New Progressive Alliance

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New Progressive Alliance
新進步聯盟
Chairman Hau Chi-keung
Vice-ChairmanLeung Fuk-yuen
Founded25 April 2016 (Originally)
Ideology Conservatism
Political position Centre-right
Regional affiliation Pro-Beijing camp
Colours     Red
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New Progressive Alliance (Chinese :新進步聯盟; NPA) is a proposed conservative political party led by New Territories rural leaders Hau Chi-keung and Leung Fuk-yuen planned to establish on 25 April 2016. However, the plan was shelved due to not gaining approval from the Companies Registry. It is led by Hau Chi-keung, an ex officio member of the Heung Yee Kuk and chairman of the Sheung Shui Rural Committee.

Chinese language family of languages

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases not mutually intelligible, language varieties, forming the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the ethnic Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

New Territories Place

The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it is the region described in the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. According to that treaty, the territories comprise the mainland area north of the Boundary Street of Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River, as well as over 200 outlying islands, including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau in the territory of Hong Kong.

Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories (Hong Kong)

Indigenous inhabitants,, refers to the people descended through the male line from a person who was in 1898, before Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory was signed, a resident of an established village in the New Territories of Hong Kong. They have special rights to preserve their customs. When the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China in 1997, these special rights were preserved under the Hong Kong Basic Law.

Article 55 of the Basic Law

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Background

The Heung Yee Kuk, a government-recognised advisory body representing the interests of indigenous villagers had been a powerful pro-Beijing organ playing a key role in mobilising villagers to support pro-government candidates. However governed by the Heung Yee Kuk Ordinance, it cannot itself transform into a political party. [1] In the early 2010s, tensions between the Kuk and the government erupted over the Small House Policy and town planning issues that restrict village development, including the landfill development in Tuen Mun. [2] The rural leaders also grew dissatisfied with their pro-Beijing allies, with some asserting that they had not always spoken up for their villagers’ interests. [1]

Heung Yee Kuk statutory advisory body representing establishment interests in the New Territories, Hong Kong

The Heung Yee Kuk, officially the 'Heung Yee Kuk N.T.', is a statutory advisory body representing establishment interests in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The Kuk is a powerful organisation comprising heads of rural committees which represent villages and market towns.

The Small House Policy (SHP) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident in 1898 of a recognized village in the New Territories, an entitlement to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one house.

Tuen Mun human settlement

Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is a city near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more recent past, it was home to many Tanka fishermen who gathered at Castle Peak Bay. Tuen Mun is now a modern, mainly residential area in the north-west New Territories. As of 2011, 487 546 live in Tuen Mun and over 95% of them are Chinese.

Since late 2015, Bowie Hau Chi-keung, an ex officio member of the Heung Yee Kuk and chairman of the Sheung Shui Rural Committee had planned of setting up a new party for the indigenous interests. The name of the proposed party was originally called New Territories Progressive Alliance, but was later changed to New Progressive Alliance in order to target the territory-wide constituents. The idea of establishing the party met opposition from 15 of the 27 rural committees led by Sha Tin Rural Committee chairman Mok Kam-kwai and mainly from the outlying islands and southern New Territories, who worried about the new party trying to hijack the Heung Yee Kuk. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ng, KC (31 January 2016). "Beijing's blessing last step for powerful rural Hong Kong group to form new political party". South China Morning Post.
  2. 1 2 Ng, KC (6 April 2016). "Split emerges among Hong Kong rural leaders over plan for a new party". South China Morning Post.
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