The April Fifth Action (Chinese: 四五行動 Pinyin: Sì-Wǔ xíngdòng), named after the first Tiananmen incident of April 5, 1976 (also known as the April Fifth Movement) is a very small and radical socialist group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The most famous member of the group is Leung Kwok-hung, better known as "long-hair" locally. Pinyin (拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... The Tiananmen incident took place in the Peoples Republic of China immediately following the April Fifth Movement. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The April Fifth Movement was a mass movement that took place in the Peoples Republic of China and culminated on April 5, 1976. ... A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; Traditional Chinese: 特別行政區; pinyin: tèbié xíngzhèngqū; Cantonese IPA: /tɐk6piːt6 hɐŋ4tsɪŋ3kʰɵy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale: dahkbiht hàhngjingkeūi) is a political subdivision of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Leung Kwok-hung (梁國雄), also known as Long Hair (長毛) (born March 27, 1956) is a Hong Kong political activist, and as of 2004, a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) representing New Territories East. ...

Because the group strives for a socialist, revolutionary ideal akin to Che Guevara, they have aligned themselves with the pro-democracy camp in its opposition to the governments of China and HKSAR, to call for more democracy / power away from the government to the people. The group is well known for its aggressive and "civil disobedience" style of actions to protest against governments of China and Hong Kong during celebrations and visits of state leaders, often resulting in confrontations with the police. Its members have also been prosecuted for disrupting meetings of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). Their utter lack of regard for the Hong Kong law is due to their Marxist belief that change for the good can only be achieved through a virtual revolution (transformation), not just reform. Civil disobedience encompasses the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence. ... Legislative Council Building The Legislative Council of Hong Kong (立法會, abbreviated LegCo) is the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Its most famous member, Leung Kwok-hung has contested but lost in both the 2000 LegCo elections and 2003 District Council elections. But he considered the latter battle in 2003 a victory from the number of votes he got in a district which traditionally supports pro-Beijing candidates. He finally succeeded in the 2004 LegCo election and became the first member of the April Fifth Action in the Legislative Council. Leung Kwok-hung (梁國雄), also known as Long Hair (長毛) (born March 27, 1956) is a Hong Kong political activist, and as of 2004, a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) representing New Territories East. ... The District Councils (formerly District Boards) are district organizations in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). ... Elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) were held on September 12, 2004. ...

He has been the most controversial winner since he refused to take the standard oath which all legislators must take, and preferred to adopt his own version. Leung Kwok-hung has gained most of his popularity due to his very strong, if not radical, stance on issues, calling for change for the indecision and inefficiency that has paralysed the Hong Kong government due to weak leadership under the Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. Whether the Hong Kong citizens will truly adopt his Marxist belief of revolution to achieve this change is a matter for the future.

External link

• Web page of April Fifth Action (http://members.hknet.com/~tllau/)