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Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
民主建港協進聯盟
Abbreviation DAB
Chairperson Starry Lee
Vice-Chairpersons Horace Cheung
Thomas Pang
Chan Yung
Gary Chan
Holden Chow
Founded 10 July 1992
Merger of Hong Kong
Progressive
Alliance
Headquarters 15/F, SUP Tower,
83 King's Road,
North Point, Hong
Kong
Youth wing Young DAB
Membership  (2016) Increase 31,659
Ideology Chinese nationalism
Conservatism (HK)
Political position Centre-right
Regional affiliation Pro-Beijing camp
Colours           Blue and red
Executive Council
4 / 33
Legislative Council
12 / 70
District Councils
117 / 458
NPC (HK deputies)
7 / 36
CPPCC (HK members)
26 / 124
Website
www.dab.org.hk
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese 民主建港協進聯盟
(Short: 民建聯)
Simplified Chinese 民主建港协进联盟
(Short: 民建联)
Former name
Traditional Chinese 民主建港聯盟
Simplified Chinese 民主建港联盟

The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (Chinese: 民主建港協進聯盟, DAB) is a pro-Beijing conservative political party established in 1992 in Hong Kong. Chaired by Starry Lee, it is currently the largest party in the Legislative Council and the District Councils, commanding 12 seats and 117 seats respectively.

The DAB was founded in 1992 by 56 Beijing-loyalists from the traditional "leftists" background, who had a long-history of following the Communist Party of China (CPC), the ruling party in the People's Republic of China (PRC), under the guidance of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. It gradually expanded in the first years of the SAR period and became one of the three major parties alongside the pro-democracy Democratic Party and the pro-business Liberal Party.

It provided support to the SAR government and suffered a major defeat in the 2003 District Council election due to the unpopularity of the Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa administration. The DAB benefited from the failure of the pro-democrats' electoral strategy in the 2004 Legislative Council election, taking over the Democratic Party as the largest party in the legislature. In 2005, it absorbed the pro-business professional-oriented Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA) and changed to its today's name.


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