Labour Party (Hong Kong)
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Labour Party
工黨 |
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| Chairman | Suzanne Wu |
| Vice-Chairmen |
Lee Cheuk-yan Kwok Wing-kin Chiu Shi-shun |
| Founded | 18 December 2011 |
| Headquarters | 19/F, Wing Wong Commercial Bldg, 557-559 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Membership (2011) | 131 |
| Ideology |
Environmentalism Social democracy Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-democracy camp |
| Colours | Orange |
| Legislative Council |
1 / 70
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| District Councils |
3 / 458
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| Yale Romanization | Gūng dóng |
| Jyutping | Gung1 dong2 |
The Labour Party (Chinese: 工黨) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Hong Kong established in 2011. Chaired by Suzanne Wu, it currently holds one seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and three seats in the District Councils.
The party was founded in 2011 by three veteran pro-democracy legislators to consolidate the centre-left pro-labour pro-democracy voices in the legislature. Led by Lee Cheuk-yan, the long-time general secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), the party won four seats in the 2012 Legislative Council election and received about six per cent of the popular votes, making it the third largest political party in the pro-democracy camp and sixth largest in the legislature.
It received a big loss in the 2016 election in which two veterans Lee Cheuk-yan and Cyd Ho lost in the direct election, which left the party only one seat in the legislature, occupied by Fernando Cheung in New Territories East.
The Labour Party positions itself as a social democratic party with the principles of "Democracy, Justice, Sustainability and Solidarity". It also demands universal suffrage, legislation of competition law and maximum weekly working hours, rehabilitate the Tiananmen protests of 1989 and against the legislation of Article 23.
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