Gwyneth Ho


Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam is a Hong Kong social activist and former reporter of the news outlet Stand News, who rose to prominence for her frontline reporting in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.

Early career

Ho was educated at Ho Fung College and Tsinghua University. Ho studied at the University of Amsterdam, where she obtained a master's degree in Journalism through the Erasmus Mundus programme. She joined Radio Television Hong Kong as an intern reporter in 2011. Ho worked for various media outlets, including BBC Chinese and The Reporter. She was also employed as a reporter for House News, the predecessor of Stand News.

Journalist career

Ho gained recognition as a frontline reporter for Stand News in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, acquiring the nickname "Stand News Sister". On 1 July 2019, Ho was one of the reporters present inside the Legislative Council Complex, where she reported on the storming of the Legislative Council. She interviewed a young pro-democracy activist who expressed solidarity with other Hong Kong protesters, which garnered Ho a lot of attention for her reporting.
On 21 July, Ho reported on the 2019 Yuen Long attack, where swarms of suspected triad gangsters assaulted pro-democracy protesters at the Yuen Long MTR station. She had been live streaming the attack, which showed one of the violent assailants striking protesters over the barrier of a train's passenger gantry. The assailant suddenly ran towards Ho and started hitting her. Ho continued filming even after she was struck and knocked to the ground, capturing footage of paramedics attending to the injured. She was hospitalized after the attack, suffering from minor head, hand, and shoulder injuries. Ho's video footage went viral internationally, shocking the audience about the horrors of the night.

Legislative Council bid

On 18 June 2020, Ho announced her intention to run for the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election after quitting her journalism career. In July 2020, she participated in the pro-democracy primaries within the New Territories East constituency. With 26,802 votes, Ho had the highest number of votes among the candidates, securing a nomination ticket in the general election.
On 30 July 2020, it was announced that Ho had been disqualified, along with several other pro-democracy candidates, from running.