Neo Democrats
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Neo Democrats
新民主同盟 |
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| Convenors |
Chan King-ming Kwan Wing-yip Ben Chung |
| Founded | 2 October 2010 |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Flat F, 22/F, 6–20 Yin Chong Street, Kowloon |
| Ideology |
Liberalism (Hong Kong) Localism |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-democracy camp |
| Colours | Gold/Orange |
| Legislative Council |
0 / 70
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| District Councils |
12 / 458
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| Traditional Chinese | 新民主同盟 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Sān Màhn jyú Tùhng màhng |
| Jyutping | San1 Man4 zyu2 Tung4 mang4 |
The Neo Democrats (Chinese: 新民主同盟) is a pro-democracy localist political group in Hong Kong composed mainly of former and disenchanted members of the Democratic Party New Territories East constituency branch after the 2012 constitutional reform proposals. It formerly had one seat in the Legislative Council until Gary Fan lost his re-election in the 2016 Legislative Council election. It currently holds 13 seats in the District Councils, mostly in New Territories East.
The Neo Democrats identified themselves initially as a grouping within the Democratic Party, opposed to its rejection of the Five Constituencies Referendum and concessions towards Beijing that the party was offering in the run-up to the Legco vote on the Hong Kong government's proposals for democratic reform. It said it aimed to repair the damaged relationship between the Democratic Party and its pan-democratic allies.
As the Neo Democrats styled themselves a continuation of the United Democrats of Hong Kong, they chose to found the group on an anniversary of both the dissolution of UDHK and the foundation of the Democratic Party.
Then on 19 December 2010, thirty members including seven district councillors in the New Territories East resigned from the Democratic Party to formally create the new group. The departees included former party vice-chairman Chan King-ming and at least five other founding members, together representing around ten percent of the Democratic Party's district councillors and just under five percent of its membership.
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