New Prospect for Hong Kong
New Prospect for Hong Kong 香港新方向 | |
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Convenor | Marco Liu |
Founded | October 2019[1] |
Membership (2021) | ~100[1] |
Ideology | Conservatism (HK) Gang Piao Interests |
Regional affiliation | Pro-Beijing camp |
Colours | Turquoise |
Legislative Council | 1 / 90 |
District Councils | 1 / 470 |
Website | |
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New Prospect for Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港新方向) is a political group established in October 2019 consisting mainly of mainland Chinese living in Hong Kong, dubbed "gang piao" in Mandarin.[1]
Background
[edit]The party was initially formed in October 2019 during the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests. Its co-founder Gary Zhang was a manager at the Prince Edward station during the Prince Edward station attack on 31 August 2019 and had said that "Hongkongers are not rioters". The other co-founders included lawyer Paul Wang from Haldanes, and Marco Liu, founder of the PR company Hong Kong Asia Cultural Dissemination.[1][2]
In the 2021 Legislative Council election, Gary Zhang ran in the New Territories North, receiving nominations from HKU professor Yuen Kwok-yung, former HKEx CEO Charles Li, Cheung Kong Holdings managing director Justin Chiu and MTR CEO Jacob Kam.[2]
Elections performance
[edit]Legislative council elections
[edit]Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | GC seats | FC seats | EC seats | Total seats | +/− | Position |
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2021 | 28,986 | 2.19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 90 | 1 | 8th |
District Council elections
[edit]Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | Total elected seats | +/− |
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2023 | 21,380 | 1.79 | 1 / 470 | 1 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "New party of mainland-Hongkongers joins legislative race as Ronny Tong's party struggles to gain nominations". Hong Kong Free Press. 4 November 2021.
- ^ a b "【立法會爭位】港漂政團「香港新方向」參選 8.31 太子站經理選新界北 獲袁國勇李小加提名". 立場新聞. 2021-11-04.