Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong explained

Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong
Native Name:香港工商專業聯會
Native Name Lang:zh
Predecessor:Business and Professional Group of the Basic Law Consultative Committee
Founder:Vincent Lo
Type:Public policy think tank
Headquarters:Suite 3706, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Region Served:Hong Kong
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Peter Wong
Leader Title2:Chairman
Leader Name2:Victor Apps
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The Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong (abbreviated 工商專聯; BPF) is a non-partisan think tank in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Mission

The mission BPF is:[1]

History

The BPF was founded in 1990 as a successor to the "Group of 89 members" of the Basic Law Consultative and Drafting Committees,[1] a group of conservative business and professional leaders which opposed to faster pace of democraticsation. It maintained close relationship with other parties of business background, especially the Liberal Party.[2]

Led by the pro-Beijing tycoon Vincent Lo, the Federation was against the then Governor Chris Patten's proposal of constitutional reforms for the Legislative Council which Beijing strongly opposed.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who is BPF?. The Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong.
  2. Hook . Brian . 1993 . Political Change in Hong Kong . . en . 136 . 852 . 0305-7410 . 10.1017/S0305741000032355 .
  3. Web site: The Last Governor 2: Restraint in Difficult Circumstances – YouTube. YouTube.