United Democrats of Hong Kong
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United Democrats of Hong Kong
香港民主同盟 |
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| Chairman | Martin Lee |
| Vice-Chairmen |
Yeung Sum Albert Ho |
| Founded | 23 April 1990 |
| Dissolved | 2 October 1994 |
| Succeeded by | Democratic Party |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-democracy camp |
| Colours | Green |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港民主同盟 | ||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1gong2 Man4zyu2 Tung4mang4 |
The United Democrats of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港民主同盟, 港同盟; UDHK) was a short-lived political party in Hong Kong founded in 1990 as the united front of the liberal democracy forces in preparation of the 1991 first ever direct election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It self-proclaimed as the first political party in Hong Kong. The party won a landslide victory by sweeping 12 of the 18 directly elected seats in the 1991 LegCo elections which shook the political landscape of Hong Kong. In 1994 it was merged with another pro-democracy party Meeting Point to form the contemporary Democratic Party.
The main objectives of Democrats are to maintain the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, to better the welfare and quality of life of the people of Hong Kong; and to strengthen the position of Hong Kong as an industrial, commercial and international financial centre. In pursuit of these aims, the party strived
The United Democrats had a large labour component among its top leadership. 6 of its 30 Central Committee members, including Szeto Wah and Lau Chin-shek, were leaders of the major independent unions, namely the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (PTU) and the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee (CIC) respectively. They are veterans of labour protests and community movements. Some other core members of the party were experienced in collective mobilisation and electoral campaigns, such as Tuen Mun's Ng Ming-yam and Sha Tin's Lau Kong-wah and Wong Hong-chung and Eastern District's Man Sai-cheong who brought their local networks into the party.
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