Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
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The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) is a
The Alliance came into existence on 7 October 2012 after the
The party immediately emerged as the second-largest party in the legislature, overtaking the Liberal Party who had an uneasy relationship with Beijing as the representative for the big business interests. It also slowly expanded its grassroots by absorbing Priscilla Leung's Kowloon West New Dynamic and won 10 seats in the 2015 District Council election. The Alliance retained its seven seats in the 2016 Legislative Council election which saw its party chairman Andrew Leung elected as the Legislative Council President.
History
Founding
The Alliance was officially launched on 7 October 2012 on the basis of a loose political alliance under the same name on 21 August 2011, where 12 members of the Legislative Council from three pro-business groups, the Liberal Party, the Professional Forum, and the Economic Synergy joined together as a counter force to the pro-labour factions in the Legislative Council as well as the government. They fought over the Competition Bill subsequent to the Minimum Wage Bill with the support of powerful business unions and representative of small and medium-sized enterprises.[1]
After the
Development
During the
In the 2015 District Council election, the BPA won 10 seats in total. The alliance retained all seven seats in the 2016 Legislative Council election with the vice-chairman Jeffrey Lam narrowly defeated Liberal Party challenger Joseph Can Ho-lim in Commercial (First). After party chairman Andrew Leung was elected President of the Legislative Council, he resigned from as chairman post and was succeeded by Lo Wai-kwok. Leung was promoted as honorary chairman alongside Lau Wong-fat, while Lau's son, Kenneth Lau who took over his father seat in Heung Yee Kuk, was picked as the new vice-chairman.[6]
In December 2018, legislator
In February 2021, after Xia Baolong said that only "patriots" must govern Hong Kong, the BPA released a statement supporting Xia's position and that it looks forward to the changes.[8] Additionally, the BPA claimed that Beijing is not trying to suppress antigovernmental voices.[9]
Leadership
Chairmen
- Andrew Leung, 2012–2016
- Lo Wai-kwok, 2016–present
Vice-Chairmen
- Jeffrey Lam, 2012–present
- Christopher Cheung, 2012–present
- Priscilla Leung, 2012–present
- Kenneth Lau, 2016–present
- Ng Wing-ka, 2018–present
Secretaries-General
- Abraham Shek, 2012–present
Honorary Chairmen
- Lau Wong-fat, 2012–2017
- Andrew Leung, 2016–present
Council Chairmen
- Peter Lam, 2012–present
Council Vice-Chairmen
- David Lie, 2012–present
Performance in elections
Legislative Council elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
GC seats |
FC seats |
EC seats |
Total seats | +/− | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 49,745
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2.29
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1 | 6 | 7 / 70
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0
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2nd
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| 2021 | – | – | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 / 90
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1
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3rd
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District Council elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
D.E. seats |
E.C. seats |
App. seats |
Ex off. seats |
Total seats | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27,452
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1.90
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11 | 1 | 12 / 458
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| 2019 | 66,504
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2.27
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3 | 2 | 5 / 479
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7
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| 2023 | 59,105
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5.04
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4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 / 470
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Representatives
Executive Council
Legislative Council
District Councils
The BPA holds five seats in three District Councils (2020–2023):
| District | Constituency | Member |
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| Kowloon City | Kai Tak North | Leung Yuen-ting |
| Kai Tak East | He Huahan | |
| Oi Chun | Cho Wui-hung | |
| Tuen Mun | Ex officio | Kenneth Lau Ip-keung
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| Sha Tin | Ex officio | Mok Kam-kwai |
See also
- United Front Work Department
- United Front (China)
References
- ^ So, Bennis Wai Yip; Kao, Yuang-kuang (2014). The Changing Policy-Making Process in Greater China: Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong: Case Research from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Routledge. p. 112.
- ^ But, Joshua (9 January 2013). "Business Professionals Alliance 'has no fear' of direct elections".
- ^ "Why Did Pro-Beijing Lawmakers Walk Out of the Hong Kong Vote?". The Wall Street Journal. 18 June 2015.
- ^ Lam, Hang-chi (18 June 2015). "And so, we stagger into an even more uncertain future". ejinsight.
- ^ Cheung, Tony; Lai, Ying-kit; Lam, Jeffie (20 June 2015). "Bickering escalates in pro-Beijing camp over bungled Legco vote on Hong Kong political reform". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "盧偉國接替梁君彥任經民聯主席 劉業強增選為副主席". HK01. 13 October 2016.
- ^ "政Whats噏：吳永嘉入工商界政黨 一餐飯決定". on.cc. 2018-12-22.
- ^ "'Beijing must lead HK's electoral reforms' - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "Legco looking forward to 'whatever Beijing decides' - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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