Country: | Hong Kong |
New Prospect for Hong Kong | |
Leader1 Title: | Convenor |
Leader1 Name: | Marco Liu |
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Foundation: | October 2019[1] |
Regional: | Pro-Beijing camp |
Ideology: | Conservatism (HK) Gang Piao Interests |
Membership Year: | 2021 |
Membership: | ~100 |
Seats2 Title: | Legislative Council |
Seats3 Title: | District Councils |
Colours: | Turquoise |
New Prospect for Hong Kong is a political group established in October 2019 consisting mainly of mainland Chinese living in Hong Kong, dubbed "gang piao" in Mandarin.[1]
The party was initially formed in October 2019 during the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests. Its co-founder Gary Zhang was a manager at the Prince Edward station during the Prince Edward station attack on 31 August 2019 and had said that "Hongkongers are not rioters". The other co-founders included lawyer Paul Wang from Haldanes, and Marco Liu, founder of the PR company Hong Kong Asia Cultural Dissemination.[1] [2]
In the 2021 Legislative Council election, Gary Zhang ran in the New Territories North, receiving nominations from HKU professor Yuen Kwok-yung, former HKEx CEO Charles Li, Cheung Kong Holdings managing director Justin Chiu and MTR CEO Jacob Kam.[2]