Posts tagged politics
Kelvin Ho-Por Lam | District Councillor—Fighting to preserve the identity of a city and its people

Kelvin Ho-Por Lam, 40s, is a former economist who was elected as the independent democratic councillor for the South Horizons West Constituency in 2019 and also ran to represent the Financial Services functional constituency in the now cancelled 2020 LegCo election. Having moved to the UK as a child, he returned to Hong Kong in 2015 in the aftermath of the Umbrella Revolution.

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Michael Chan | ‘Communist Party Railway’ image reversal through MTR trade union

This is Michael’s fifth year working for the MTR as a train driver for the East Rail Line. He founded the eighth MTR trade union ‘Railway Power’ in 2019 and is currently the union’s chairman. It’s not easy to work for a controversial company, let alone establishing a trade union. Let’s learn more about Michael’s story.

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Keyboard Warrior | Politics dividing generations. We keep wasting time — whose fault is it?

Keyboard Warrior is a post-80s HongKonger who became a fulltime housewife in June 2019. Due to the anti-extradition movement, her relationship with her family changed drastically. Her husband has very different values and she reconsiders whether she should have children under the current situation in Hong Kong.

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Jade | Canadian-HKer reconnecting with Hong Kong: “I felt isolated navigating my identity and politics.”

Born and raised in Canada, I have friends from a diverse ethnic background. It’s hard for them to understand why I feel so strongly about Hong Kong. I tried my best to raise awareness on what was happening, but I always criticized myself wondering, “Am I annoying?”

I felt isolated navigating my identity and politics. I hope that people from Hong Kong will see me as one of them even though I wasn’t born or raised there.

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