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{{Infobox political party
|country     = Hong Kong
|name        = Hong Kong Progressive Alliance
|native_name = {{noitalics|{{nobold|香港協進聯盟}}}}
|logo        = File:Logo of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance.svg
|logo_size   = 180px
|colorcode   = #Fd0000
|chairman    = [[Ambrose Lau]]
|founded     = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1994|07|07}}
|dissolved   = {{End date and age|df=yes|2005|02|16}}
|merger      = [[Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong|Liberal Democratic<br />Federation of Hong Kong]]
|split       = 
|predecessor = 
|headquarters= 11/F., Chung Nam<br>Building, 1 [[Lockhart Road|Lockhart<br>Road]], Hong Kong
|merged      = [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong|Democratic Alliance for<br /> the Betterment and<br /> Progress of Hong Kong]]
|successor   = 
|ideology    = [[Chinese nationalism]]<br>[[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in Hong Kong|HK]])<ref name="Rioni"/><br />[[Economic liberalism]]
|position    = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]
|affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
|affiliation1 = [[Pro-Beijing camp]]
|international = 
|colors        = {{colour box|{{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}} [[Red]]
|website       = 
|footnotes     =
}}
{{Chinese
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|y=Hēung góng hip jeun lyùhn màhng
|s=香港协进联盟
|j=Hoeng1 gong2 hip3 zeon3 lyun4 mang4
|p=Xiānggǎng Xié Jìn Liánméng
|w=Hsiang<sup>1</sup>-kang<sup>3</sup> Hsieh<sup>2</sup> Chin<sup>4</sup> Lien<sup>2</sup>-mêng<sup>2</sup>
|altname=HKPA
|t2=港進聯
|y2=Góng jeun lyùhn
|s2=港进联
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|p2=Gǎng Jìn Lián
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}}
{{Conservatism in Hong Kong}}
The '''Hong Kong Progressive Alliance''' ('''HKPA''') was a [[Pro-Beijing camp|pro-Beijing]], [[pro-business]] political party in the Hong Kong [[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China]]. It was established in 1994 and was merged into the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong]] (DAB) in 2005. The DAB then renamed as the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

==Stances==
The party was composed of mainly businessmen and professionals. The party was considered a pro-business conservative<ref name="Rioni">{{cite book|page=24|title=Hong Kong in Focus: Political and Economic Issues|editor-first=S. G.|editor-last=Rioni|publisher=Nova Publishers|year=2002}}</ref> and pro-Beijing one. It assured another voting block in support of Beijing's interest.<ref name="Rioni"/> The basic platform of the party was to defend "[[One country-two systems]]" and the [[Hong Kong Basic Law|Basic Law]], the mini-constitution of Hong Kong. It advocated handling political and social issues in a moderate, pragmatic and harmonious manner, and the 'progressive' development of democracy, emphasising 'stability, prosperity and progress'.

Party members maintained close relationships with [[Mainland China]] authorities. A number of them were deputies to the [[National People's Congress]] and members of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] of the People's Republic of China.

==History==
[[File:Hong Kong Progressive Alliance old logo.svg|thumb|left|150px|Old logo used from 1994–97 before merging with the [[Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong]]]]
In July 1994, solicitor [[Ambrose Lau]] founded the 52-member Hong Kong Progressive Alliance in the direction of the [[New China News Agency]] which consisted of mostly pro-business factor of the CCP's united front, the [[Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association]], the [[Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong]] and the [[New Hong Kong Alliance]] in preparation for the [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|1995 Legislative Council Election]].<ref>{{cite book|page=305|title=Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong|first=Christine|last=Loh|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=2010}}</ref> Ambrose Lau became the only member won the seat in the election through the [[Election Committee (constituency)|Election Committee]]. It merged with the [[Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong|Liberal Democratic Federation]] (LDF) in 1997, another pro-business party formed in 1990.

