New Prospect for Hong Kong

Political party in Hong Kong
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Websitewww.nphk.hk

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 28,986Steady 2.19Steady 1 0 0
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 1Increase 8thIncrease

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.

External links

  • New Prospect for Hong Kong Website
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Parties represented in Legislative Council
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