Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong

Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong
香港自由民主聯會
Founder Hu Fa-kuang
Founded 6 November 1990 (1990-11-06)
Dissolved 26 May 1997 (1997-05-26)
Merger of Progressive Hong Kong
Society
Merged into Progressive Alliance
Ideology Conservatism[1]
Economic liberalism
Political position Centre-right
Regional affiliation Pro-Beijing camp
Colours      Red

The Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDFHK) (Chinese: 香港自由民主聯會, abbreviated 自民聯) was a pro-Beijing pro-business and conservative political party in the Hong Kong. It was established in 1990, and was composed of mainly conservative businessmen and professionals. It contested in the District Board elections, Urban and Regional Council elections and the first Legislative Council election in 1991 against the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK). It was merged into the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance in 1997. The leading figures were Tso Wung-Wai, Maria Tam, Howard Young, and Daniel Heung.

History

The party was established by a group of conservative businesspeople and professionals in the Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee (BLCC), Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee (BLDC) and appointed members in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) who worried about welfare spending and adversarial on 6 November 1990, as the reaction to the liberals forming the United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) on the eve of the first direct LegCo elections. The objective of party was to support candidates to fun in the upcoming elections. Due to lack of popular basis and experience, the group invited Maria Tam Wai-chu, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and her Progressive Hong Kong Society (PHKS) to join, as well as four councillors from the Hong Kong Civic Association. Hu Fa-kuang became the founding Chairman, while Maria Tam and Philip Kwok Chi-kuen the founding Vice-Chairmen.[2]

The party won 24 seats in the 1991 District Board elections, 3 seats in the 1991 Urban and Regional Councils elections and 3 seats in the 1991 LegCo elections of which were all from functional constituencies. The party's pro-Beijing and business-oriented images faced competition from new parties the Beijing-loyalist Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) and pro-business Liberal Party established in 1992 and 1993 respectively. All three LegCo members, Ngai Shiu-kit, Howard Young and Peter Wong left the party for the Liberal Party in 1993.

The party gained back 1 seat in 1995 LegCo elections from the Election Committee with David Chu Yu-lin. In 1997, the party was merged into another pro-business pro-Beijing party Hong Kong Progressive Alliance.

Former LegCo members

Election performance

Legislative Council elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
EC
seats
Total seats +/−
1991 70,697Steady 5.16Steady 0 3
3 / 60
N/A
1995 11,572Decrease 1.27Decrease 0 0 1
1 / 60
Increase1

Municipal elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
UrbCo
seats
RegCo
seats
Total
elected seats
1991 39,139Steady 9.99Steady
2 / 15
1 / 12
3 / 27
1995 25,398Decrease 4.55Decrease
1 / 32
3 / 27
4 / 59

District Board elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
Total
elected seats
1991 47,633Steady 8.96Steady
24 / 272
1994 25,499Decrease 3.71Decrease
11 / 346

See also

References

  1. Lawrence, Anthony (1991). The Other Hong Kong Report 1991. Chinese University Press. p. 4.
  2. Chan, Ming K. (1997). The Challenge of Hong Kong's Reintegration with China: Modern Diasporic Femininity. Hong Kong University Press. p. 58.
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