Kowloon East Community

Kowloon East Community is a localist political group formed in late 2014 in Hong Kong by a group of netizens on the online forum Hong Kong Golden Forum who were inspired by 2014 Occupy protests. It focuses on livelihood issues in Kwun Tong District and won a seat in the 2015 Hong Kong district council elections.[1]

Kowloon East Community
東九龍社區關注組
ConvenorChan Chak-to
FoundedLate 2014
IdeologyHong Kong localism
Colours  Green
Legislative Council
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District Councils
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Website
Official Facebook page
Kowloon East Community
Traditional Chinese東九龍社區關注組
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDūng gáu lùhng séh kēui gwāan jyu jóu
JyutpingDung1 gau2 lung4 se5 keoi1 gwaan1 zyu3 zou2

Performance in elections

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Legislative Council elections

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Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
Total seats +/− Position
2016 12,854  0.59  0 0
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District Council elections

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Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
Total
elected seats
+/−
2015 3,922  0.27 
1 / 431
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hong Kong post-Occupy young bloods eye up district council elections". South China Morning Post. 7 April 2015.
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