Political Parties
18.
Indigenous political parties are relatively recent to Hong Kong; they came into being in order to contest the first
direct elections to the Legislative Council (LegCo) in
September 1991. Before that, political groups operated informally at local level or to lobby on specific issues.
19.
The largest, and most successful party is the United
Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK), the so-called liberals led by
Mr Martin Lee. They won 45% of the vote and 12 of the 18
directly-elected seats, with 4 of the rest going to other
liberal candidates. The smaller liberal parties are Meeting
Point and the Association for Democracy and People's
Livelihood (ADPL), which have 3 LegCo seats between them. Then there is the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation (HKDF) which, like the liberals, favours more democracy.
20.
Business interests have been represented first by the Liberal Democratic Federation (LDF), which won 5% of the vote
in 1991 but no seats. After the 1991 elections business and
professional interests in the Legislative Council, represented by appointed and functional constituency members, formed a
group called the Co-operative Resources Centre (CRC), led by
Mr Allen Lee. The CRC intends to turn itself into a political party shortly in order to prepare for the 1995 LegCo
elections. It will probably combine with the LDF.
21.
The pro-Peking Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of
Hong Kong (DAB), was formed in May 1992. It is represented in the Legislative Council by the Trade Union candidate. In the
1991 elections pro-China groups won just under 8% of the vote
and no seats.
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