OLERAN
HONG KONG: POLITICAL GROUPINGS
1.
There are currently no political parties in Hong Kong as such. Since the introduction of indirectly elected members to the Legislative Council in 1985, however, groupings of Conservatives and Liberals have begun to form, usually around a personality. major political groupings have emerged.
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NEW HONG KONG ALLIANCE
2.
Officially launched in May 1989, this is the first political group to announce formally its membership, which consists of Legislative Council, Urban and Regional Council and District Board members, Core members of the Group of 89 (15 out of the 32 founding members of the Alliance) and Progressive Hong Kong Society members.
Its stated Funding so far comes from the members themselves. objective is, broadly, to maintain Hong Kong's stability and prosperity without favouring any particular sectional interest and to uphold the basic principles of the Joint Declartion and the spirit of the future Basic Law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Alliance plan to set up groups to study major social issues and make recommendations to the Government. prime movers of the grouping have been careful to avoid calling the Alliance a political 'party'.
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HONG KONG FOUNDATION
3. LegCo member Stephen Cheong said in February 1989 that he was forming the Hong Kong Foundation and, separately, a political group would be tasked to study Hong Kong's economy and would have no political leaning. Cheong said he expected to take 6-9 months to work out the constitution of the political group. Membership would probably consist of Legislative Councillors and some Members of the Group of 89. Reports say the group would aim to field candidates in 1991, though Cheong has also avoided use of the 'party' label.
LIBERALS
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The various pressure groups which make up the Liberal lobby have
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