Political Activism
Secondary school students in Hong Kong were traditionally perceived as being indifferent to politics, until an ad-hoc group of secondary students (中學生關注基本法第23條立法聯盟) called about 3000 students to take part in the political demonstration in 2003 against Article 23 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law, after noticing heated discussions among students about the proposed legislation. After the demonstration, the ad-hoc group reorganized itself and became a registered organization under the name Hong Kong Secondary Students Union.
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