Struggle Committee (Hong Kong)

Committee of Hong Kong–Kowloon Chinese Compatriots of All Circles for the Struggle Against Persecution by the British Authorities in Hong Kong
Also known asStruggle Committee
LeaderYeung Kwong
Dates of operation (1967-05-16) (1967-09-12)16 May – 12 September 1967
MotivesDecolonisation of Hong Kong
Size104 members
Means of revenueFinancial support from the government of the People's Republic of China
Battles and wars1967 Hong Kong riots
Designated as a terrorist group by British Hong Kong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese港九各界同胞反對港英迫害鬥爭委員會
Simplified Chinese港九各界同胞反对港英迫害斗争委员会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǎng Jiǔ Gèjiè Tóngbāo Fǎnduì Gǎng Yīng Pòhài Dòuzhēng Wěiyuánhuì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGóng Gáu Gokgaai Tùhngbāau Fáandeui Góng Yīng Bīkhoih Daujāng Wáiyùhnwúi
JyutpingGong2 Gau2 Gok3gaai3 Tung4baau1 Faan2deoi3 Gong2 Jing1 Bik1hoi6 Dau3zang1 Wai2jyun4wui6*2
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese鬥委會
Simplified Chinese斗委会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDòu Wěi Huì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDau Wái Wúi
JyutpingDau3 Wai2 Wui6*2

The Committee of Hong Kong–Kowloon Chinese Compatriots of All Circles for the Struggle Against Persecution by the British Authorities in Hong Kong, often shortened to the Struggle Committee, was a political committee which opposed the British colonial administration in Hong Kong. It was established by pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) activists during the 1967 Hong Kong riots. Yeung Kwong, the then chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Federation of Trade Unions, led the Struggle Committee as the chairman of a 17-member executive committee.

Although the British Hong Kong government blamed the Struggle Committee for a series of bombings during the 1967 riots, the group was dysfunctional and failed to unite the anti-colonial movement in Hong Kong. Before being banned by the colonial authorities in September 1967, the Struggle Committee held only two meetings.