New Macau Association
New Macau Association 新澳門學社 Associacao de Macau Novo | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Scott Chiang Meng Hin |
| Vice President | Bill Chou Kwok Ping Jason Chao Teng Hei |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Ideology | Liberal democracy |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Pro-democratic camp |
| Colours | Green |
| Legislative Assembly | 1 / 33 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The New Macau Association (AMN) is a major pro-democratic political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau. Macau is a state in which political parties do not play a role, though some civic groups put forward lists at the elections and might be considered parties. The party was established in 1992 and the founding chairman was Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong. The current chairman is Sulu So Ka Ho. At the, 20 September 2009 election, the association split into two electoral lists - the New Democratic Macau Association and the Prosperous Democratic Macau Association. The two lists combined won 19.35% of popular vote and 3 seats in the legislature. At the election in 2005, the group won a plurality of 18.8% of the popular vote and 2 out of 12 popular elected seats. In the 2013 election the association is split into three electoral lists with the addition of New Macau Liberals.
In July 2014, AMN's newly elected Vice President, Bill Chou Kwok Ping, was suspended without pay from his position as a political scientist at the University of Macau, after he advocated universal suffrage in a move seen by students, alumni and fellow academics as part of a slide towards unprecedented censorship in Macau's universities.[1]
In mid-October 2014, both AL deputies António Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San intend to seek more independence away from AMN and further reduce the financial support to AMN and that includes 20% of their salary. Both Ng and Au would remind members of AMN but would operate within their own policies rather than AMN's board.[2]
Directly elected legislative assembly deputies
- António Ng Kuok Cheong, 1992–present
- Au Kam San, 2001–present (Quited the association in 2016)
- Paul Chan Wai Chi, 2009-2013
Chairs
- António Ng Kuok Cheong, 10 July 1992 — 10 July 1994
- Lok Wai Chong (陸偉聰), 10 July 1994 — 10 July 1996
- Tong Ka Io (湯家耀), 10 July 1996 — 10 July 1998
- Au Kam Ming (區錦明), 10 July 1998 — 10 July 2000
- Tong Ka Io (湯家耀), 10 July 2000 — 10 July 2002
- Au Kam Ming (區錦明), 10 July 2002 — 10 July 2004
- Carlos Sin Doe Ling (冼道寧), 10 July 2004 — 10 July 2006
- Paul Chan Wai Chi, 10 July 2006 — 10 July 2008
- Paul Chan Wai Chi, 10 July 2008 — 10 July 2010
- Jason Chao Teng Hei, 10 July 2010 — 10 July 2012
- Jason Chao Teng Hei, 10 July 2012 — 10 July 2014
- Sulu So Ka Ho (蘇嘉豪), 10 July 2014 — August 2015
- Scott Chiang Meng Hin (鄭明軒), August 2015 — present
Legislative Assembly elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
Direct seats |
FC seats |
Appointed seats |
Total seats | +/− | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,412
|
12.39
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 23
|
1
|
3rd
|
| 1996 | 7,439
|
8.73
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 23
|
0
|
6th
|
| 2001 | 16,961
|
20.95
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 27
|
0
|
1st
|
| 2005 | 23,472
|
18.80
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 / 29
|
1
|
1st
|
| 2009 | 27,448
|
19.35
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 / 29
|
1
|
1st
|
| 2013 | 23,039
|
15.73
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 / 33
|
1
|
2nd
|
See also
External links
References
- ^ Macau scholars warn of rising censorship, loss of confidence in 'one country, two systems', SCMP, 22 July, 2014
- ^ "Ativistas de Macau pedem reforma política junto à Assembleia Legislativa". noticias.sapo.tl. SAPO. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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