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| 岑敖暉 | |
.jpg) Lester Shum in 2017 | |
| 57th Deputy Secretary General of Hong Kong Federation of Students | |
| In office 1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015 | |
| Secretary General | Alex Chow |
| Preceded by | Willis Ho Johnson Yeung |
| Succeeded by | Wong Ka-fai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1993 (age 31–32) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Education | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Lester Shum (Chinese: 岑敖暉; born 1993) is a Hong kong social activist. He served as deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) from April 2014 to March 2015 and a leader of the 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. He currently serves as an assistant to lawmaker Chu Hoi-dick.
Biography
Shum completed his secondary education at Sheng Kung Hui Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School before entering The Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring initially in Information Engineering but later switching to Government and Public Administration.
His political awakening came from the popular internet forum Hong Kong Golden Forum. He was Vice-President (External) of the Student Union of the CUHK 2013-2014, and then became deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS). In that role, he helped lead the 2014 class boycott campaign against the decision of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) which set the framework of the restrictive electoral method on the 2017 Chief Executive election. The student movement led to the massive Occupy protests in September 2014. He was one of the five-member HKFS delegation to held talk with the government officials led by Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam in October 2014. He was detained by the police in October 2014 after being arrested during a sit-in in July.
In April 2019, Shum filed a judicial review against, and sought an injunction to block, the Hong Kong government's planned transferral of a prime Central Harbourfront site to the unfettered control of the Chinese army. The action followed long-running public concern at the proposed transfer, which contradicted undertakings by the governmment to maintain public access to and usage of the harbourfront.
Personal life
He has been in a relationship with fellow activist Willis Ho, former deputy secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students.
References
- "佔領結束3年 岑敖暉終認美籍".
- ^ Activist Lester Shum files legal challenge against gov’t plan for Chinese army dock on Hong Kong harbour, Hong Kong Free Press, 10 April 2019
- 【壹週刊】文青遇上高登仔 周永康、岑敖暉 (When Hipster meets "Golden son" - Lester Shum and Alex Chow). Apple Daily, 2014, 9(21)：
- Lester Shum seeks to challenge PLA dock decision, RTHK, 10-04-2019
- "孤獨的24歲 岑敖暉：與摰愛分離最難過". 眾新聞. 2017-10-15.
External links
- Stuart Lau, 10,000 Occupy Central protesters would bring government to crisis point: student leader”, South China Morning Post, 3 July 2014
- Grace Tsoi Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, The Star, 2 October 2014
