The Victoria Social Association (HKVSA) was a local political group based in
Central and Western District
The Central and Western District () located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated re ...
and
Wan Chai District, the former area of the
Victoria City founded in April 2016.
The association won one seat in Wan Chai in
2019 District Council election.
History
The association was founded in April 2016 by Chow Sai-kit, who was a former member of the
pro-independence Youngspiration. Chow ran in the
2015 District Council election in
Kennedy Town & Mount Davis but failed to win a seat. In the
2019 District Council election, four members of the association ran in the election, while only two of them ran under the banner of VSA. Chow himself ran as a substitute candidate for independent
Fergus Leung Fong-wai
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in case Leung was disqualified from running in
Kwun Lung. While Fung was elected,
Li Wing-choi
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who represented the association won a seat in
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, as well as two members who ran as independents,
Pang Ka-ho
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and Ho Chi-wang won in
Sai Wan and
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respectively.
Beijing mouthpiece ''
Wen Wei Po
''Wen Wei Po'' is a pro-Beijing State media, state-owned newspapers in Hong Kong, newspaper based in Hong Kong. The newspaper was established in Hong Kong on 9 September 1948, after Wenhui Bao, its Shanghai edition was launched in 1938.
Its h ...
'' accused the VSA of being pro-independence, citing chairman Chow Sai-kit former membership of Youngspiration and Li Wing-choi's opposition to the proposed
National Anthem Bill
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.
The association refuted by claiming that the news report was fabricated and reserved the right to sue.
Election results
District Council elections
References
External links
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Political parties disestablished in 2020
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