| | Democratic Party | Chairman: | Lee Wing Tat | | Vice Chairmen: | Albert Ho
Chan King Ming | | Secretary: | Cheung Yin Tung | | Founded: | 1994 | | Headquarters: | 4/F
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Lee Wing Tat, the Chairman of the Democratic Party The Honourable Lee Wing Tat (æŽæ°¸é” ) (born December 25, 1955 in Hong Kong with family root in Huiyang, Guangdong) is currently the Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP). ...
Albert Ho Chun-yan ä½•ä¿Šä» (born December 1, 1951) is currently the secretary general of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China and the vice-chairman of Democratic Party (Hong Kong). ...
Chan King Ming (陳竟明) is currently vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong and an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ...
Cheung Yin Tung (張賢登) (born May 1, 1964) is a budding Yuen Long District Councillor (Wan Yat Constituency) and the Secretary of Democratic Party (Hong Kong). ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...
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| | District Councillors | 79 | | | Legislative Councillors | 9 | | | Political ideology: | liberal; liberal democracy | | Website: | Democratic Party | The Democratic Party (民主黨, Hanyu: mín zhǔ dǎng, Jyutping: man zyu dong) is a pro-democracy and liberal political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established on October 2, 1994. The party is currently headed by Chairman Lee Wing Tat, and has 611 ordinary members and 25 associate members as of March 2006. Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of...
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A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; Traditional Chinese: 特別行政å€; pinyin: tèbié xÃngzhèngqÅ«; Cantonese IPA: /tÉk6piËt6 hÉÅ‹4tsɪŋ3kʰɵy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale: dahkbiht hà hngjingkeÅ«i) is a political subdivision of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...
Lee Wing Tat, the Chairman of the Democratic Party The Honourable Lee Wing Tat (æŽæ°¸é” ) (born December 25, 1955 in Hong Kong with family root in Huiyang, Guangdong) is currently the Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP). ...
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Party Beliefs
From the outset, the party supported the restoration of Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong. Apart from that, the party's stance on Hong Kong's future development differs with pro-Beijing parties. It believes Hong Kong must develop more democratic institutions and preserve freedoms and human rights in order to achieve prosperity. The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) also known as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å›½å…±äº§å…š; Traditional Chinese: ä¸åœ‹å…±ç”£é»¨; Pinyin: ZhÅngguó GòngchÇŽndÇŽng) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The party proposed policies on various areas of governance through designated spokespersons, including:
- Amendment of the Basic Law to achieve more democracy and safeguard freedoms, while achieving closer economic cooperation with Mainland China.
- Protection of human rights.
- Maintain Hong Kong's status as an international finance and trade centre and improve its economic infrastructure (concrete details not given), as well as a more flexible way to control public expenditure.
- Better monitoring of public services and utilities (i.e. more accountability), and strengthened measures to protect the environment.
- More resources for education, with less vague policies.
- Reasonable (i.e. larger) share of economic achievements by the employee for the employee, and increased involvement by the Government to protect labour laws in accordance with social needs.
- Adopt measures to regulate property prices from fluctuation, and provide adequate public housing
- Increase spending on social welfare.
- Universal suffrage by 2007/8 (but since Dec 2005, 2012).
Overall, the Democratic Party advocates economic policies [1] pretty close to "liberalism" in the Rawls' sense (rather than, say, Nozick's or Hayek's as commonly accepted outside North America), in sharp contrast with the traditional radical free-market orientation of Hong Kong. However, this point is rarely mentioned in the speeches held by party members during their trips abroad to seek political support. The party's position on social or cultural issues is not well-defined but verges on the conservative, partly due to sizeable support from Catholic constituents. In a way that may seem contradictory to traditional liberal ideology, the party generally opposes the legalization of commercial sex or gambling operations. Cover of Index to the Basic Law The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China (ä¸è¯äººæ°‘共和國香港特別行政å€åŸºæœ¬æ³•; or in short 香港基本法 or 基本法) serves as the constitutional document of Hong Kong. ...
