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李偉群

LEE Wai-kwon (

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An unregistered dentist at Tung Tsing Road, Mr. LEE now in his fifties has lived in the Walled City for over 20 years and is

now vice-chairman of the Executive Committee. He is a Luk Hoi

Fung native. Luk Hoi Fung and Chiu Chow natives are commonly called the Chiu Chow Clan and is a very powerful clan in the Walled City. Mr. LEE, a former supporter of Mr. WONG Chung-ping, is described as rather weak character and does not command

much influence over committee affairs.

WONG Chung-ping ( 黃中平

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In his late forties, Mr. WONG was the Chairman of the Executive Committee and headmaster of the former Sun Wah School at Tung Tau Tsuen Road. He was a radical and dynamic leader of the Committee before he was imprisoned in 1967 for assaulting government officers. After his release from prison in 1968, he lost much of his former enthusiasm largely because of his dis- satisfaction with the Committee in having not sufficiently taken care of his family when he was in jail. A split of opinion occurred between Mr. WONG and Messrs. CHEUNG Yat-fan and CHAN Hip-ping. After a prolonged power strife, Mr. WONG was eventually ousted from power in 1970. Although he still remains 'n Executive Committee Member, WONG very seldom attends committee meeting and functions.

After falling from power, his school no longer enjoyed support from outside left-wing trade unions and was eventually closed down due to poor enrolment. He is now reportedly employed by : food store in Kwun Tong.

Power Struggle in the Committee

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In 1967 WONG Chung-ping was jailed for assaulting government officers. He was released in mid-1968. During the time when he was sering his sentence, WOIG Chung-ping had become very dissatisfied of the Committee for not having sufficiently taken care of his family during his absence from home. After his release, he was rather frustrated with the Committee and had lost nuch of his interest in Committee affairs. This led to a divergeno› of opinion between CHEUNG Yat-fan and CHAN Hip-ping, a young leftist who was Wong's former student.