New Hong Kong Alliance
New Hong Kong Alliance 新香港聯盟 | |
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Pro-Beijing camp | |
| Colors | Red |
The New Hong Kong Alliance (
pro-Beijing conservative political organisation in Hong Kong in the 1990s mostly composed of businessmen and professionals. It was considered the more conservative wing of the Group of 89 formed by established elites in the debate of drafting the Hong Kong Basic Law and democratisation. It proposed the ultra-conservative Bicameral Model for the future political structure. The alliance's key person was secretary Lo Tak-shing who had an eye on the Chief Executive
post after 1997, the alliance became less active as Lo's chance of contesting the post got slimmer and it ceased to exist in 1999.
History
It was founded by the minority wing of the
Maria Tam Wai-chu did not join the alliance due to its incompatibility of the alliance's aim at influencing government policies and her own role as Executive Council member, though she was still involved in it informally.[2]
Led by
Urban Council member Pao Ping-wing as recruitment officer.[2]
For the future political structure of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region after 1997 during the drafting of the
Vincent Lo Hong-shui. Lo Tak-shing and other four alliance members tried to block the adoption of the "4-4-2 Model" which led to some key alliance members from the party, such as Peter Wong, James Tien, William Fung, Chan Wing-kee, Raymond Wu, Veronica Wu, Philip Kwok to quit the alliance in early 1990.[2][5]
The alliance won one seat in the
Ronnie Wong Man-chiu and Winnie Cheung Wai-sun contested the Island West constituency on a joint-ticket but were beaten by the United Democrats team of Yeung Sum and Huang Chen-ya. Another Legislative Councillor of the alliance was Howard Young, who was also member of the Liberal Party and the Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong
.
The alliance opposed to the last Governor
Sino-British relations and the stability of Hong Kong before the handover in 1997.[6] It was strongly present in the Preparatory Committee hand-picked by Beijing for the establishment of the SAR running up to 1997 and subsequently the Provisional Legislative Council
.
Lo Tak-shing, who had been widely perceived as the potential candidate in the first Chief Executive election in 1996 for the highest office in the post-1997 SAR government. As Lo's chance of contesting the post got slimmer in 1996, the Alliance became less active. It was eventually dissolved in 1999.
Election performance
Legislative Council elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
GC seats |
FC seats |
EC seats |
Total seats | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11,934
|
0,87
|
0 | 1 | — | 1 / 60
|
1
|
| 1995 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 60
|
0
|
Municipal elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
UrbCo seats |
RegCo seats |
Total elected seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4,901
|
0.88
|
1 / 32
|
0 / 27
|
1 / 59
|
See also
References
- ^ Edward Friedman (May 26, 2019). The Politics Of Democratization: Generalizing East Asian Experiences. Taylor & Francis. p. 155.
All four LDF candidates, as well as two from the ultraconservative New Hong Kong Alliance and one from the Civic Association, ...
- ^ a b c Li, Pang-kwong (1995). "Elections and Political Mobilisation: The Hong Kong 1991 Direct Elections" (PDF): 222–7.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ 紀曉風 (3 April 2012). "振英「黨員」身份終曝光". Hong Kong Economic Journal.
- ^ Sing, Ming (2004). Hong Kong's Tortuous Democratization: A Comparative Analysis. Psychology Press. p. 254.
- ^ "對處事方針失望田北俊退出新香港聯盟". 華僑日報. 1990-01-08.
- ^ "黃宜弘擬在立局動議要彭督收手 新港盟函促卅五議員表態反政改". Sing Tao Daily. 6 December 1992.
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