Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong information
Political party in Hong Kong
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
民主建港協進聯盟
Abbreviation
DAB
Chairperson
Gary Chan
Vice-Chairpersons
Chan Yung Ben Chan Holden Chow Chan Hok-Fung Elizabeth Quat
Founded
10 July 1992; 31 years ago (1992-07-10)
Merger of
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Progressive Alliance
Headquarters
15/F, SUP Tower, 83 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Youth wing
Young DAB
Membership (2020)
44,663[1]
Ideology
Chinese nationalism
Conservatism (HK)[2]
Social conservatism[3]
Political position
Centre-right[A]
Local affiliation
Pro-Beijing camp[4][5]
Colours
Blue and red
Slogan
"Faithful to Hong Kong"
Executive Council
4 / 33
Legislative Council
19 / 90
District Councils
147 / 470
NPC (HK deputies)
7 / 36
CPPCC (HK members)
16 / 124
Website
www.dab.org.hk
Politics of Hong Kong
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Elections
^A: The DAB officially claims itself as a "big tent" political party (see political position below).[6]
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese
民主建港協進聯盟
Simplified Chinese
民主建港协进联盟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Mínzhǔ Jiàngǎng Xiéjìn Liánméng
Wade–Giles
Min2-chu3 Chien4-kang3 Hsieh2-chin4 Lien2-mêng2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Màhnjyú Gin-góng Hihpjeun Lyùhnmàhng
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese
民主建港聯盟
Simplified Chinese
民主建港联盟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Mínzhǔ Jiàngǎng Liánméng
Wade–Giles
Min2-chu3 Chien4-kang3 Lien2-mêng2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Màhnjyú Gin-góng Lyùhnmàhng
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese
民建聯
Simplified Chinese
民建联
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Mínjiànlián
Wade–Giles
Min2-chien4-lien2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Màhn-ginlyùhn
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Chief Executive: John Lee
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Principal officials
Chief Secretary: Eric Chan
Financial Secretary: Paul Chan
Secretary for Justice: Paul Lam
Executive Council
Convenor: Regina Ip
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President: Andrew Leung
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Chief Justice: Andrew Cheung
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Chief Judge: Jeremy Poon
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Chief District Judge: Justin Ko
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Chief Magistrate: So Wai-tak
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The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) is a pro-Beijing conservative political party registered since 1992 in Hong Kong. Chaired by Gary Chan and holding 13 Legislative Council seats, it is currently the largest party in the legislature and in terms of membership, far ahead of other parties. It has been a key supporting force to the SAR administration and the central government's policies on Hong Kong.
The party was established in 1992 as the "Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" by a group of traditional Beijing loyalists who pledged allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party. As the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong was approaching, the party actively participated in elections in the last years of the colonial rule and became one of the major party and the ally to the government in the early post-handover era.
The DAB took a major blow in the 2003 District Council election due to the unpopular Tung Chee-hwa administration and the proposed legislation of the Article 23 of the Basic Law. However, the party still managed to recover its loss in the following decades, further expanded its electoral base and membership and absorbed the pro-business Hong Kong Progressive Alliance in 2005, becoming the a dominant force in Hong Kong politics.
The party received electoral successes in the 2007 and 2011 District Council elections, winning 136 local elected offices at its peak, and won 13 seats in the 2012 Legislative Council election thanks to its effective electoral strategy. In the 2019 District Council elections, however, the party received a significant loss of four-fifth of its seats the midst of the widespread anti-government protests.
^"Basic Info". The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^Ma, Ngok (2012). "Political Parties and Elections". In Lam, Wai-man; Lui, Percy Luen-tim; Wong, Wilson (eds.). Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-9-88-813947-7.
^"Hong Kong anti-gay advocates claim same-sex marriage will lead to human trafficking, abortions, incest". Hong Kong Free Press. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^Sing, Ming (January 2009). "Hong Kong's Democrats Hold Their Own". Journal of Democracy. 20 (1). Johns Hopkins University Press: 98–112. doi:10.1353/jod.0.0046. S2CID 153747828.
^Lo, Shiu-hing (June 1996). "Political Parties in a Democratizing Polity: The Role of the "Pro-China" Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong". Asian Journal of Political Science. 4 (1): 98–129. doi:10.1080/02185379608434074.
^Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo; Steven Chung-Fun Hung; Jeff Hai-Chi Loo (2019). We Uyghurs Have No Say: An Imprisoned Writer Speaks. Springer. p. 44. The DAB claims that it is a "big-tent party" and "not pigeonholed into serving the special interests of any social class."
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