Article 23 Concern Group
| Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 《基本法》四十五條關注組 | ||||||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Jīběnfá Sīshíwǔtiáo Guānzhùzǔ |
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| Yale Romanization | gēi bún fat sei sahp ńgh tiùh gwāan jyu jóu |
| IPA | [kéi pǔːn fāːt sēi sɐ̀p ̬ŋ tʰȉːu kʷɐ́n tɕȳː tsǒu] |
| Jyutping | gei1 bun2 faat3 sei3 sap6 ng5 tiu4 gwan1 zyu3 zou2 |
Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group is a pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established on 14 November 2003 by legal practitioners and academics. It had four seats in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong before it transformed into the Civic Party in 2006.
The group originated from the "Basic Law Article 23 Concern Group", which was formed to criticise the HKSAR Government's legislative proposals to implement the anti-subversion Article 23 of the Basic Law during the proposed legislations' consultation period in 2002-2003. Outspoken members of the group included the barristers Audrey Eu, Alan Leong and Ronny Tong, who were all former chairpersons of the Hong Kong Bar Association. Their professional and outspoken image established during the Article 23 controversy has led to them being especially popular with the middle class.
After the HKSAR Government shelved the Article 23 proposals, the group renamed itself the Article 45 Concern Group, with the addition of a few members. Its focus changed to push for universal suffrage in 2007/08. The ultimate aim of universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council is stipulated under Article 45 and Article 68 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong respectively.
The group considered universal suffrage by 2007/8 as vital to the protection of human rights and the rule of law in Hong Kong, and aimed to promote debates on universal suffrage from a legal and constitutional point of view.
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