Labour Party of Hong Kong

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Labour Party of Hong Kong
香港工黨
Left-wing
ColoursRed
Party flag
Labour Party of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese香港工黨
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese香港勞工黨

The Labour Party of Hong Kong was a

self-government in Hong Kong and common ownership
.

The party was established by two breakaway members from the Democratic Self-Government Party of Hong Kong, Tang Hon-tsai and K. Hopkin-Jenkins, and was joined by former civil servant G. S. Kennedy-Skipton as party secretary.[1] It claimed to be defined by close association with the policies of Britain and the Commonwealth, and to be straightforwardly socialistic, by concerning itself with workers, and promoting welfare and common ownership.[2]

Election performance

Municipal elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
UrbCo

seats
1967 1,262Steady 3.16Steady
0 / 10

References

  1. ^ "Labour Party to contest UC elections". The China Mail. 12 April 1967.
  2. ^ Hong Kong Standard. Labour in confusion?. 9 August 1964.