Youngspiration
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| Convenor | Baggio Leung |
| Founded | 21 January 2015 |
| Membership | ~400[1] |
| Ideology | Localism[2] Nativism[3] |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Orange |
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Youngspiration (Chinese: 青年新政) is a Hong Kong political party founded in 2015, with ideologically centred on localism,[2] and representative democracy.[4] It was formed after the 2014 Hong Kong protests, aiming to raise awareness of Hong Kong's constitutional right to 'a high degree of autonomy', free from interference from the People's Republic of China government, as stipulated in Articles 2 and 22 of the Hong Kong Basic Law.[5] As of 2016, the convenor of the group is Baggio Leung.
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Electoral politics
In 2015, nine members of Youngspiration took part in November's district council elections, in which three of them ran against the pan-democratic Democratic Party. Physician Kwong Po-yin, defeated the then-incumbent Chairman of the Kowloon City District Council Lau Wai Wing,[6] becoming the only Youngspiration candidate elected as a member of the Kowloon City District Council, representing the Whampoa West constituency.[1][7]
Youngspiration also called for a primary with the pro-democracy Civic Party for the New Territories East by-election, 2016 after the incumbent ex-Civic legislator Ronny Tong resigned, despite drawing differences between the pan-democracy camp and themselves.[8] They withdrew after meeting with the Civic Party and endorsed the candidacy of Edward Leung Tin-kei of the Hong Kong Indigenous.[9]
Political positions
Immigration issues
Youngspiration supports Hong Kong's right to maintain its own immigration policy,[10] as part of this right is externally controlled by the Mainland authorities.[11]
Hong Kong's Basic Law's Article 154 stipulates that Hong Kong shall control its own immigration policy.[12] However, immigration from Mainland China is regulated by the Mainland Chinese government, rather than the Hong Kong Immigration Department. This arrangement is regulated under Article 22 (4) of the Basic Law. The Mainland Chinese authority sends approximately 55,000 mainland immigrants to Hong Kong annually, with no involvement or oversight by the Hong Kong Government.[13]
Youngspiration opposes inequalities in the current status of Permanent Residents with and without Chinese nationality, whereby the right of abode of the former expires after 36 months without 'touching base' in Hong Kong, and the latter does not. The group also supports Hong Kong's right to maintain its own immigration policy,[10] similar to other liberal democracies, such as Canada and Australia.[10]
2015 Siu Yau-wai Case
In 2015, Youngspiration supported the deportation of an[14] illegal immigrant, Siu Yau-wai, a 12 years old boy who was brought to Hong Kong by his grandmother, using a PRC Exit-Entry Permit in 2006 and overstayed for 9 years.[14] Youngspiration marched to the Immigration Department to demand his deportation.
Performance in elections
District Council elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
Total elected seats |
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| 2015 | 12,520 |
0.87 |
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See also
- Hong Kong National Party
- Hong Kong Independence Party
- East Kowloon Community
- Liberate Yuen Long
- Localism in Hong Kong
- Sha Tin Community Network
References
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- ↑ The importance or appeal of these nativist groups has been exaggerated by Beijing, because this is a good excuse for them to crack down on genuine democratic expression in Hong Kong" [Hong Kong Sees Violent Start to Chinese New Year as Protesters Clash with Police http://time.com/4213191/hong-kong-riot-protest]
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- ↑ 青年新政9人出選僅鄺葆賢勝出
- ↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/11/23/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/umbrella-soldiers-take-seats-in-hong-kong-elections-but-pro-beijing-minions-dominate/#.VlSA1dAu0eI
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "本土主義針對的應是移民政策本身，要重奪單程證的審批權，而非針對已到港的新移民本人" [青年新政反攻黃埔 http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1034979]
- ↑ [Press release: One-way Permit Scheme http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201401/22/P201401220520.htm]
- ↑ Basic Law Chapter VII : External Affairs http://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/chapter_7.html
- ↑ [Press release: One-way Permit Scheme http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201401/22/P201401220520.htm]
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 肖 友 懷 06 年 以 自 己 身 份 申 請 雙 程 證 來 港 http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150605/news_20150605_55_1105215.htm
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