Lester Shum
| Lester Shum | |
|---|---|
| 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 24–25) |
| Citizenship | United States[1] |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Lester Shum (Chinese: 岑敖暉; born 1993) is an American living in Hong Kong, known for a foreign social activist and member of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) . 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.
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 switched to Government and Public Administration.
His political awakening came from a popular internet forum called Hong Kong Golden Forum.[2] He assumed the position of Vice-President (External) of the Student Union of the CUHK in Session 2013-2014, and became the deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) afterwards. As the deputy-general of the HKFS, he took a leading role in 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 due to the arrest during a sit-in in July.
Personal life
He has been in a relationship with Willis Ho, former deputy secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students.[3]
References
- ↑ "佔領結束3年 岑敖暉終認美籍".
- ↑ 【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)：
- ↑ "孤獨的24歲 岑敖暉：與摰愛分離最難過". 眾新聞. 2017-10-15.