The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å›½å¤§é™†; Traditional Chinese: ä¸åœ‹å¤§é™¸; Pinyin: ZhÅnggúo Dà lù, lit. ...
Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...
The ecology of Hong Kong is mostly affected by the results of climatic changes. ...
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John Rawls (February 21, 1921 - November 24, 2002) was a philosopher, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and author of A Theory of Justice (1971), Political Liberalism, and The Law of Peoples. ...
Robert Nozick (November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002) was an American philosopher and Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. ...
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History
Patten Period, 1994-1997 The Democratic Party was formed with the merger of the two largest pro-democracy political groups at the time, the United Democrats of Hong Kong which was formed in April 1990, and the Meeting Point which was formed in 1983. It was the first group to formally consider itself a political party in Hong Kong. The Democratic Party (民主黨) is a pro-democracy and liberal, political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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Before the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the UK to the People's Republic of China in July 1997, the DP was the largest party - following the earlier success of the pro-democracy camp in the 1991 LegCo election, the party won 19 seats in the 1995 Legislative Council (LegCo) election. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Legislative Council (abbreviated as LegCo; Chinese: 立法會, Pinyin: Lìfǎ Huì; formerly 立法局, Lìfǎ Jú) is the unicameral legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The popularity of the party principally rose from its position towards the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, for which it had solemnly condemned the Chinese Government. In the run-up to 1997, with widespread sentiment of uncertainty then towards the future of Hong Kong under Chinese rule, the party supported the controversial package of political reform bought about by the last British colonial Hong Kong Governor, Chris Patten. The Unknown Rebel - This famous photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener, depicts a lone protester, whose actions halted the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour. ...
The Governor of Hong Kong was a British official who ruled Hong Kong during the colonial period between 1841 and 1997 and was ex officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hong Kong. ...
Lord Patten of Barnes The Right Honourable Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (born 12 May 1944) is a prominent British Conservative politician. ...
The party's stance conflicted with the PRC government's, which, for a while, earned the party more popularity and recognition both locally and overseas. The founder and then party chairman, Mr. Martin Lee Chu-ming, became well-known internationally in the run-up to reunification as a human rights and democracy fighter, and won a number of international human rights awards. Alternative meanings: Martin Lee (singer), Martin Lee (drummer) Martin Lee campaigning during the 2004 Legislative Council elections The Honourable Martin Lee Chu-ming QC SC JP (李柱銘) (born June 8, 1938) is the founding chairman (1994-2002) of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. ...
The party refused to join the Provisional Legislative Council established in December 1996 in protest of its formation. As the body became the official legislature of Hong Kong SAR after reunification, the party lost all its seats in the legislature, until the first LegCo election of the HKSAR on 24 May 1998. 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. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Post-1997 Under the proportional representation system which the HKSAR Government considered a better system in representing the spectrum of views of the community, the party secured 12 out of 60 seats in the first LegCo election in 1998, including 9 out of 20 seats from geographical constituencies, where the party got 43% of the votes.
During this period, the party suffered from a decline in popularity. Some analysis attributed this to increased concerns on economic issues as opposed to political ones, and the unpopular position of the party on issues such as the Right of Abode issue in 1999. In the second LegCo election two years later in 2000, the vote share of the party from geographical constituencies dropped to 35%, and the party secured 9 out of the 24 directly elected seats. Its total number of seats in LegCo remained at 12. The interior of an old BDTC passport that has been stamped to indicate that the bearer has the right of abode in Hong Kong. ...
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Meanwhile, the party was plagued with internal fragmentation, further affecting its image. Lau Chin Shek was expelled from the party in 2000. LegCo member Mr. Chan Wai-yip quit the party in December 2001 following the succession of former Chairman Martin Lee by Yeung Sum, leaving the party with 11 seats in the LegCo. In April 2002, some members in the "Young Turks" camp within the party left and joined The Frontier. Lau Chin-shek The Honourable Lau Chin Shek (Chinese: 劉åƒçŸ³, born 12 September 1944 in Guangzhou, Guangdong and his native place is Shunde, Guangdong) is the President of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and a Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee. ...
