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Hong Kong Progressive Alliance



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香港協進聯盟

Chairman Ambrose Lau
Founded July 1994 (1994-07)
Dissolved 16 February 2005
Merger of Liberal Democratic
Federation of Hong Kong
Merged into Democratic Alliance for
the Betterment and
Progress of Hong Kong
Ideology
Conservatism (HK)[1]
Economic liberalism
Political position Centre-right
Regional affiliation Pro-Beijing camp
Colors
     Red

  • Politics of Hong Kong

  • Political parties

  • Elections


The Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (Chinese: 香港協進聯盟, abbreviated 港進聯; HKPA) was a pro-Beijing pro-business political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1994 and was merged into the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in 2005. The DAB then renamed as Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.




Contents






  • 1 Stances


  • 2 History


  • 3 Members of the party in the Legislative Council


  • 4 Electoral performance


    • 4.1 Legislative Council elections


    • 4.2 Municipal elections


    • 4.3 District Council elections




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Stances


The party was composed of mainly businessmen and professionals. The party was considered a pro-business conservative[1] and pro-Beijing one. It assured another voting block in support of Beijing's interest.[1] The basic platform of the party was to defend "One country-two systems" and the Basic Law, the mini-constitution of Hong Kong. It advocated handling political and social issues in a moderate, pragmatic and harmonious manner, and the 'progressive' development of democracy, emphasising 'stability, prosperity and progress'.


Party members maintained close relationships with Mainland China authorities. A number of them were deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the People's Republic of China.



History


In July 1994, solicitor Ambrose Lau founded the 52-member Hong Kong Progressive Alliance in the direction of the New China News Agency which consisted of mostly pro-business factor of the CCP's united front, the Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association, the Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong and the New Hong Kong Alliance in preparation for the 1995 Legislative Council Election.[2] Ambrose Lau became the only member won the seat in the election through the Election Committee. It merged with the Liberal Democratic Federation (LDF) in 1997, another pro-business party formed in 1990.


The party won 5 seats in the 1998 election of the Legislative Council, of which 2 were from functional constituencies and 3 were from the election commission. In the 2000 LegCo election, the party won 4 seats (excluding Choy So-yuk who had joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in the election). These included 1 seat each from geographical and function constituencies and 2 from election committee.


With the abolition of the election committee LegCo seats in 2004 election, the HKPA had an internal dispute on whether the party should send members for geographical direct elections. David Chu Yu-lin intended to run for a seat in New Territories East, and began canvassing, but suddenly decided to quit in late July. Tang Siu-tong also declined to run for re-election.


After that the party decided to let Tso Wung-wai to run for the election in New Territories East only, though there was a rumour that an independent candidate in New Territories West, Chow Ping-tim, was actually a member of HKPA. However, some outsiders think that HKPA was insincere in participating in direct elections and the dispute shows the party came to a decline.[citation needed] The party lost all the seats in the Legislative Council in the election.


HKPA merged with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) on 16 February 2005.



Members of the party in the Legislative Council



  • Choy Kan-pui


  • Choy So-yuk (also a DAB member)

  • David Chu Yu-lin

  • Hui Cheung-ching

  • Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen

  • Tang Siu-tong

  • Tso Wong Man-yin

  • Wong Siu-yee

  • Henry Wu

  • Charles Yeung



Electoral performance



Legislative Council elections



























































Election
 Number of
popular votes
 % of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
EC
seats
 Total seats
 +/−
 Position

1995
 25,964Steady
 2.85Steady
 0
 0
 1

1 / 60


 1Increase
 7thSteady

1998
 –
 –
 0
 2
 3

5 / 60


 N/A
 4thIncrease

2000
 25,773Decrease
 1.95Decrease
 1
 1
 2

4 / 60


 1Decrease
 4thSteady

2004
 14,174Decrease
 0.80Decrease
 0
 0
 –

0 / 60


 4Decrease
 0Decrease


Municipal elections



















Election
 Number of
popular votes
 % of
popular votes
UrbCo
seats
RegCo
seats
 Total
elected seats

1995
 5,278Steady
 0.95Steady

0 / 32

0 / 27

0 / 59


District Council elections































Election
 Number of
popular votes
 % of
popular votes
 Total
elected seats
 +/−

1994
 3,288Steady
 0.48Steady

1 / 346


 0Steady

1999
 23,168Increase
 2.86Increase

16 / 390


 1Decrease

2003
 29,091Increase
 2.77Increase

13 / 400


 5Decrease


See also



  • Politics of Hong Kong

  • List of political parties in Hong Kong



References





  1. ^ abc Rioni, S. G., ed. (2002). Hong Kong in Focus: Political and Economic Issues. Nova Publishers. p. 24..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Loh, Christine (2010). Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. 305.




External links


  • Hong Kong Progressive Alliance web site (Chinese only)







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