Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong
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Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong
香港自由民主聯會 |
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| Chairman | Hu Fa-kuang |
| Vice-Chairmen |
Philip Kwok Maria Tam |
| Founded | 6 November 1990 |
| Dissolved | 26 May 1997 |
| Merger of | Progressive Hong Kong Society |
| Merged into | Hong Kong Progressive Alliance |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-Beijing camp |
| Colours | Red |
The Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港自由民主聯會, abbreviated 自民聯; LDFHK) was a pro-Beijing pro-business and conservative political party in the Hong Kong. It was established in 1990, and was composed of mainly conservative businessmen and professionals. It contested in the District Board elections, Urban and Regional Council elections and the first Legislative Council election in 1991 against the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK). It was merged into the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance in 1997. The leading figures were Tso Wung-Wai, Maria Tam, Howard Young, and Daniel Heung.
The party was established by a group of conservative businesspeople and professionals in the Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee (BLCC), Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee (BLDC), which was often called the "Group of 89", and appointed members in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) who worried about welfare spending and adversarial on 6 November 1990, as the reaction to the liberals forming the United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) on the eve of the first direct LegCo elections. The objective of party was to support candidates to fun in the upcoming elections. Due to lack of popular basis and experience, the group invited Maria Tam Wai-chu, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and her Progressive Hong Kong Society (PHKS) to join, as well as four councillors from the Hong Kong Civic Association. Hu Fa-kuang became the founding Chairman, while Maria Tam and Philip Kwok Chi-kuen the founding Vice-Chairmen.
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