Civic Act-up
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Civic Act-Up
公民起動 |
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| Chairman | Cyd Ho |
| Founded | 24 September 2003 |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Regional affiliation | Pan-democracy camp |
| Colours | Black, amber |
| Legislative Council |
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| District Council |
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Civic Act-up (Chinese: 公民起動) is a small pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong. It was founded on 24 September 2003 by a group of relatively young activists with the encouragement of Legislative Councillor Cyd Ho Sau-lan, to challenge the existing pro-government District Councillors in Wanchai District in the 2003 District Council elections. There is no formal structure in the group.
The platform of the group includes pressing for universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and Legislative Council, improvements in urban design and transportation, paying special attention to youth, women and ethnic minority issues, and extending anti-discrimination laws to the areas of age, sexual orientation and race.
It was formed in the background of the 2003 July 1 march, where half of a million Hong Kong people showed up in the demonstration against the legislation of the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 and the Tung Chee-hwa administration. In the wake of the massive civil movement, Legislative Councillor Cyd Ho So-lan formed the Civic Act-up to contest in the Wanchai District in the 2003 District Council elections. Three out of five candidates of the group won in the 2003 District Council elections, with Cyd Ho defeated the pro-Beijing DAB's Legislative Councillor Ip Kwok-him in the Kwun Lung constituency in Central and Western District.
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