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Meeting Point (MP)
10.
MP won eleven seats. It confirmed its strength in
Tuen Mun and Sham Shui Po
Central
and Western;
breakthrough
West; retained its seats in
and
even
managed a
surprising
in the northern New Territories. MP seems
determined to maintain a separate identity from the UDHK,
despite
platforms.
considerable overlap in membership and policy
The Hong Kong Democratic Foundation (HKDF)
11. The HKDF emerged as very much a junior partner within
the "democratic" group. It has failed to establish a solid
base in any constituency. Its only real hope of winning a
directly-elected LegCo seat is CHAN Ying-lun in HK East.
The Liberal Democratic Federation (LDF)
12.
The LDF managed to announce a slate of only 35
candidates (six of them also appeared on the HKCA list).
After the elections, however, a further 15 successful
candidates declared their affiliation with the LDF.
13.
The
LDF is identified by the public as a
"pro-Peking business party." Some potential candidates were
reluctant to declare their support for the LDF for fear of
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