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liberal, democratic, federation, hong, kong, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong Chinese 香港自由民主聯會 abbreviated 自民聯 LDF was a pro Beijing pro business and conservative political party in Hong Kong It was established in 1990 and was composed of mainly conservative businessmen and professionals It contested in the District Board elections Urban and Regional Council elections and the first Legislative Council election in 1991 against the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong UDHK It was merged into the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance in 1997 Chaired by Hu Fa kuang and vice chaired by Maria Tam and Philip Kwok the leading figures included Tso Wung wai Howard Young and Daniel Heung Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong 香港自由民主聯會ChairmanHu Fa kuangVice ChairmenPhilip KwokMaria TamFounded6 November 1990 1990 11 06 Dissolved26 May 1997 1997 05 26 Merger ofProgressive Hong KongSocietyMerged intoHong Kong ProgressiveAllianceIdeologyConservatism HK 1 Economic liberalismPolitical positionCentre rightRegional affiliationPro Beijing campColours Red white and bluePolitics of Hong KongPolitical partiesElections Contents 1 History 2 Former LegCo members 3 Election performance 3 1 Legislative Council elections 3 2 Municipal elections 3 3 District Board elections 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory EditThe party was established by a group of conservative businesspeople and professionals in the Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee BLCC Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee BLDC which was often called the Group of 89 and appointed members in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong LegCo who worried about welfare spending and adversarial on 6 November 1990 as the reaction to the liberals forming the United Democrats of Hong Kong UDHK on the eve of the first direct LegCo elections The objective of party was to support candidates to fun in the upcoming elections Due to lack of popular basis and experience the group invited Maria Tam Wai chu member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and her Progressive Hong Kong Society PHKS to join as well as four councillors from the Hong Kong Civic Association Hu Fa kuang became the founding Chairman while Maria Tam and Philip Kwok Chi kuen the founding Vice Chairmen 2 The party won 24 seats in the 1991 District Board elections 3 seats in the 1991 Urban and Regional Councils elections and 3 seats in the 1991 LegCo elections of which were all from functional constituencies The party s pro Beijing and business oriented images faced competition from new parties the Beijing loyalist Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong DAB and pro business Liberal Party established in 1992 and 1993 respectively All three LegCo members Ngai Shiu kit Howard Young and Peter Wong left the party for the Liberal Party in 1993 The party gained back 1 seat in 1995 LegCo elections from the Election Committee with David Chu Yu lin In 1997 the party was merged into another pro business pro Beijing party Hong Kong Progressive Alliance Former LegCo members EditMichael Cheng David Chu Chung Pui lam Ngai Shiu kit Maria Tam James Tien Alfred Tso Peter Wong Howard YoungElection performance EditLegislative Council elections Edit Election Number ofpopular votes ofpopular votes GCseats FCseats ECseats Total seats 1991 70 697 5 16 0 3 3 60 3 1995 11 572 1 27 0 0 1 1 60 0 Municipal elections Edit Election Number ofpopular votes ofpopular votes UrbCoseats RegCoseats Totalelected seats1991 39 139 9 99 2 15 1 12 3 271995 25 398 4 55 1 32 3 27 4 59District Board elections Edit Election Number ofpopular votes ofpopular votes Totalelected seats 1991 47 633 8 96 24 2721994 25 499 3 72 11 346 5See also EditPolitics of Hong Kong List of political parties in Hong KongReferences Edit Lawrence Anthony 1991 The Other Hong Kong Report 1991 Chinese University Press p 4 Chan Ming K 1997 The Challenge of Hong Kong s Reintegration with China Modern Diasporic Femininity Hong Kong University Press p 58 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong amp oldid 1063926652, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,