Joe Tay
Joe Tay is a Hong Kong-Canadian actor, singer and politician.
Early life
Tay was born into a Christian Hong Kong family. His name "King Kei" and his twin sister's name "Oi Kei" mean "to revere and love Christ".[1] He went to Canada for undergraduate studies and enrolled in the University of Toronto in 1981. He returned to Hong Kong after graduating in 1985.[2][3]
Musician and actor
His song "Home Alone" won the third CASH Pop Song Composition Competition in 1991.
From 1989 to 2021, in addition to his music career, he also acted in television series produced by TVB and RTHK, and films. He had major roles in Burning Flame, Never Dance Alone and Finding Her Voice.
Political career
In 2021, he opened an online media "HongKonger Station" in Canada. On 22 January 2024, he said in his own media that he would run for the next Canadian Parliament Markham-Unionville constituency and participate in the Canadian Conservative Party primary election.
On 24 December 2024, Tay became wanted by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF)'s National Security Department for an award of HK$1,000,000. The HKPF said that Tay broke the Hong Kong National Security Law, including "inciting secession" and "colluding with foreign forces". Foreign governments criticized HKPF's action as a form of "transnational repression" to "silence dissent",[4][5] as well as a way to mess with Canada's upcoming vote.[6] On the same day, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly, said that "Hong Kong authorities are targeting" Tay (and other people) for using freedom of speech and that Canada "deplores" HKPF's actions and calls to "end prosecution of individuals under this law".[7]
On 24 March 2025, the Conservative Party moved him to the riding of Don Valley North.[8] During the 2025 Canadian federal election, Tay said no to an apology from Liberal Party candidate Paul Chiang who said in January that someone should take Tay to the Chinese embassy and get the award. Chiang later quit, after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police started to check Chiang's words.[9]
References
- ↑ "《星火飛騰》我是賤男﹣鄭敬基". 博視恩. 2013-07-03. Archived from the original on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ↑ "【獨家】樂壇情侶變兄妹 黃寶欣鄭敬基首唱《酒杯敲你個頭》". 香港蘋果日報. 2017-02-13. Archived from the original on 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ↑ "31年前支持六四民运的那些港星：竟有他们…". 倍可亲. 德国之声. Archived from the original on 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2020-06-4. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "UK, US, EU, Canada slam activist bounties; HK condemns 'slander'". Hong Kong Free Press. 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ↑ "Hong Kong Government's Ongoing Campaign of Transnational Repression". United States Department of State (Press Statement). December 26, 2024. Archived from the original on December 28, 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
We call on the Hong Kong government to stop using its national security laws to silence dissent.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namednationalpost - ↑ Joly, Mélanie (December 24, 2024). "Statement by Minister Joly on Hong Kong arrest warrants". canada.ca. Global Affairs Canada.
- ↑ Blackwell, Tom. "Liberal MP apologizes for suggesting Tory candidate be turned over to Chinese consulate for Hong Kong bounty".
- ↑ Burke, Ashley (1 April 2025). "Liberal candidate Paul Chiang withdraws from race after suggesting people claim China's bounty on Conservative". CBC News. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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