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UNTILEN HIAL THE

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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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