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Party Beliefs

• Democracy
  • To push for democratic development in Hong Kong by advocating for the prompt implementation of universal suffrage

• Social Justice
  • To set up a fair and just society by protecting human rights and the rule of law in Hong Kong, and to provide help for the poor.

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History

Founding

The party was formed by members of the Article 45 Concern Group, student leaders and pro-democracy citizens primarily from the legal and academic professions. A preparative meeting was held on February 19, 2006. It lasted for about 8 hours. It decided the name of the party to be the Civic Party. Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group (Chinese: 《基本法》四十五條關注組; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: gei1 bun2 faat3 sei3 sap6 ng5 tiu4 gwan1 zyu3 zou2, Yale: gēi bún fat sei sahp ńgh tiùh gwāan jyu jóu; Mandarin Pinyin: Jīběnfá Sīshíwǔtiáo Guānzhùzǔ) is... is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

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Chief Executive Election 2007

In February 2007, Civic Party legislator Alan Leong secured 132 nominations and became the first pro-democracy Chief Executive candidate in the history of Hong Kong. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Alan Leong Kah Kit, SC (Traditional Chinese: ) (born February 22, 1958) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the Kowloon East geographical constituency and the vice-chairperson of the Independent Police Complaints Council. ...

Structure

The Party membership comprises six members of Hong Kong's Legislative Council, or Legco, which makes it the fourth largest political party in that body. They aim to be the ruling party of HK. As of April 2006, party membership is being limited to 109 members. The admittance of any new member needs to be backed by two other party members. In addition, a prospective member will have to complete local branch work as a trial member for a year before being inducted as an official member. Legislative Council Building The Legislative Council of Hong Kong (立法會, abbreviated LegCo) is the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ...

Speculation

Given the recent political state, many people believe that the Civic Party is likely to replace the Democratic Party as the leading pan-democracy party. This is not unfounded. Since the handover, the Democratic Party has suffered from reduction of popularity, internal quarrels and splitting, abandonment by its members to join other parties or run as independent Legco candidates (e.g. many members of the Civic Party had once been members of the Democratic Party), and even a few scandals. Furthermore, the Civic Party are on better negotiation terms with the Mainland officials than the Democratic Party.

External links

• (Chinese) (English) Civic Party Official Site
• (English) Civic Party embarks on path to power - The Hong Kong Standard newspaper article
• (Chinese) New political party to be established within this month - a45 newspaper

 

Political parties and groups in Hong Kong *
Pro-democracy:	Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) | Civic Party (CP) | Democratic Party (DP) | Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) | League of Social Democrats | Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre (NWSC) | The Frontier
Pro-Beijing / Pro-government:	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) | Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU) | Liberal Party (LP) | The Alliance
* Represented in the Legislative Council