Youngspiration

Youngspiration
青年新政
Convenor Baggio Leung
Founded 21 January 2015
Membership ~400[1]
Ideology Localism[2]
Nativism[3]
Political position Right-wing
Colours      Orange
Legislative Council
0 / 70
District Councils
1 / 458
Website
youngspiration.hk
Youngspiration
Traditional Chinese 青年新政

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.

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		 +/−
2015 12,520Steady 0.87Steady
1 / 431
 1Increase

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Lau, Kenneth (21 September 2015). "Young guns to take on election veterans". The Standard.
  2. 1 2 "Localism: Why is support for the political perspective growing - and who's behind it?". Time Out Hong Kong. 1 July 2015.
  3. ↑ 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]
  4. ↑ "HKFP Interview: ‘Umbrella soldier’ group Youngspiration vows to find new path to democracy".
  5. ↑ "佔領後新政團湧現-青年新政-擬出戰區選-倡港人優先".
  6. ↑ 青年新政9人出選僅鄺葆賢勝出
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ "青年新政：公民黨非同路人". Apple Daily. 7 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "【新東補選】本民前梁天琦參選　稱獲青年新政支持　若進議會拉布點人數「是基本」". Ming Pao. 10 January 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "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]
  11. ↑ [Press release: One-way Permit Scheme http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201401/22/P201401220520.htm]
  12. ↑ Basic Law Chapter VII : External Affairs http://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/chapter_7.html
  13. ↑ [Press release: One-way Permit Scheme http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201401/22/P201401220520.htm]
  14. 1 2 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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