Clarisse Yeung

Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying (Chinese: 楊雪盈; born 14 November 1986) is a Hong Kong politician. She is a current chairwoman of the Wan Chai District Council, representing Tai Hang.

Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying
楊雪盈
Chairwoman of the Wan Chai District Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2020
Preceded by	Stephen Ng
Member of the Wan Chai District Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2016
Preceded by	Wong Chor-fung
Constituency	Tai Hang
Personal details
Born	(1986-11-14) November 14, 1986 British Hong Kong
Political party	Kickstart Wan Chai
Occupation	Politician, lecturer

Biography

Yeung is a graduate of fine arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and a holder of a master's degree in visual arts from the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). She was a part-time post-secondary institute lecturer specialising in arts, culture and policy research.[1]

Yeung first stepped in politics when she joined the failed campaign of local artist Chow Chun-fai in the 2012 Legislative Council election in Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication functional constituency. Subsequently, they established the Hong Kong Culture Monitor, publishing studies and articles regarding local cultural policy and development.[1]

During the 2014 Hong Kong protests, Yeung called for the setting up of the Umbrella Movement Visual Archive to gather art installations, photographs and other artworks related to the movement, hoping to preserve them for history. She ran in the 2015 District Council election in Tai Hang against the pro-Beijing New People's Party. She grabbed 1,398 votes, beating her nearest rival by 250 votes, becoming of the few "umbrella soldiers" who was elected.[1] In 2016, she formed a pro-democracy group named "ARTicipants" together with 14 other candidates, running for seats in the Culture sub-sector in the 2016 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections.[2] The ARTicipants list, including Yeung, lost to a pro-Beijing 15-member list which included actress Liza Wang.[3]

In the 2019 District Council election, she initiated a group of fresh faces called Kickstart Wan Chai running in the Wan Chai District Council.[4] The group won six seats in total with Yeung get re-elected with 2,340 votes. With the pro-democrats seizing control of the council, Yeung was elected the chairwoman of the Wan Chai District Council.[5] Yeung participated in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, running for a seat in the Hong Kong Island constituency. She was unsuccessful in her bid, receiving 5,707 votes out of 90,247 voters in Hong Kong Island.[6]

References

1. Cheung, Ella. "How an artist became a district councilor". EJ Insight.
2. "周博賢、楊雪盈組「文化同行」參選選委會 公開挑戰汪明荃高志森". Inmediahk.net (in Chinese). 13 November 2016.
3. "Pro-democracy camp takes record quarter of seats on Election Committee that will choose Hong Kong's leader". South China Morning Post. 12 December 2016.
4. 周頌謙 (25 November 2019). "灣仔起步六人當選：不能讓建制派「翻盤」". Inmediahk.net (in Chinese).
5. "【灣仔區議會】謝偉俊、黃宏泰質疑選主席程序不公　「拉布」兩小時無阻楊雪盈當選". Stand News (in Chinese). 7 January 2020.
6. "民主動力 Power for Democracy". Facebook (in Chinese). 14 July 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Wong Chor-fung	Member of Wan Chai District Council Representative for Tai Hang 2016–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Stephen Ng	Chairwoman of Wan Chai District Council 2020–present