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HKD 30111
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An extract from the Mirror of April, 1989
The "Party Fever" in HK and Direct Election in 1991 -
HK Politics Entering a Phase of Transformation.
688/E/89
(93)
KOO Shing-fai
choice.
Party politics have many variations. HK is still making its
Hence, the design of political system in the future must take into account the pros and cons of party politics with a view to playing up its strong points and discarding its weaknesses.
election.
The democrats have put up a show of force in this year's
They have set their eyes firmly on the 1991 direct election to the Legco. The leftists will continue to keep a low profile. This is a characteristic of the current situation of HK.
The political development of HK is entering a transformation phase. On the one hand, the silent majority are still apathetic to politics; on the other, political groups are being formed with more vigour than ever. Will this trend of development lead to a mushroom growth of "mountain strongholds"? If so, more consideration should be given to maintaining co-ordination and concord in the design of HK's future political system such that the negative factor of being like a sheet of loose sand will not emerge.
Why did New HK Alliance scramble to get ahead?
Following the formation of parties (or political groups) by Stephen CHEONG and Martin LEE, a new group called New HK Alliance was whisked into being. It is understood that the initiators of this group include T.S. LO, KWOK Yuen-hon, PAO Ping-wing, Veronica Wu, Peter WONG Hong-yuen, WONG Po-yan, Henry Litton, KAN Fook-yee, Philip C.K. KWOK, TSAO Wang-wai, LI Wing-hong and CHAN Wing-kee.