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Leticia Lee See-yin (中文：李偲嫣), is currently the chairperson of the Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations of Yau, Tsim & Mongkok District. She is also the spokeswoman of the anti-gay organization 'Anti-reverse discrimination Major League', as well as the vice chairperson of Hong Kong Education Dynamic. She comments openly on Hong Kong's education and moral problems often arousing controversy.

Lee is a director of Hong Kong New Power Media Limited. She is also the Chief Editor of the Christian publication, Love Family Weekly, which is distributed free of charge in all Sun Hung Kai Properties shopping malls.

In addition, she is a member of the pro-CCP Kowloon Federation of Associations and Women’s Commission.

National Education

Lee was an adamant advocate of the highly controversial national education, which was proposed in 2011 but was later shelved due to heated public criticism, was widely criticized as an attempt to brainwash pupils. "If we back down on the moral and national education subject, I don't know what our society, our children will see themselves as in the future," she said at a pro-national education rally in October. "We are always Chinese. Our root is always China." In a special meeting of the Legislative Council on 27 June 2011, Lee suggested that the Administration could consider implementing Moral and National Education as a core extracurricular activity or a monthly small-group learning activity. Students should not be examined on the subject.

In addition to the aspect of students, she stressed the importance of providing teachers with adequate teaching resources on MNE to ensure the quality of teaching. She also added that the Administration should attach importance to moral education which should be taught in schools starting from junior primary levels.

Sexual Orientation Discrimination Legislation

Lee is extremely homophobic. She complained that legislation against sexual orientation discrimination might make it illegal for schools - especially religious ones - to teach that homosexuality is wrong.

Lee had sought talks with the Family Planning Association which she says publishes booklets advocating same-sex marriage. She objected that they were saying it was fine to be gay and that the booklets would brainwash impressionable children.

Lee also wrote many articles on the website of anti-gay religious group the Society for Truth and Light. At a concert in January, she said she had received many calls after she opposed a motion calling for public consultation on the proposed new law.

Anti-Occupy Central

As a pro-establishment activist, Lee organized a number of social movements so as to support the Hong Kong government and Police Force and to protest against the Occupy Central movement.

Justice Alliance

Lee, as then convenor of Justice Alliance (established on October 27, 2013), began an 'indefinite hunger strike' on June 22, 2014 at government headquarters at Tamar, in order to voice her opposition to Occupy Central and urge a stricter government response to it and the protest organised by the pan-democrats earlier that month inside the Legislative Council building. She said during the hunger strike, "Protesters don't think they are violent since they have something to voice out. Does that mean they can rob if they have no money, and do such acts in the name of justice?" The hunger strike only lasted three days since she "passed out" on June 25 and was sent to hospital that night.

Alliance in support of our Police Force

There was an increasing level of discontent on Hong Kong Police Force among the society due to the methods used by the police to deal with the pan-democratic protests and the controversy on whether the police violated the rule on using minimum force. In response to rising social discontent aimed at the Police Force after its use of force against democracy protests, Lee established Alliance in support of our Police Force in early July 2014. Its stated aim was to support the police to enforce the law. She served as one of the conveners of it. A demonstration was held on August 3, 2014 in support of the police and the organisation set August 4 as the 'Support the Police Force Day'.

The Blue Ribbon Movement

Lee, at the same time, was the convener of the Blue Ribbon Movement. This movement is to respond to people who wear yellow ribbon or support Occupy Central, and wearing blue ribbon in Hong Kong currently symbolizes the stances of opposing to Occupy Central and supporting Hong Kong Police Force. However, quite a number of incidents involving people who were the Blue Ribbon Movement supporters attacked protesters participating in Occupy Central, and even reporters. On October 25, 2014, a gathering was held by the anti-Occupy Central organizations, while reports claimed that reporters from Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) were attacked by those who supported anti-Occupy Central. In responding to the incident, Lee, that helped organize the Tsim Sha Tsui event, condemned the attackers but said they were individual events.

Controversy

On 2 March 2016, the Justice Alliance announced expulsion of Lee, its president, on the ground of embezzlement.

References

• This article draws some information from the corresponding article in Chinese Misplaced Pages.

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