Gardenia KWOK signs off as Design Democracy Hong Kong Facebook Administrator on 15 December 2014

Gardenia KWOK was employed as a research assistant on the US Government funded Design Democracy Hong Kong Project. See details here: http://nedprogramsinhk.blogspot.hk/2016/08/how-us-government-funds-were-used-by.html

Gardenia was the Design Democracy Hong Kong Facebook Administrator during the Occupy Central protests. Here Facebook signature was: G.K

Gardenia’s farewell message on the Design Democracy Hong Kong Facebook page

This was Gardenia KWOK’s farewell message on the Design Democracy Hong Kong 港人講普選 Facebook page on 15 December 2014:

大家好，我係admin G.K 如果你跟開，應該知道我係邊個。
今天多謝大家來論壇，今次是最後一個啦。而今天亦都係我last day。我是幸運的，有幸生在動盪的時代，見證改變。而我更是受薪去見證的。

很感謝大家，由當初得100人like到今天。你地陪我經歷了很多，有網民話我知Photoshop點用啦，提議請咩嘉賓啦。

真的，1年多前我沒有想到我由一個記者同嘉賓都唔識，腳架都無開過的人，到今日第4個論壇，poster sticker我整，片我拍我剪，開記招，搞7.1，學校講talk，訪問，在佔領現場報導...

你也沒想到香港人會佔領吧。論壇？有人去嘅咩？政改？mud spring吖？香港人像我一樣，成長了。所以別說不可能，別未做先怕。

如果失敗了，就讓我們都做曱甴，打不死！好嗎？

如果你怕掛住我，就去follow : https://www.facebook.com/no.lawyer.no.talk
******
好多謝記者朋友的不厭其煩。多謝社運界朋友的愛護，雙學的熱情。多謝朋友的無限支援。多謝student assistants的包容努力。Thanks translators during first week of occupy. Thanks umbrellians. 多謝每一個幫助我的人，小妹銘記。

Our translation: -學校講talk  = school talk talk.

Gardenia’s farewell message in Chinese

Gardenia’s farewell message in English

Comment from Jennifer Eagleton 

We will miss you – what will you do now?

Reference

Design Democracy Hong Kong Project Facebook page

Jennifer Eagleton, Civic Party consiglieri makes a plea to the student protesters on 19 October 2014 to stop talking violence and make peace

On 19 October 2014 Gardenia KWOK (G.K.) shared Scholarism’s post on the use of Monadnock Batons on the Design Democracy Hong Kong 港人講普選 Facebook page.

In response, Jennifer Eaglton, Senior Civic party member and member of the Design Democracy Hong Kong Project Advisory Group made the following comment:

“I think we should stop talking violence and talk peace now - 

Reach out to police. We only keep building up hatred”.

Reference 

Design Democracy Hong Kong 港人講普選 Facebook page on 19 October 2014.

How the US Government funded Design Democracy Facebook account was used to support the Occupy Central protests on 28 September 2014

The US Government funded Design Democracy Internet Portal included a website and the use of assorted social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others to share information and help coordinate actions during Occupy Central.

These are posts from the Design Democracy Hong Kong Facebook account on 28 September 2014, the day after the protesters confronted the police.

It is important to remember, all of these messages and all of this advice was funded by the US Government.

Message to avoid Chater Road

Message:

Please spread: Please do not come to Chater Road in Central. Those affected by tear gas please walk towards Causeway Bay. Charter Road has heavy-loaded police and waterwheels, all with gas masks.

Message of praise from Jennifer Eagleton on a school class boycott

Message:

迦密中學學生罷課現場. Class boycott at Carmel Secondary School, Ho Man Tin. Boycottage de classe, Carmel Secondary School, Ho Man Tin. 中学校のストライキ現場 迦密中學政改關注組

JenniferAnne Eagleton commented: “Good on you kids!”

Contact details for a Police and Security Equipment supplier

Message:

朋友：如果大家想買豬嘴. 如果你唔出去不如你買，送去現場. If you want to buy gas mask, or if you want to buy gas masks for your friends. 網民: 新填地街砵蘭街一帶嘅工業安全用品公司留意下 網民: 也可買3M 1862.

