Civic Act-Up 公民起動 | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Cyd Ho |
| Founded | 24 September 2003 (2003-09-24) |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Regional affiliation | Pan-democracy camp |
| Colours | Black,amber |
| Legislative Council | 0 / 90 |
| District Council | 0 / 470 |
Civic Act-up (Chinese:公民起動) is a smallpro-democracy political group inHong Kong. It was founded on 24 September 2003 by a group of relatively young activists with the encouragement of Legislative CouncillorCyd Ho, to challenge the existingpro-government district councillors inWanchai District in the2003 District Council elections. There is no formal structure in the group.
The platform of the group includes pressing foruniversal suffrage for theChief Executive andLegislative Council, improvements inurban design and transportation, paying special attention to youth, women andethnic minority issues, and extendinganti-discrimination laws to the areas of age,sexual orientation andrace.
It was formed in the background of the2003 July 1 march, where half of a million Hong Kong people showed up in the demonstration against the legislation of theHong Kong Basic Law Article 23 and theTung Chee-hwa administration. In the wake of the massive civil movement, Legislative CouncillorCyd Ho So-lan formed the Civic Act-up to contest in theWanchai District in the2003 District Council elections. Three out of five candidates of the group won in the 2003 District Council elections, with Cyd Ho defeated thepro-BeijingDAB's Legislative CouncillorIp Kwok-him in theKwun Lung constituency inCentral and Western District.[1]
In2004 LegCo elections, Cyd Ho, representing the Civic Act-up, lost her seat to DAB'sChoy So-yuk with a narrow margin inHong Kong Island due to tactical mistake of the allyDemocratic Party. Cyd Ho revenged her defeat in the2012 LegCo elections by winning in Hong Kong Island.[2]
In 2012, Cyd Ho joined theLabour Party and ran under the Labour banner in the2012 LegCo elections.
| Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | GC seats | FC seats | Total seats | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Audrey Eu ticket | 0 | 0 | 0 / 60 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 30,887 | 2.04 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 60 | 1 |
| 2012 | Labour ticket | 1 | 0 | 1 / 70 | 0 | |
| Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | Total elected seats | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5,170 | 0.49 | 3 / 400 | 3 |
| 2007 | 991 | 0.09 | 0 / 405 | 2 |
