Sam Yip


Sam Yip Kam-Lung is a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong. He is currently the District Councillor for the Shek Tong Tsui constituency of Hong Kong's Central and Western District Council, one of the founders of Island West Dynamic Movement, host for internet podcast HKpeanut and event supervisor for ACGHK.

Early Life and Education

Yip was born in Hong Kong in 1987 and was raised in the district of Sai Ying Pun. He studied at St. Louis School and King's College. Since a young age, Yip has been passionate about transportation vehicles, especially buses, the MTR, and airplanes. This adoration towards airplanes led him to study aircraft maintenance in the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
Being a Japanese anime enthusiast, Yip has self-taught Japanese and taken JLPT exams. With the help of his boss at his part-time job, he joined a Japanese-funded company that specializes in preparing concerts. After taking a working holiday in Japan, he returned to Hong Kong as a project consultant and event supervisor for Creative Paradise of ACGHK.

Political career

Running as a non-partisan candidate for the 2019 elections, he won the seat with 55.27% of the vote. From February 2016, Sam Yip ran a 'shadow' district
council to "host community photography classes, set up mobile book exchange
counters, and teach senior citizens how to use mobile phones. The venue was also opened up
to NGOs."