Design Democracy/CCPL/HKU poster with lawyer contact numbers and graphics explaining the need to dispose of scissors, cutters and knives

Message:

請廣傳

義務律師團隊發出訊息指，願意支援被拘捕的人。如果你在被捕後沒有律師去見你的話，請向警方要求打電話，請要求文律師和Mr. Vidler 律師去見你或指派大律師去見你。無需事前發出sms。9722 3750 文律師　(何謝韋律師事務所）9167 7091　 Mr. Vidler（韋智達律師行） 

Please help to spread this message: A volunteer lawyers team indicated that the team is willing to aid those who are being arrested. If you are being arrested without a lawyer to help you, please request the police to allow you to contact Mr. Man or Mr. Vidler. There is no need to send any SMS before that. 9722 3750 Mr. Man (Ho, Tse, Wai & Partners) 9167 7091 Mr. Vidler (Vidler & Co)

Reference

Design Democracy Hong Kong Facebook account on 28 September 2014

Meeting arranged by Jennifer Eagleton between the Civic Party and student leaders immediately prior to Occupy Central on 5 September 2014

On 17 September 2014, Wen Wei Po published an article on a meeting of the Civic Party’s English Language Group (ELG), held in Room 502 of the LegCo building on the evening of 5 September 2014, “The Way Forward from the Young Generation’s Perspective”.

This meeting was significant for two reasons:

1.      Jennifer Anne Eagleton is not only a senior member of the Civic Party, she was also the Civic Party’s inside person at HKU in the Occupy Central protests, being a member of the Design Democracy Hong Kong Project Advisory Group. See link: http://nedprogramsinhk.blogspot.com/2016/08/introducing-design-democracy-advisory.html

2.      Yvonne LEUNG Lai-kwok, one of the student leaders in the Occupy Central protests who was an attendee at the meeting, is also the centre of a recent controversy at HKU involving political interference in HKU’s internal affairs by the Civic Party, where she categorically denied having any further relationship with the Civic Party after a 2012 internship with Alan LEONG Kah-kit. Her presence at this meeting disproves this. See link: https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/28/hku-class-boycott-committee-rebut-council-chair-smears-deny-they-are-controlled-by-political-party/

Background

The Civic Forum English Language Group is a forum which meets in LegCo and holds meetings, often in conjunction with HK2020. Here’s an advert for a meeting they held in January 2014.

Civic Party English Language Group (ELG)
meeting notice on 7 January 2014

ELG meeting on 5 September 2014, “The Way Forward from the Young Generation’s Perspective”

On 17 September 2014, Wen Wei Po published an article on an ELG meeting held on 5 September 2014. The meeting was entitled: “The Way Forward from the Young Generation’s Perspective”. We’ve taken details of this meeting from the reports by the Canada China Friendship Association in their blog posts US Political Influence Among Young Hong Kong Activists (Part I)¹ and US Political Influence Among Young Hong Kong Activists (Part II)².

According to the blog post, this is a partial list of other attendees (out of 33, perhaps more): 

• Jennifer Eagleton, lecturer, City University of Hong Kong,
• Gladys Li, lawyer,
• Lee Faulkner, CEO, Radio Chinwag,
• Steve Vines, political reporter/commentator,
• Margaret Ng, Civic Party member  and lawyer,
• David M. Webb, former non-executive director of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange,
• Elizabeth Bosher, former Economic Department official (at the US Consulate),
• Rachel Cartland, former Financial and Economic Affairs Department official,
• Robin Bradbeer, director, Hong Kong Internet Management Co. Ltd.,
• Evan Fowler, director, Home Court News (translation?),
• Sebastian Veg, researcher on politics, French Center for Research on Contemporary China,
• Michele Geldens, English teacher, Hotung Secondary School,
• Jenn Horgos, Hong Kong TV anchor,
• Suzanne Pepper, American China scholar,
• Yvonne Leung, president of the Hong Kong University Student Union,
• Agnes Chow, spokesperson for the high school student activist group Scholarism,
• Hoidick Chu, spokesperson for ‘Local Action’,
• David Zweig, chair professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
• YC Chen (陈允中), Assistant Professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 

The following photographs were posted from this meeting:

Jennifer Eagleton and Robin Bradbeer chatting

Student leaders including Agnes CHOW and Yvonne LEUNG

Other attendees

Other attendees

Following the meeting, both Robin Bradbeer and Jennifer Eagleton posted Facebook rebuttals of certain allegations made by Wen Wei Po about the meeting. They did not deny the meeting took place or that the list of attendees was wrong. Here are their rebuttals:

Rebuttal by Robin Bradbeer, posted to Design Democracy Hong Kong Facebook page
on 14 September 2014.

Further rebuttal posted on Facebook

on 19 September 2014.

