Labor Party (Hong Kong)
| 工黨 Labor Party Workers' Party |
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|---|---|
| Party leader |
Kwok, Wing-kin ( 郭永健 ) |
| Secretary General | Lee, Man-fung ( 李文峰 ) |
| Deputy Chairman | Lee, Cheuk-yan ( 李卓人 ) Mak, Tak-ching ( 麥德 正 / 麦德 正 ) Tam, Leung-ying ( 譚 亮 英 / 谭 亮 英 ); |
| founding | December 18, 2011 |
| Headquarters | 19 / F, Wing Wong Commercial Bldg, 557-559 Nathan Road , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China
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| Alignment |
Social democracy Criticism of capitalism Green politics Progressivism Pro-democracy camp |
| Colours) | Orange , green |
| Parliament seats |
0/2980 |
| Legislative Council |
1/70 |
| District Councils |
7/458 |
| Number of members | approx. 200 (2011) |
| Website | www.labour.org.hk |
The Labor Party , short Labor ( Chinese 工黨 , Pinyin Gōngdǎng , Jyutping Gung 1 Dong 2 - "Workers' Party") is a political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region . The party, which was founded on December 18, 2011, has a social democratic orientation and is part of the pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong.
Alignment
The party represents a social democratic program that encompasses democracy , justice , sustainability and solidarity . In addition, the party advocates the regulation of competition law and the introduction of a maximum weekly working time . The party speaks out explicitly for the target group of workers by criticizing the current position of workers as a pure means of production and the capitalist system . Even when it was founded, the party was explicitly in favor of equality for all sexual orientations , making it a pioneer among all parties in Hong Kong. Both the legal recognition of transgender people and the possibility of same-sex marriage are to be introduced.
She also supports the demand for direct election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong by the general population and opposes Article 23 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong, which, among other things, restricts freedom of expression and the possibility of opposition to the government of the People's Republic of China . In general, the demands result in a clear affiliation with the pro-democracy camp.
history
Between July 21, 1964 and 1972, the Labor Party of Hong Kong existed, a party with a similar name. Due to the long time lag, this is not a direct predecessor of today's party. In the 1990s, the then pro-democratic social democratic MPs had the idea of founding a workers' party . MPs included members of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions , the Neighborhood and Worker's Service Center and the Democratic Party . The idea was ultimately not put into practice.
At the beginning of 2011, Lee Cheuk-yan, who had supported the idea of a workers 'party as a member of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions in the 1990s, expressed his interest in a new workers' party. To this end, he held talks with MPs Leung Yiu-chung and Cheung Kwok-che from the Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union , Cyd Ho from the Civic Act-up and Fernando Cheung, who was a former member of the Civic Party . Cheung was the first for a party for workers' rights, the rights of immigrants , ethnic minorities and for the environment spoke to in the elections to the Legislative Council to begin the 2012th
The party was officially founded on December 18, 2011. The New World First Bus Company Staff Union, KMB Staff Union, Hong Kong Buildings Management And Security Workers General Union under the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, and Civic Act-up joined the party as affiliated groups. The Neighborhood and Worker's Service Center decided not to become part of the Labor Party and is now taking part in Hong Kong elections independently. An executive committee of 20 people was elected unopposed from 131 founding members. Lee Cheuk-yan became party chairman, Cyd Ho, Fernando Cheung and Yeung Ho-yan became vice chairmen, Cheung Kwok-che became Senate chairman, and Tam Chun-yin became general secretary of the Labor Party.
Before the election to the Legislative Council in 2012, the party already had three MPs in parliament by converting Lee Cheuk-yan, Cyd Ho and Cheung Kwok-che. In the election, the party ran in three geographic constituencies . Lee Cheuk-yan was re-elected in the New Territories West constituency. Cyd Ho was also re-elected in her Hong Kong Island constituency. Fernando Cheung was also able to gain a seat on the Legislative Council in the New Territories East constituency, this time for the Labor Party, after he had not been a member of parliament since 2008. In addition, Cheung Kwok-che was re-elected to the Functional Welfare Constituency . After the Democratic Party and the Civic Party, the Labor Party became the third largest pro-democracy party in 2012.
The party got its first seat at the district level in 2015 through the by-election in the constituency of San Fu in the Tai Po district. In the 2015 District Council elections, the party put twelve candidates, three of whom were elected. However, the party lost its seat in the San Fu constituency. On December 13, 2015, party leader Lee Cheuk-yan resigned. Three candidates ran for his successor. Suzanne Wu from the Association for the Advancement of Feminism prevailed against Kwok Wing-kin and Cheng Sze-lut.
In the 2016 election for the Legislative Council, the party suffered heavy losses. Two well-known Labor Party politicians, Lee Cheuk-yan and Cyd Ho, were not re-elected. In addition, Cheung Kwok-che retired, so the party also lost its only seat in a functional constituency. The only MP elected in the election was Fernando Cheung in the New Territories East constituency. The party leader Suzanne Wu was not elected.
After her resignation in August 2017 due to an internal party dispute with Cyd Ho, who also resigned from all party offices after the poor result, a new election within the party was scheduled to determine a new party leader. In November 2017, the then deputy chairman Kwok Wing-kin was elected as the new party chairman.
people
The Labor Party has had three party leaders so far:
- Lee Cheuk-yan: 2011 to 2015
- Suzanne Wu: 2015 to 2017
- Chiu Shi-shun: 2017 (interim)
- Kwok Wing-kin: since 2017
The party's current MPs on the Legislative Council and District Councils are:
- Fernando Cheung (New Territories East constituency for the Legislative Council)
- Mak Tak-ching (Sai Wan Ho constituency for the Eastern District Council)
- Tam Chun-yin (Yau Oi North constituency for the Tuen Mun District Council)
- Yip Wing (Chung On constituency for Sha Tin District Council)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 人權 . In: 工黨 Labor Party . December 10, 2011 ( org.hk [accessed September 9, 2018]).
- ↑ ThisCityisDying 工黨 誕生 打破 財團 壟斷 突破 政治 操控. Retrieved September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Labor in confusion? In: Hong Kong Standard . Hong Kong August 9, 1964.
- ↑ 袁 彌 明 中學 同學 胡穗珊 任 工黨 新 主席. Retrieved September 9, 2018 .
- ^ Labor Party chair makes surprise departure over internal rift . In: South China Morning Post . ( scmp.com [accessed September 9, 2018]).
- ^ 'Dead end for democracy, so focus should be on social policies' . In: South China Morning Post . ( scmp.com [accessed September 9, 2018]).