Wong Yeung-tat
| Wong Yeung-tat | |
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| 黃洋達 | |
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| Leader of Civic Passion | |
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In office 29 February 2012 – 5 September 2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Cheng Chung-tai |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 May 1979 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Civic Passion (2012–16) |
| Spouse(s) | Chan Sau-wai |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| Occupation | Social activist, screenwriter, novelist, internet radio host |
Wong Yeung-tat (Chinese: 黃洋達; Jyutping: wong4 joeng4 daat6; born 29 May 1979) is a Hong Kong social activist and the founder and former leader of radical populist group Civic Passion.
Wong was born in Hong Kong and graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University. He joined Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and became a screenwriter. He later quit TVB and started his career as a novelist in 2004.
Wong became active in the politics in 2010 when he began to host online radio shows for Hong Kong Reporter, an internet radio station affiliated with the democratic party People Power. He quickly rose as the protege of the democrat legislator Raymond Wong Yuk-man. In February 2012, Wong Yeung-tat set up an activist group, Civic Passion, which mostly consisted of his devoted followers.
Wong ran for the Legislative Council in the 2012 LegCo election as a People Power candidate. Before he ran for the election, he took the initiative to waive bail and serve his sentence for his conviction of gate-crashing a public forum at the Hong Kong Science Museum protesting against a government proposal of the Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2012 in September 2011, as he was not eligible for candidacy if his prison term was still pending. After he served his three-week sentence, he ran for the election but failed in Kowloon East by 2,900 votes. After the election, Wong denied any relationship with People Power, which drew attacks from People Power and its supporters, calling Wong a "traitor."
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