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The Frontier (前綫) is a pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The cause of such factionalism arose from the political and economic orientations of the party platform. On the political side, some "Young Turks" of the party considered that the party leaders were too eager to establish a "dialogue" with Beijing and the HKSAR Government, and were not confrontational enough vis-a-vis the authorities. Some also considered the party too "middle-class"-oriented and distant from the grass-roots on labour issues, such as proposed legislation on minimum wage which the party did not support. Beijing (Chinese: 北京; Pinyin: Běijīng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
2002 and 2003 saw a rebound in popularity, largely due to the Article 23 issue and the low popularity of the HKSAR Government headed by Tung Chee Hwa. The party benefited from its opposition standpoint, and achieved an impressive victory in the 2003 District Council election, claiming 92 seats compared with 86 in the last election in 1999. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 is the basis (parent statute) of a security law proposed by the Hong Kong Government. ...
Lo Mung Tung Lo Mung Tung (Traditional Chinese: è€æ‡µè‘£; Simplified Chinese: 白èœ; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: dung2 gin3 waa4; Mandarin Pinyin: DÇ’ng Jià nhuá) (July 7, 1937-December 8, 2005) was the first elected Chief Executive (July 1, 1997–March 12, 2005) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People...
The District Councils (å€è°æœƒ and formerly District Boards) are district organizations in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). ...
In 2004, the popularity of other groups and individuals in the pro-democratic camp (such as members of the Article 45 Concern Group and Albert Cheng), together with the emergence of scandals of two of the party's candidates in the LegCo election this year, began to wane. As a result, the Democratic Party only won 9 seats (7 in geographical constituencies and 2 in functional constituencies) overall, becoming the third largest party in LegCo behind the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (12) and the Liberal Party (10). It is alleged that the tactics used by the party to secure votes in the geographical constituency of Hong Kong Island ironically led to the defeat of another democratic camp candidate, Cyd Ho, causing further dissatisfaction among democratic camp supporters within the party. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group (Chinese: 《基本法》四å五æ¢é—œæ³¨çµ„; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: gei1 bun2 faat3 sei3 sap6 ng5 tiu4 gwan1 zyu3 zou2, Yale: gÄ“i bún fat sei sahp Å„gh tiùh gwÄan jyu jóu; Mandarin Pinyin: JÄ«bÄ›nfá SÄ«shÃwÇ”tiáo GuÄnzhùzÇ”) is...
Albert Cheng Jing Han (é„經翰), nicknamed Tai-Pan (大ç) (born July 3, 1946), is currently a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) were held on September 12, 2004. ...
The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) (民主建港å”進è¯ç›Ÿ, formerly 民主建港è¯ç›Ÿ, or æ°‘å»ºè¯ in short) is the largest pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong SAR of the PRC. Founded in 10 July 1992, the party has been headed by Ma Lik since December 2003. ...
Liberal Party (自由黨) is a liberal conservative political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: XiÄnggÇŽngdÇŽo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory...
Cyd Sau Lan HO (何秀蘭, 何秀兰, Cantonese IPA: Hɔ4 Sɐʊ3 Lɑn4, Jyutping: Ho4 Sau3 Laan4, Bopomofo: ㄏㄜˊㄒㄧㄡˋㄌㄢˊ, Wade-Giles: Ho2 Hsiu4 Lan2, Pinyin: Hé Xiùlán) (born 1954) She was a full-time legislative councillor of Hong Kongs Legislative Council (LegCo), elected from the geographical constituency of Hong...
Starting from early 2005, 24 members had quit the party, including district councillor Fong Chan Bong (forced by party) and Lau Tak Cheung. 12 district councillors also left the party. A district counciullor also died in a car accident. Its number of district councillor fall from 92 to 79. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In March, 2006, the Mainstream faction alleged that some senior members were involved in spying activities of China. The "suspects" were all Young Turks members including vice-chairman Chan King Ming and Gary Fan. Tension between the two factions increased. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Chan King Ming (陳竟明) is currently vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong and an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ...
