Mr. Simon Cheng
Founder and Chairperson of Hongkongers in Britain.
Hong Kong exiled pro-democracy activist, a founder of the UK-wide Hong Kong diasporic non-profit organisation - Hongkongers in Britain - which headquartered in Central London. Simon studied at National Taiwan University and London School of Economics for political science, international relations and European studies, and worked for trade and investment at British Consulate General Hong Kong. Due to his staunch pro-democracy stance, Simon is known by many when he was detained by Chinese authorities, hunted by state security police, stigmatised by the state media, and now as a political refugee and British National (Overseas) citizen in the UK. Simon is a pioneer who firstly proposes three new but separate stages of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement under the Hong Kong 'national (state) security law’ era, namely "Self-Help" (Haven Assistance), "Self-Reliance" (Hongkongers in Britain), and "Self-Empowerment" (Hong Kong 'Shadow' Parliament, lately renamed in Hong Kong Parliament), and he is keep being on the front line to develop. Simon firmly believes in a bottom-up route for democratic enfranchisement which could keep the mass public engaged with the activists, while consolidating the exiled diaspora in solidarity with the faith in democratisation back to his old and new hometowns. His tactics and strategies are effectively bringing human rights of Hongkongers into the social policy and domestic issue of the UK and it’s global democratic allies, its work on Hong Kong BN(O) legacy with resettlement scheme will be expected as a core part of British and universal heritage, history, value and future.
