Frances Hui

Frances Hui (Chinese: 許穎婷; born 30 September 1999) is a Hong Kong social activist and the director of We The Hongkongers and a former member of the Scholarism.

[2] On April 2, 2019, she wrote an article in Emerson College's campus publication Berkeley Beacon titled "I'm from Hong Kong, Not China", detailing the differences between Hong Kong and mainland China, pointing out that Hong Kong under "One Country, Two Systems", enjoys basic human rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of press and publication, and freedom of assembly granted by the Basic Law.

[4] In an interview with Xia News on December 5, 2019, Hui said that she was not displeased with mainland China or Chinese identity from the beginning.

The turning point in supporting Hong Kong independence was the 2014 Umbrella Revolution and the 2019 extradition bill protests.

[11] On December 14, 2023, the National Security Division of the Hong Kong Police issued a bounty of HK$1 million for the arrest of five overseas Hong Kong social activists including Hui, Joey Siu, Simon Cheng, Kenneth Fok, and Cai Mingda.