his membership. The UDHK is expected to become the main
force of opposition to the Hong Kong Government although its manifesto commits it to the Joint Declaration.
4.
Disagreement over the pace of political development has
had a divisive effect on Business and Professional
groupings. The Hong Kong Foundation now seems to have dissolved while the New Hong Kong Alliance (NHKA) suffered a
split in its founding membership due to its unpopular
bicameral legislature. proposal for a
Against this
background a new alliance the Liberal Democratic Foundation (LDF) has been formed and is lead by Hu Fa Kian. It comprises members of the NHKA and the Progressive Hong Kong Society (a major moderate group). The LDF also aims to contest the 1991 elections but democracy is not its highest
priority. The LDF places highest priority on the economy and safeguarding the interests of the Business sector.
5. Other groups include the Association for Building a Better Hong Kong which was formed in February of this year primarily as a think-tank to solve the problems facing the
territory in transition to 1997. It does not intend to
field candidates for the 1991 elections.
6. Also recently inaugurated was the Hong Kong Democratic
Foundation. The Foundation has a membership of 250 which
includes 4 members of LegCo 40% of the membership are expatriates. It is actively preparing for the elections by attempting to recruit more members by means of contact points in nineteen districts. Its also aims to increase its
influence at various levels of the Government and to
diversify Hong Kong's political system. expressed a wish for Chinese backing.
7.
It has also
There are also pro-Beijing organisations the most prominent being the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) with its 170,000 strong membership. It has now announced its intention to participate in the 1991 elections and will
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