and Ho Hon-man respectively but both failed to win a seat. In 2016, the group formed an electoral alliance under the name " ALLinHK with five other localist groups:

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, Cheung Sha Wan Community Establishment Power, and Tuen Mun Community. It planned to field candidates in four of the five geographical constituencies with the agenda to put forward a referendum on Hong Kong's

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. Two Youngsipration candidates of the ALLinHK alliance

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and

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were elected, but were soon disqualified over the

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in October 2016. The group made a second attempt in the 2019 District Council election amid the large scale anti-extradition protests, with Cheung Ka-yi and Sham Yu-hin contested in Fung Tak and Ching Oi. In the historic pro-democracy landslide, both candidates were elected by defeating the DAB opponents. On 22 September 2021, the group announced its dissolution due it being unable to "move forward" after the crackdown following the

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Electoral performance

Wong Tai Sin District Council elections

References

External links

TWS Power's facebook page
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