Co-operative Resources Centre
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Co-operative Resources Centre
啟聯資源中心 |
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| Convenor | Allen Lee |
| Founded | 12 December 1991 |
| Dissolved | 31 March 1993 |
| Succeeded by | Liberal Party |
| Headquarters | Rm 1604, Hong Kong Club, 3A Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
The Co-operative Resources Centre (CRC; Chinese: 啟聯資源中心) was a short-lived political group in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). Led by the Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils Allen Lee, it was established on 12 December 1991 by a group of 21 appointed and indirectly elected Legislative Council members from the functional constituencies. It became the largest conservative faction in the legislature countering the pro-democracy United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) won a landslide victory in the first direct Legislative Council election in 1991. In 1993, it was transformed into the Liberal Party.
After the first ever direct election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) in September 1991, the pro-democracy United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) swept the polls and became the largest party in the legislature.
The group of conservative elites in the legislature who were either appointed by the governor or indirectly elected through the functional constituencies shared a dislike for the United Democrats. Four of the Legislative Council members, Allen Lee, Selina Chow, Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai and Edward Ho Sing-tin had also been appointed members of the Executive Council (ExCo). To curb the influence of liberals, 21 conservative legislators formed the CRC as a think tank, research unit and brain trust for a future political group on the 16th floor of the Hong Kong Club in Central.
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