The party won 5 seats in the [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998 election of the Legislative Council]], of which 2 were from [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|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.

With the abolition of the election committee LegCo seats in [[2004 Hong Kong legislative election|2004 election]], the HKPA had an internal dispute on whether the party should send members for [[geographical constituency|geographical direct elections]]. [[David Chu Yu-lin]] intended to run for a seat in [[New Territories East (constituency)|New Territories East]], and began canvassing, but suddenly decided to quit in late July. [[Tang Siu-tong]] also declined to run for re-election.

After that the party decided to let [[Tso Wung-wai]] to run for the election in New Territories East only, though there was a rumour that an independent candidate in [[New Territories West (constituency)|New Territories West]], Chow Ping-tim, was actually a member of HKPA. However, some outsiders think that HKPA was insincere in participating in direct elections and the dispute shows the party came to a decline.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} The party lost all the seats in the Legislative Council in the election.

HKPA merged with the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong]] (DAB) on 16 February 2005.

==Members of the party in the Legislative Council==
* [[Choy Kan-pui]]
* [[Choy So-yuk]] (also a DAB member)
* [[David Chu (Hong Kong politician)|David Chu Yu-lin]]
* [[Hui Cheung-ching]]
* [[Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen]]
* [[Tang Siu-tong]]
* [[Tso Wong Man-yin]]
* [[Wong Siu-yee]]
* [[Henry Wu (politician)|Henry Wu]]
* [[Charles Yeung]]

==Electoral performance==
===Legislative Council elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! '''Election'''
! Number of<br />popular votes
! % of<br />popular votes
! [[Geographical constituency|GC]]<br />seats
! [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]<br />seats
! [[Election Committee (constituency)|EC]]<br />seats
! Total seats
! +/−
! Position
|-
! [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|1995]]
| 25,964{{nochange}}
| 2.85{{nochange}}
| 0
| 0
| 1
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| 1{{increase}}
| 7th{{nochange}}
|-
! [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998]]
| –
| –
| 0
| 2
| 3
| {{Composition bar|5|60|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| {{N/A}}
| 4th{{increase}}
|-
! [[2000 Hong Kong legislative election|2000]]
| 25,773{{decrease}}
| 1.95{{decrease}}
| 1
| 1
| 2
| {{Composition bar|4|60|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| 1{{decrease}}
| 4th{{nochange}}
|-
! [[2004 Hong Kong legislative election|2004]]
| 14,174{{decrease}}
| 0.80{{decrease}}
| 0
| 0
| –
| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| 4{{decrease}}
| 0{{decrease}}
|-
|}

===Municipal elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! Election
! Number of<br/>popular votes
! % of<br/>popular votes
! [[Urban Council of Hong Kong|UrbCo]]<br/>seats
! [[Regional Council of Hong Kong|RegCo]]<br/>seats
! Total<br/>elected seats
|-
! [[1995 Hong Kong municipal elections|1995]]
| 5,278{{nochange}}
| 0.95{{nochange}}
| {{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|27|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|59|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
|-
|}

===District Council elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! Election
! Number of<br />popular votes
! % of<br />popular votes
! Total<br />elected seats
! +/−
|-
! [[1994 Hong Kong local elections|1994]]
| 3,288{{nochange}}
| 0.48{{nochange}}
| {{Composition bar|1|346|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
|-
! [[1999 Hong Kong local elections|1999]]
| 23,168{{increase}}
| 2.86{{increase}}
| {{Composition bar|16|390|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| 1{{decrease}}
|-
! [[2003 Hong Kong local elections|2003]]
| 29,091{{increase}}
| 2.77{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|13|400|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}}}}
| 5{{decrease}}
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Politics of Hong Kong]]
* [[List of political parties in Hong Kong]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.hkpa.org.hk/|title=Hong Kong Progressive Alliance web site}} {{inlang|zh}}
{{Hong Kong political parties}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1994 establishments in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Conservative parties in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1994]]