The Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA) (Chinese: 香港協進聯盟, abbreviated 港進聯) was a political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in July 1994, and is composed of mainly businessmen and professionals. The party is considered a pro-business and pro-Beijing one. It merged with the Liberal Democratic Federation (LDF) in 1997. The current Chairman is Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen.
The basic platform of the party is to defend "One country-two systems" and the Basic Law, the mini-constitution of Hong Kong. It advocates handling political and social issues in a moderate, pragmatic and harmonious manner, and develop democracy progressively. Stability, prosperity and progress is emphasized.
Party members maintain close relationships with Mainland China authorities. A number of them are deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the People's Republic of China.
The party won 5 seats in the 1998 election of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, of which 2 were from functional constituencies and 3 were from the election commission. In the 2000 LegCo election, the party won 4 seats (excluding Choy So-yuk who had joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in the election). These included 1 seat each from geographical and function constituencies and 2 from election committee.
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