Silent Majority for Hong Kong
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Silent Majority for Hong Kong
幫港出聲 |
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| Convenor | Robert Chow |
| Founded | 8 August 2013 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Pro-PRC Anti-Occupy Central |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Pro-Beijing camp |
| Colours | Black |
| Slogan | "Democracy without Chaos" |
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The Silent Majority for Hong Kong (Chinese: 幫港出聲; literally: "Help Hong Kong to speak out") is a conservative pro-Beijing political group in Hong Kong. It was founded on 8 August 2013 by members of the pro-Beijing alliance including former RTHK radio host Robert Chow and Professor of Economics at Lingnan University Ho Lok-sang.
The group, which opposes to the Occupy Central with Love and Peace movement, released a video on YouTube predicting deaths and chaos if the Occupy Central protests were to proceed, and organised numerous activities opposing the Occupy Central movement under the name Alliance for Peace and Democracy, such as a signature campaign and a march.
The Group claims to strive for "democracy without chaos", and to support peace and the implementation of universal suffrage in Hong Kong, but to oppose violence and the Occupy Central Movement. It also supports the 2014 Hong Kong electoral reform consultation, but support the reform proposal to exclude the pan-democracy camp to join the race.
Chow is quoted as saying "China will not deal with people ... it will only deal with [political] parties”. Chow's authoritative threat that political parties supporting the occupy movement risked "fading into political obscurity” led some media and individuals, especially from the pro-democracy camp, to denounce the group as pro-establishment Hong Kong "mouthpiece" for the Communist Party of China. As a result of its alleged close connection with the Chinese government, the group has been called by the pro-democracy camp as "Help the [Chinese Communist] Party to speak out" (Chinese: 幫黨出聲).
Silent Majority claimed to represent 75% of Hong Kong people based on a University of Hong Kong poll that concluded only 25% of people at the time believed Occupy Central would “succeed” in its objectives. Chow took this to mean 75% of Hong Kong people were the "silent majority" that supported his group. Although members of the survey team challenged the interpretation, Chow continued to trumpet his assertion.
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