Hong Kong Army Cadets Association Limited

The Hong Kong Army Cadets Association Limited (Chinese: 香港青少年軍總會), established on January 18, 2015, is a Hong Kong Uniformed Youth Group (Chinese: 香港青少年制服團體), it is supported by the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong.[1] Established with the ethos "To Serve the Fatherland",[2] it has been criticised by some of suspected brainwashing. It's stated future aims include the opening of one or more non profit making schools in order to promote their ideals.[3] The Hong Kong Army Cadets Association is a development of the Military Summer Camp For Hong Kong Youth (Chinese: 香港青少年軍事夏令營) scheme organised by Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping, the wife of former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-hwa, and the core of the estimated 2000 strong membership[4] is made up of attendees of the summer camps; the target membership of the Association are children and youths from the age of six upwards.[5] Of the Hong Kong Uniformed Youth Groups, the Association is the only one to use People's Liberation Army military drill,[6] and its uniforms, emblems and structure is based on that of the PLA.

Organisation

Attendees of the sixth military summer camp program, attendees of the camps form the core membership of the Association.

The Chairman of the Hong Kong Army Cadets Association Limited is Tai Tak Fung (Chinese: 戴德豐) of the Four Seas Group. Founders and patrons of the Association include Chief Executive of Hong Kong Leung Chun-ying, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Zhang Xiaoming and Commander of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison Tan Benhong. The board, chaired by National People's Congress for Hong Kong Bunny Chan (Chinese: 陳振彬), is composed of PRC officials in Hong Kong and members of the Pro-Beijing camp, Commander in Chief of the corps is Regina Leung the wife of Leung Chun-ying.

History

The Association builds on the work of the Military Summer Camp For Hong Kong Youth (Chinese: 香港青少年軍事夏令營) scheme organised by Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping, the wife of former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-hwa. The summer camp program began in 2005 running every July. Aimed at secondary students from the third to sixth years (ages 14 to 17) the summer camps featured a program of leadership training, military drill, martial arts and an education program to further understanding of the PRC and PLA.

The Association was registered as a Limited Company with Companies Registry (CR) on January 15 2015, in the same mont,h on the 18th, the Association held an establishment ceremony at Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base, in attendance were representatives from a number of Hong Kong youth organisations, including the Scout Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Girl Guides Association, Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps, and the Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong amongst others. Attendees on the part of the government included Secretary for Security, Mr Lai Tung-kwok, and the Secretary for Education Eddie Ng, however of the media bodies present, only three were allowed to conduct interviews, with the mainland controlled Wen Wei Po being shown special favour.

References

  1. ↑ (traditional Chinese)"會章列明擬設非牟利學校". Apple Daily. 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  2. ↑ (traditional Chinese)"香港青少年軍誓詞「建設香港，報效祖國」". Apple Daily. 2015-01-18.
  3. ↑ (traditional Chinese)"締結姊妹學校非政府發明". Sing Pao Daily News. 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  4. ↑ (traditional Chinese)"軍事夏令營二千畢業學員為骨幹 駐軍助搞青少年軍　議員稱違《基本法》". Apple Daily. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  5. ↑ (traditional Chinese)"收生跌制服團體萎縮 學校反應一般". Ming Pao. 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  6. ↑ (traditional Chinese)"香港青少年軍總會成立 宣誓報效祖國". Wen Wei Po. 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
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