References

¹Canada China Friendship Association Blog. US Political Infuence Among Young Hong Kong Activists ( Part I). Posted on 6 October 2014. See link: http://youxie.ca/us-political-infuence-among-young-hong-kong-activists-part-i/

²Canada China Friendship Association Blog. US Political Infuence Among Young Hong Kong Activists (Part I I). Posted on 9 October 2014. See link: http://youxie.ca/us-political-influence-among-young-hong-kong-activists-part-ii/

Jenny Eagleton of the Civic Party films ‘sensitive’ videos for the US Government funded Design Democracy Project to support Occupy Central

The US Government funded Design Democracy Internet Portal included a website and the use of assorted social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others to share information and help coordinate actions during Occupy Central.

Jennifer Anne Eagleton was a member of the Design Democracy Advisory Group.

One of the Design Democracy communication platforms was the YouTube group: Design Democracy HK 港人講普選¹, 

Design Democracy YouTube site

The site can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Dt5xhKBgAYib1lfqmlAtA

November 2013 Facebook comment by Jenny Eagleton on her concerns about filming Design Democracy videos

On 8 November 2013. JenniferAnne Eagleton posted the following on Facebook, accompanied by a later comment:

Jennifer Anne Eagleton Facebook post
on 8 November 2013

“Yesterday I was filmed answering certain questions on HK's political development for a new website, "Designing Democracy" put out by Law Prof. Simon Young and others at HKU. The site will enable people to "design" a system for political system for Hong Kong, or at least it will help them make up their minds. I think that it will be launched in November sometimes. I was part of an ad hoc group fine-tuning the site before it goes public”.

JenniferAnne Eagleton - Comment:

 “I hope that the people "up north" don't take note”.

Design Democracy releases two YouTube videos featuring Jennifer Eagleton in February 2014

On 18 February 2014, two videos were released on YouTube featuring Jennifer Eagleton, identified as a Hong Kong Democratic Foundation (HKDF) Committee Member. It is probable this was the filming that she referred to in her Facebook post on 8 November 2013. The two videos were:

行政長官必須在香港出生嗎? Must the CE be Born in Hong Kong?²

Design Democracy YouTube video
Must the CE be Born in Hong Kong?

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNt3D7cJClo

- 只有一位候選人時, 是否仍需獲得一定得票率? Popular Support in a One-Person Race Through Voting.³

Design Democracy YouTube video
Popular Support in a One-Person Race Through Voting

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gqZ-RP-d1Y

References

¹YouTube: Design Democracy HK 港人講普選, See link here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Dt5xhKBgAYib1lfqmlAtA

²YouTube: Design Democracy HK 港人講普選, HKDF Committee Member Jennifer Eagleton - 行政長官必須在香港出生嗎? Must the CE be Born in Hong Kong? Published on Feb 18, 2014

See link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNt3D7cJClo

³YouTube: Design Democracy HK 港人講普選, HKDF Committee Member Jennifer Eagleton - 只有一位候選人時, 是否仍需獲得一定得票率? Popular Support in a One-Person Race Through Voting. Published on Feb 18, 2014. See link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gqZ-RP-d1Y

Introducing the Design Democracy Advisory Group on the US Government funded Design Democracy Project to support Occupy Central

The US Government funded Design Democracy Internet Portal, developed by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in partnership with HKU included a website and the use of assorted social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others to share information and help coordinate actions during Occupy Central.

According to the Design Democracy ‘About Us’ page, the Design Democracy Advisory Group made significant contributions to the project.  

Design Democracy Advisory Group members

According to the Design Democracy Hong Kong ‘About Us’ page, the Design Democracy Advisory Group comprised:

Professor Richard Cullen

Professor Albert Chen

Professor Sonny Lo

Professor Eliza Lee

Professor Ming Sing

Professor Michael Degolyer

Assistant Professor Peter Chau

Jenny Eagleton

2011 Legco meeting

(Presenting as Chairman, Civic Party English Language Group) 

2013 LegCo meeting

(Representing the Civic Party)

UNHCR presentation

(Representing the Civic Party)

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrq3r7MGxD4

Paul Serfaty

Comment

In later posts, we will highlight the role of senior Civic Party member Jennifer Anne Eagleton (Jenny Eagleton), who not only allowed the Civic Party to infiltrate HKU during the Occupy Central protests, but also acted as consigliere and bridge between student leaders and the Civic Party during the protests. 

