New Prospect for Hong Kong
New Prospect for Hong Kong 香港新方向 | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | October 2019[1] |
| Membership (2021) | ~100[1] |
| Colours | Turquoise |
| Legislative Council | 1 / 90
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| District Councils | 0 / 479
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| Website | |
| www | |
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
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
Legislative council elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
GC seats |
FC seats |
EC seats |
Total seats | +/− | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28,986
|
2.19
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 90
|
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11th
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See also
References
- ^ 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.
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