Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (HKFEW) is a pro-Beijing teachers union in Hong Kong. Established in 1975, it is currently the largest teachers union in Hong Kong, after the pan-democratic Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union was forced to disband in 2021. It was established to "rally teachers to adopt the position of 'loving Hong Kong and the Motherland'", as part of China's united front work in Hong Kong's educational sector.
The trade union has some 42,000 members, as of 2021. The incumbent president is Wong Kwan-yu, also the supervisor of HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School. Former presidents, Jasper Tsang and Cheng Kai-nam, were also leaders of The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party. Tsang and Cheng had built up relationships with pro-Beijing teachers and mobilized them to vote for DAB in legislative and district elections. The HKFEW is said to play a crucial role in mobilizing pro-Beijing teachers to vote for like-minded candidates in the education functional constituency in the legislative council election.
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Election performance Legislative Council elections Election Number ofpopular votes % ofpopular votes GCseats FCseats ECseats Total seats +/− Position 2021 – – 0 1 1 6th2025––01324th
See also
HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union Education in Hong Kong
External links Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (in Chinese)
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