Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
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Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
香港經濟民生聯盟 |
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| Abbreviation | BPA |
| Chairman | Lo Wai-kwok |
| Vice-Chairmen |
Jeffrey Lam Christopher Cheung Priscilla Leung Kenneth Lau |
| Founded | 21 August 2011 (as alliance) 7 October 2012 (as party) |
| Merger of |
Economic Synergy Professional Forum |
| Headquarters | 3204A, 32/F, Tower 1, Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong |
| Ideology |
Conservatism (HK) Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-Beijing camp |
| Colours | Blue |
| Executive Council |
1 / 33
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| Legislative Council |
7 / 70
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| District Councils |
19 / 458
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| NPC (HK deputies) |
0 / 36
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| CPPCC (HK members) |
4 / 124
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| Website | |
| www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港經濟民生聯盟 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | hēung góng gīng jai màhn sāng lyùhn màhng |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1 gong2 Ging1 zai3 Man4 sang1 Lyun4 mang4 |
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港經濟民生聯盟, BPA) is a pro-business pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. The alliance came into existence on 7 October 2012 after the 2012 Legislative Council election, as a rebranding of the former Economic Synergy and Professional Forum grouping with two other independent legislators. Chaired by Lo Wai-kwok, the party is now the second largest party in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, holding seven seats. It also has one representative in the Executive Council and 19 seats in the District Councils.
The Alliance was officially launched on 7 October 2012 on the basis of a loose political alliance under the same name on 21 August 2011. Twelve members of the Legislative Council from three pro-business groups, the Liberal Party, the Professional Forum, and the Economic Synergy joined together as a counter force to the pro-labour factions in the Legislative Council as well as the government. They fought over the Competition Bill subsequent to the Minimum Wage Bill with the support of powerful business unions and representative of small and medium-sized enterprises.
After the 2012 LegCo elections, members from the two members of the Professional Forum and three of the Economic Synergy with two other independent legislators officially formed the Alliance on 7 October 2012. Members were mostly supporters of Henry Tang Ying-yen, the former chief secretary who lost to Leung Chun-ying in the race in 2012 for the Chief Executive. The group consists of seven legislators which makes it the second largest political group in the Legislative Council, six of the seven members are from the functional constituencies. Unlike the grouping of the former legislature, the Liberal Party did not join the Alliance.
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