Voice of Loving Hong Kong
Voice of Loving Hong Kong (Chinese: 愛港之聲) is a pro-Beijing camp organisation and pressure group. Created by businessman and activist Patrick Ko, initially as a Facebook page, its stated aim is to show solidarity with, and support for the CY Leung administration. It organises rallies and counter-demonstrations in opposition to anti-government and anti-Beijing demonstrations.
Voice of Loving Hong Kong should not be confused with Caring Hong Kong Power, which in Chinese has a similar name (Chinese: 愛護香港力量). "Caring Hong Kong Power", which organised the December 30, 2012 "pro Hong Kong" march, is famous for its members coming into conflict with reporters from Now TV and anti-Leung activists. Despite "Voice of Loving Hong Kong" and "Caring Hong Kong Power" both being in the Pro-Beijing camp, members of the two parties flame each other on social media.
"Voice of Loving Hong Kong", "Caring Hong Kong Power" and organisations such as "Hong Kong Youth Care Association Limited" (Chinese: 香港青年關愛協會) form a loose coalition referred to as the "Love Hong Kong faction" (Chinese: 愛字派). "Voice of Loving Hong Kong" and "Caring Hong Kong Power" can be differentiated in that "Voice" uses banners and printed material featuring computer generated and colourful cartoon-like Chinese characters, and "Care" uses material featuring red characters, using traditional Chinese calligraphy in regular script, on a white background. These various factions are united in opposition to the pan-democracy camp and in their antagonism to Falun Gong.
On New Year's Day 2013, "Voice of Loving Hong Kong" organised an event it called the "Love Hong Kong, support the government, New Year's Day Carnival" (Chinese: 愛香港、撐政府 元旦嘉年華). Despite being labelled a "carnival", the event held at the Tamar Amphitheatre, in Tamar Park, Admiralty, was seen as a counter protest mounted against an anti-Leung demonstration held by the Civil Human Rights Front on the same day. Patrick Ko, in defence against accusations that "Voice" had timed and sited its event as a deliberate provocation, stated that the "carnival" was apolitical, was independent of outside powers and that he hoped that it would "Convert anger into harmony". He stated that the public, being rational, would overcome differences, and that he did not foresee violence.
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