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Biography
Wong Yeung-tat (Chinese: 黃洋達; born 29 May 1979) is a Hong Kong social activist and the founder and former leader of radical populist group Civic Passion.
Biography
Wong was born in Hong Kong and graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University. He joined Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and became a screenwriter. He later quit TVB and started his career as a novelist in 2004.
Wong became active in the politics in 2010 when he began to host online radio shows for Hong Kong Reporter, an internet radio station affiliated with the democratic party People Power. He quickly rose as the protege of the democrat legislator Raymond Wong Yuk-man. In February 2012, Wong Yeung-tat set up an activist group, Civic Passion, which mostly consisted of his devoted followers.
Wong ran for the Legislative Council in the 2012 LegCo election as a People Power candidate. Before he ran for the election, he took the initiative to waive bail and serve his sentence for his conviction of gate-crashing a public forum at the Hong Kong Science Museum protesting against a government proposal of the Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2012 in September 2011, as he was not eligible for candidacy if his prison term was still pending. After he served his three-week sentence, he ran for the election but failed in Kowloon East by 2,900 votes. After the election, Wong denied any relationship with People Power, which drew attacks from People Power and its supporters, calling Wong a "traitor."
Filmography
Assistant Director:
- Gimme Gimme
- Love au Zen
Story:
- 72 Tenants of Prosperity
- I Love Hong Kong
- The Fortune Buddies
- I Love Hong Kong 2012
Actor:
- Forever and Ever ... Patient
Writer:
- Killer 2
- Unplugging Nightmare
- Turning Point
- 72 Tenants of Prosperity
- I Love Hong Kong
- The Fortune Buddies