Gary Fan Kwok Wai (范國å¨; born 1966) is a member of the standing committee of the central committee of The Democratic Party, Hong Kong. ...
The Civic Party was established in March, 2006. It is not clear that whether the DP will lose its members to the CP. Civic Party 公民黨 is a pro-democracy and social democratic political party in Hong Kong. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Factions
Mainstream Camp The "Mainstream Camp" is the leading faction of the party since the party found in 1994. It is led by Lee Wing Tat. It composed of both Meeting Point members (those who're not moderate) and United Democrats. It has 7 Legco members. It supports the line of Legislative Council, cross-classes direction and limited communication with the Communist Party of China. Lee Wing Tat, the Chairman of the Democratic Party The Honourable Lee Wing Tat (æŽæ°¸é” ) (born December 25, 1955 in Hong Kong with family root in Huiyang, Guangdong) is currently the Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP). ...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) also known as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å›½å…±äº§å…š; Traditional Chinese: ä¸åœ‹å…±ç”£é»¨; Pinyin: ZhÅngguó GòngchÇŽndÇŽng) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Young Turks The "Young Turks" is the main opposition faction inside the party. It is led by Gary Fan. It has 1 Legco member. It is mainly formed by former student leaders such as HKFS ex-chairman Cheung Yin Tung and The Hong Kong University Students' Union ex-chairman Fung Wai Kwong. It called for the separation of power between party legislators and party leaders. It opted for a more radical line than the Mainstream Camp. Other important members include Cheng Kar Foo and Chan King Ming (party-vice chairman). In 1997, some of the Young Turks members joined the Frontier. Gary Fan Kwok Wai (范國å¨; born 1966) is a member of the standing committee of the central committee of The Democratic Party, Hong Kong. ...
Hong Kong Federation of Students (香港專上å¸ç”Ÿè¯æœƒ) is the biggest students organization in Hong Kong. ...
Cheung Yin Tung (張賢登) (born May 1, 1964) is a budding Yuen Long District Councillor (Wan Yat Constituency) and the Secretary of Democratic Party (Hong Kong). ...
Andrew Cheng Kar Foo BA, MA, MEd, PCLL (born 28 April 1960 in Hong Kong with family root in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 1995 except between 1997 and 1998. ...
Chan King Ming (陳竟明) is currently vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong and an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Frontier (前綫) is a pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Unionists The Unionists or the Labours was a faction formed by union leaders. They included Lau Chin-shek and Lee Cheuk-yan. They are leaders of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions. The unionists mainly expelled or quit the party. Lau Chin-shek Lau Chin-shek (Chinese: 劉åƒçŸ³, born 12 September 1944) is the President of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and a Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee. ...
Lee Cheuk-yan Lee Cheuk-yan (Chinese: æŽå“人, born 12 February 1957) is the General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions. ...
The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) (香港職工會聯盟) is a pro-democracy labour and political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Meeting Point Camp The "Meeting Point Camp" refers to moderate Democrats who were from the Meeting Point. It has 1 Legco member.
List of chairmen: - Martin Lee (1994-2002)
- Yeung Sum (2002-2004)
- Lee Wing Tat (2004-)
Martin Lee campaigning during the 2004 Legislative Council elections The Honourable Martin Lee QC SC JP (æŽæŸ±éŠ˜) (born June 8, 1938 in Hong Kong with family root in Huizhou, Guangdong) is the founding chairman (1994-2002) of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
Dr the Honourable Yeung Sum (楊森) (born November 22, 1947 in Guangzhou, Guangdong with family root in Zhencheng, Guangdong) is the second Chairman (2002-2004) of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Lee Wing Tat, the Chairman of the Democratic Party The Honourable Lee Wing Tat (æŽæ°¸é” ) (born December 25, 1955 in Hong Kong with family root in Huiyang, Guangdong) is currently the Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also This article discusses liberalism as a major worldwide political ideology, its development, and its many modern-day variations. ...
This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ...
This article discusses liberalism as a major political current in specific regions and countries. ...
This is an overview of parties that adhere more or less (explicitly) to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. ...
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External link - Democratic Party official site (English version)
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