In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Shum. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Lester Shum and the Chinese-style name is Shum Ngo-fai.
Lester Shum
岑敖暉
Lester Shum in 2020
Member of the Tsuen Wan District Council
In office 1 January 2020 – 21 May 2021
Preceded by
Timmy Chow Ping-tim
Succeeded by
Vacant
Constituency
Hoi Bun
57th Deputy Secretary General of Hong Kong Federation of Students
In office 1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015
Secretary General
Alex Chow
Preceded by
Willis Ho Johnson Yeung
Succeeded by
Wong Ka-fai
Personal details
Born
(1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 30) New York, United States
Citizenship
Hong Kong
Nationality
American[1]
Political party
Team Chu Hoi-dick of New Territories West
Spouse
Nicole Alexis Yu
(m. 2021)
Residence
Hong Kong
Education
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lester Shum
Traditional Chinese
岑敖暉
Simplified Chinese
岑敖晖
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Cén Áohuī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
sam4 ngou4 fai1
Lester Shum Ngo-fai (Chinese: 岑敖暉; born 11 June 1993) is a Hong Kong social activist and politician. He was a leader of the 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and served as deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) from April 2014 to March 2015. He was a member of the Tsuen Wan District Council for Hoi Bun from 2020 to 2021.[2]
LesterShum Ngo-fai (Chinese: 岑敖暉; born 11 June 1993) is a Hong Kong social activist and politician. He was a leader of the 2014 pro-democracy protests...
the clearance, including student leaders Joshua Wong and LesterShum. Joshua Wong, LesterShum and some 30 of those arrested were bailed but subject to...
OCLP leader, University of Hong Kong professor Benny Tai, as well as LesterShum of the HKFS and Agnes Chow of Scholarism, urged immediate retreat from...
September 2017. Cheung, Karen (13 October 2017). "Democracy activists LesterShum and Joshua Wong among 20 guilty of contempt over Mong Kok Occupy protest"...
unauthorised assembly”. Joshua Wong pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 months. LesterShum, Jannelle Leung and Tiffany Yuen were sentenced to terms of between four...
part in the 1 July marches. In 2014, the HKFS, led by Alex Chow and LesterShum, was a participating organisation in the Umbrella Movement. The movement...
legislator and chairman of the League of Social Democrats, Alex Chow and LesterShum, Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General of HKFS. Altogether,...
Lam with HKFS secretary general Alex Chow Yong-kang, vice secretary LesterShum, general secretary Eason Chung, and another committee member Yvonne Leung...
least 12 other pro-democracy candidates, including former student leader LesterShum and pro-democracy legislator Eddie Chu, arranged for a backup candidate...
Groundwork (Lau Siu-lai). Advocating members – Alex Chow, Joshua Wong, LesterShum, Gwyneth Ho, Sunny Cheung, Tiffany Yuen Hong Kong independence – a faction...
Lam Cheuk-ting Gary Fan Hendrick Lui Leung Kwok-hung Mike Lam Ricky Or LesterShum Wong Pak-yu Lee Yue-shun Winnie Yu On the day of the arrests, Secretary...
Shum and Tong both pleaded guilty to the new accusation, with Tong sentenced to up to three years at a correctional facility on 23 November, and Shum...
Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, named Fergus Leung, Tat Cheng, LesterShum and Tiffany Yuen as the four councillors whom will be disqualified immediately...
pro-democracy district councillors (LesterShum, Tiffany Yuen, Fergus Leung and Tat Cheng) would lose their seats. In response, Shum said that the government was...
tear gas episode of 28 September), "Mr Chow & Mr Shum" (after the HKFS leaders Alex Chow and LesterShum), "Mr 4 pm" (after Steve Hui of the PR section...
Students In office 2013–2014 Preceded by Ben Lam Siu-Pan Succeeded by LesterShum Convener of the Civil Human Rights Front In office October 2013 – October...
being abducted by Boko Haram; Hong Kong protest leaders Alex Chow and LesterShum; Pierre Torres, a French journalist who was held hostage by ISIS for...
Wong, incumbent legislator Eddie Chu, incumbent District Councillor LesterShum, former reporter Gwyneth Ho, student activist Sunny Cheung and incumbent...
LesterShum and Raphael Wong are found guilty of failing to comply with a court order. Joshua Wong and Raphael Wong are sentenced to jail, while Shum...
2014 Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution, two student leaders Alex Chow and LesterShum were made ‘couple’ on several social medias. Fandom appear in appreciating...
Kin-man Ching Cheong Alex Chow Tony Chung Kuan Hsin-chi Leung Man-tao LesterShum Ma Man-fai Benny Tai Tsang Shu-ki Tse Tsan-tai Joshua Wong Yau Lit Yeung...
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