Roundtable (Hong Kong)

Last updated
Roundtable
實政圓桌
Convenor Michael Tien
Founded7 May 2017;7 years ago (2017-05-07)
Split from New People's Party
Ideology Conservatism (HK)
Moderate conservatism
Regional affiliation Pro-Beijing camp
Colours  Blue
Legislative Council
1 / 90
District Councils
0 / 470
NPC (HK deputies)
1 / 36
CPPCC (HK members)
0 / 124
Roundtable
Traditional Chinese 實政圓桌
Simplified Chinese 实政圆桌
Literal meaningreal political circle table
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Shízhèng Yuánzhuō
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping Sat6 Zing3 Jyun4 Coek3

Roundtable is a pro-Beijing political organisation founded in 2017 by Michael Tien after he quit the New People's Party. The group currently holds one seat in the Legislative Council, occupied by Michael Tien, and seven seats in the District Councils. [1]

Contents

The organization was founded after Tien complained that the New People's Party was becoming too close to Beijing. [2] [3]

Although it is aligned with the pro-Beijing camp, Roundtable has found itself at odds the camp on certain issues. One such example is when Tien supported scrapping the pro-Beijing extradition law. [4] Another example is when he supported an independent inquiry into police abuses. The group has been considered one of the more moderate members of the pro-Beijing camp. [5]

Performance in elections

Legislative Council elections

ElectionNumber of
popular votes
 % of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
EC
seats
Total seats+/−Position
2021 40,009Steady2.svg3.02Steady2.svg100
1 / 90
1Steady2.svg8thSteady2.svg

District Council elections

ElectionNumber of
popular votes
 % of
popular votes
Total
elected seats
+/−
2019 26,055Steady2.svg0.89Steady2.svg
2 / 452
5Decrease2.svg
2023 7,149Decrease2.svg0.61Decrease2.svg
0 / 470
2Decrease2.svg

Representatives

Legislative Council

ConstituencyMember
New Territories West Michael Tien

District Councils

DistrictConstituencyMember
Kwai Tsing Cheung Hong Tsui Hiu-kit

See also

References

  1. "組「實政圓桌」 田北辰:無一言堂". 明報. 2017-05-09.
  2. "Michael Tien: overly close ties with Beijing prompted NPP departure". South China Morning Post. April 11, 2017.
  3. "Error - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.
  4. "Time to drop extradition law plans: Michael Tien - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.
  5. "Michael Tien to push Beijing for independent probe - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.