Jennifer Eagleton references and credits

LegCo (2011). Presenting as Chairman, Civic Party English Language Group to the Bills Committee on Chief Executive Election (Amendment) Bill 2010 (Third Reading) on 15 Jan 2011. See link: http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr10-11/english/bc/bc53/minutes/bc5320110115.pdf

LegCo (2013). Representing the Civic Party (Committee Member, Constitution and Governance) at the LegCo Panel on Constitutional Affairs held on 20 May 2013. See link:  http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr12-13/english/panels/ca/minutes/ca20130520.pdf

UNHCR (2013). Representing the Civic Party.  Jennifer Eagleton@Deputation on UNHRC on the Third Report of the HKSAR in the light of the ICCPR. Published on 20 May 2013. See link to YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrq3r7MGxD4

Biography credits

Professor Richard Cullen. HKU Faculty of Law – Academic Staff.  See link: http://www.law.hku.hk/faculty/staff/cullen_richard.php

Professor Albert Chen. HKU Faculty of Law – Academic Staff.  See link:  http://www.law.hku.hk/faculty/staff/chen_albert.php

Professor Sonny LO. Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIED).  See link:  http://www.ied.edu.hk/media/research_experts.php?id=55

Professor Eliza Lee. HKU Department of Politics and Public Administration.  See link:  http://ppa.hku.hk/f/eliza

Professor Ming Sing. University of Science and Technology. Division of Social Sciences. See link:  http://sosc.ust.hk/cgi-bin/people/people_index.php?action=view&type=F&profile_id=240 

Professor Michael Degolyer. Hong Kong Transition Project. Members Photos.   See link:  http://hktp.org/members_photos.html

Assistant Professor Peter Chau. HKU Faculty of Law – Academic Staff.   See link:  http://www.law.hku.hk/faculty/staff/chau_peter.php

Paul Serfaty. HKFP Writers.   See link: https://www.hongkongfp.com/author/paulserfaty/

HKU Conference: Hong Kong Political Reform Series: Deadlock Broken – What Next? November 2010

In 2004 the National Democratic Institute (NDI) collaborated with the Centre for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL) to sponsor the first of a series of events in the NDI’s Developing Political Parties program.

Hong Kong Political Reform Series

This was expanded in 2009, when the NDI partnered with the CCPL to launch the Hong Kong Political Reform Series, a conference series that promotes dialogue on political reform among different sectors of the Hong Kong community, including citizens, politicians, academics, and think-tanks.  Source: http://designdemocracy.hk/about-us/?lang=en

The following conferences/seminars were held in this series:

• Breaking the Deadlock. October 2009,
• Will it Break the Deadlock? January 2010,
• Deadlock Broken – What Next? November 2010,
• New Voices on Hong Kong Political Reform. February 2011,
• What is Happening to Our Political System? April 2012. 

In terms of this partnership, the NDI got access to the name, brand and reputation of HKU to legitimize and expand their programs, whilst Professor Johannes CHAN continued in his role of powerbroker in Hong Kong politics.

Some of the ‘guests’ at these events were also prominent journalists and political commentators, which allowed the NDI to control the narrative by subverting the press in Hong Kong.

Conference poster

Front of conference poster

Back of conference poster

Conference details

Date: 27 November 2010

Venue: Meng Wah Complex, HKU.

Organisers: CCPL, NDI and Centre for Civil Society and Governance.

Chairperson

·         Prof Michael Davis, Professor of Law, CUHK;

·         Steve Vines, Political Commentator;

·         Ruy YEP, Research Director, SynergyNet;

Speakers

·         Prof Albert CHAN (HKU), Member, Basic Law Committee;

·         Prof Michael DeGolyer, Director, Hong Kong Transition Project;

·         Albert HO, Legislator, Chairman, Democratic Party;

·         Regina IP, Legislator, Chairperson, Savantas Policy Institute;

·         Allen LEE, Former NPC Delegate;

·         Alan LEONG, Legislator, Vice Chairman, Civic Party;

·         MA Ngok, Assoc Prof, Dept of Government and Public Admin, CUHK;

·         Ronny TONG, Legislator, Executive Committee Member, Civic Party;

·         Ada WONG, Chair, Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture;

·         Jimmy WONG, District Councillor, (TaiPo).

Conference photographs

The following are some of the photographs taken at this conference:

Panel chaired by Professor Michael Davis

Panel chaired by journalist Steve Vines

Panel chaired by Ruy Yep, SynergyNet, with Albert HO, Chairman of the Democratic Party

Alan LEONG Kah-kit, Vice-chair, Civic Party

Professor Albert CHAN

Eliza LEE

Professor Michael DeGolyer

Professor Richard Cullen

Margaret NG

Jennifer Anne Eagleton of the Civic Party

Margaret NG, Michael Davis, Simon YOUNG, with Belinda Winterbourne and Steven TONG of the NDI

Journalist Steve Vines holding court

Photo credits

Hong Kong Political Reform Series on Facebook. Deadlock Broken. What Next? Posted on 27 November 2010. 

https://www.facebook.com/HongKongPoliticalReformSeries/?fref=nf