Your community Needs Your Vote

On Sunday 28 March, Chinese Liberal Democrats supported a fundraising walk from Chinatown to Westminster via Limehouse (where Chinese immigrants first settled in London) and four Chinese community centres in Soho, Islington, Camden and Tower Hamlets.

Speaking at the start of the walk, Merlene Emerson, Vice-Chair of Chinese LibDems and Co-Chair of Chinese WelfareTrust, one of the beneficiary organisations said:

"We are grateful to BC Project for organising this event. I am particularly pleased to see so many young people volunteering here.

"Many people say that the younger generation are less interested in politics but it is not true. It is important they do get registered and come out to vote on May 7th."

Also present at the launch were Chinese LibDem Parliamentary Candidates Phil Ling, standing in Tooting and Steven Cheung in Walthamstow. They were there to remind the Chinese community that the Chinese vote does matter, echoing the slogan:
"Your Community Needs Your Vote".

Organisers, BC Project, is a cross party organisation founded by Ms Christine Lee with the mission of getting the Chinese in the UK more engaged in politics. At the time of this posting, the sponsored walk had already attracted donations of over £12,000 which will go towards helping a number of Chinese community organisations with their work, and for the 11 Chinese Parliamentary Candidates participating in the elections in May.