Hong Kong Progressive Alliance

Political party in Hong Kong

Traditional Chinese

香港協進聯盟

Simplified Chinese

香港协进联盟

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiānggǎng Xié Jìn Liánméng
Wade–Giles	Hsiang¹-kang³ Hsieh² Chin⁴ Lien²-mêng²
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Hēung góng hip jeun lyùhn màhng
Jyutping	Hoeng1 gong2 hip3 zeon3 lyun4 mang4

HKPA

Traditional Chinese

港進聯

Simplified Chinese

港进联

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gǎng Jìn Lián
Wade–Giles	Kang³ chin⁴ lien²
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Góng jeun lyùhn
Jyutping	Gong2 zeon3 lyun4

Conservatism in China
Part of a series on
Ideologies Chinese nationalism Han Ultra Chiangism Communitarianism Cultural Dai Jitao Thought Monarchism Neoauthoritarianism Social Traditionalist Confucianism Neo
Principles Ancestral worship Asian values Authority Duty Elitism Exceptionalism Familialism Filial piety Hierarchy Imperialism Sinicization Irredentism Unification Law and order Loyalty Meritocracy One China Patriotism Sinocentrism Social order Sovereignty Tradition Technocracy Zhonghua minzu
History 1992 Consensus 2015 Xi–Chu meeting 2020 Hong Kong national security law Chinese Civil War Chinese economic reform Empire of China (1915–1916) Imperial China Tributary system Ma–Xi meeting Manchu Restoration Nanjing decade New Life Movement Shanghai massacre Three Links Tongzhi Restoration Self-Strengthening Movement Xueheng School
Intellectuals Chen Confucius Dai Gan Gu Hu Jaw Jiang (Qing) Jiang (Shigong) Liang Wang Wu Xiao Zheng Zhu
Works Analects China Can Say No Classic of Filial Piety Farewell to Revolution
Politicians Chan Chiang (Ching-kuo) Chiang (Kai-shek) Chiang (Wan-an) Chu Chui Han Ho (Edmund) Ho (Iat Seng) Hu Hung Ip (Kwok-him) Ip (Regina) Jaw Lam Lee (John) Lee (Starry) Leung Li Liao Lin Ma Soong Jiang Sun Tsang Tung Wang Yuan Xi
Extant parties Mainland China (neoauthoritarian) Chinese Communist Party (alleged) Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Business and Professionals Alliance Civil Force Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Kowloon West New Dynamic Liberal Party New People's Party New Territories Association of Societies Politihk Social Strategic Silent Majority Hong Kong (pro-ROC) Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council Macau (pro-Beijing) Alliance for Change Macau-Guangdong Union United Citizens Association Women's Association Republic of China (Taiwan) Chinese Nationalist Party Chinese New Party Chinese Unification Promotion Party For Public Good Party Patriot Alliance Association People First Party Young China Party
Historical parties Progressive Party Republican Party Royalist Party Unity Party Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Co-operative Resources Centre Federation for the Stability Hong Kong Alliance of Chinese and Expatriates Hong Kong Progressive Alliance Liberal Democratic Federation New Hong Kong Alliance Professional Forum Progressive Hong Kong Society Hong Kong (pro-ROC) 123 Democratic Alliance Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance Republic of China (Taiwan) Congress Party Alliance The Motorists' Party of ROC Republican Party
Alliances Pro-Kuomintang camp Republic of China mainland China Hong Kong Pro-Beijing camp Hong Kong Macau
Organisations Blue Shirts Society Group of 89 Institute of Revolutionary Practice Kuomintang Youth League Western Hills Group
Media Mainland China (neoauthoritarian) Global Times Guancha Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Headline Daily Hong Kong Economic Times Oriental Daily News Sing Tao Daily The Standard Republic of China (Taiwan) Chung T'ien Television China Television China Times Commercial Times TVBS United Daily News Overseas The Epoch Times Former Central Daily News Shen Bao
By region Hong Kong Taiwan (Republic of China) Sinicization of Tibet
Variants and movements Anti-communism Baizuo Conservative localism in Hong Kong New Confucianism
Related topics Anti-Americanism Anti-Japanese sentiment Chinese expansionism Dang Guo Han chauvinism Hui pan-nationalism History of the Kuomintang Revisionism (Marxism) Settler colonialism Three Principles of the People United front Hong Kong Taiwan
Conservatism portal Republic of China portal People's Republic of China portal Hong Kong portal
v t e

The Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA) was a pro-Beijing, pro-business political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1994 and was merged into the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in 2005. The DAB then renamed as the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

Stances

The party was composed of mainly businessmen and professionals. The party was considered a pro-business conservative^[1] and pro-Beijing one. It assured another voting block in support of Beijing's interest.^[1] The basic platform of the party was to defend "One country-two systems" and the Basic Law, the mini-constitution of Hong Kong. It advocated handling political and social issues in a moderate, pragmatic and harmonious manner, and the 'progressive' development of democracy, emphasising 'stability, prosperity and progress'.

Party members maintained close relationships with Mainland China authorities. A number of them were deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the People's Republic of China.

History

In July 1994, solicitor Ambrose Lau founded the 52-member Hong Kong Progressive Alliance in the direction of the New China News Agency which consisted of mostly pro-business factor of the CCP's united front, the Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association, the Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong and the New Hong Kong Alliance in preparation for the 1995 Legislative Council Election.^[2] Ambrose Lau became the only member won the seat in the election through the Election Committee. It merged with the Liberal Democratic Federation (LDF) in 1997, another pro-business party formed in 1990.

The party won 5 seats in the 1998 election of the Legislative Council, of which 2 were from functional constituencies and 3 were from the election commission. In the 2000 LegCo election, the party won 4 seats (excluding Choy So-yuk who had joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in the election). These included 1 seat each from geographical and function constituencies and 2 from election committee.

With the abolition of the election committee LegCo seats in 2004 election, the HKPA had an internal dispute on whether the party should send members for geographical direct elections. David Chu Yu-lin intended to run for a seat in New Territories East, and began canvassing, but suddenly decided to quit in late July. Tang Siu-tong also declined to run for re-election.

After that the party decided to let Tso Wung-wai to run for the election in New Territories East only, though there was a rumour that an independent candidate in New Territories West, Chow Ping-tim, was actually a member of HKPA. However, some outsiders think that HKPA was insincere in participating in direct elections and the dispute shows the party came to a decline.^{[citation needed]} The party lost all the seats in the Legislative Council in the election.

HKPA merged with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) on 16 February 2005.

Members of the party in the Legislative Council

Electoral performance

Legislative Council elections

Election	Number of popular votes	% of popular votes	GC seats	FC seats	EC seats	Total seats	+/−	Position
1995	25,964	2.85	0	0	1	1 / 60	1	7th
1998	–	–	0	2	3	5 / 60	—	4th
2000	25,773	1.95	1	1	2	4 / 60	1	4th
2004	14,174	0.80	0	0	–	0 / 60	4	0

Municipal elections

Election	Number of popular votes	% of popular votes	UrbCo seats	RegCo seats	Total elected seats
1995	5,278	0.95	0 / 32	0 / 27	0 / 59

District Council elections

Election	Number of popular votes	% of popular votes	Total elected seats	+/−
1994	3,288	0.48	1 / 346	0
1999	23,168	2.86	16 / 390	1
2003	29,091	2.77	13 / 400	5

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Rioni, S. G., ed. (2002). Hong Kong in Focus: Political and Economic Issues. Nova Publishers. p. 24.
^ Loh, Christine (2010). Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. 305.

External links

Hong Kong Progressive Alliance web site at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Chinese)

Political parties in Hong Kong

Parties represented in Legislative Council

Pro-Beijing (89)

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (19)
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (8)
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (7)
New People's Party (5)
Liberal Party (4)
Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (2)
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (2)
New Century Forum (1)
Roundtable (1)
Professional Power (1)
Kowloon West New Dynamic (1)
New Prospect (1)

Unaligned (1)

Third Side (1)

Parties represented in District Councils

Pro-Beijing (174)	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (109) Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (27) New People's Party (15) Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (12) Liberal Party (5) Federation of Public Housing Estates (3) Professional Power (1) New Prospect for Hong Kong (1) Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (1)