Professional Power
Professional Power 專業動力 | |
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| Chairperson | Christine Fong |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Ideology | Conservatism (HK) Centrism |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-Beijing camp |
| Colours | Blue |
| Legislative Council | 1 / 90 |
| District Councils | 1 / 470 |
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Professional Power (Chinese: 專業動力) is a political group based in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. The group is formed and led by Christine Fong, a former member of the Liberal Party. The group markets itself as nonpartisan and currently has four members in the Sai Kung District Council.[1]
In the 2015 Hong Kong local elections, Professional Power fielded nine candidates, with four getting elected.[2] The group fielded seven candidates in the 2019 election,[3] with three elected eventually.
Political stance
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Professional Power was widely considered as a centrist camp political organization, and has been competing directly with both pro-Beijing camp and the pro-democracy camp.
And yet, in 2016 Hong Kong legislative election, it was reported that the Hong Kong Liaison Office has been trying to "allocate" the votes to Fong. [4]
In 2019 Hong Kong local elections, many candidates of the Professional Power were not challenged by any parties or independent politicians from the pro-Beijing camp.[5] Prior to the polling day, there was a list widely circulated in LIHKG and Factcheck.io. The list claimed itself as a list of candidates endorsed by Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions. The list has included six candidates from the Professional Power.[6][7]
In the 2021 Legislative Council election, Connie Lam So-wai ran in the New Territories South East, receiving nominations from a member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Paul Kwong and other pro-Beijing stance. Christine Fong was also rumoured to have been "blessed" and approved by Chinese Government to run in the election.[8] The group later was branded as part of pro-Beijing camp,[9][10] despite Lam rejected the labeling and insisted the group as "pro-livelihood camp" (Chinese: 民生派).[11]
Performance in elections
[edit | edit source]Legislative Council elections
[edit | edit source]| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
GC seats |
FC seats |
EC seats |
Total seats | +/− | Position |
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| 2012 | 24,594Increase | 1.35Increase | 0 | 0 | 0 / 90
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0Steady | Steady | |
| 2016 | 34,544Increase | 1.59Increase | 0 | 0 | 0 / 90
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0Steady | Steady | |
| 2021 | 38,214Increase | 2.89Increase | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 90
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1Increase | 9thSteady |
| 2025 | 58,828Increase | 4.61Increase | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 90
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1Steady | 8thIncrease |
District Council elections
[edit | edit source]| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
Total
elected seats |
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| 2015 | 13,865Steady | 1.07Steady | 4 / 458
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2Increase |
| 2019 | 16,619Increase | 1.93Increase | 3 / 452
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1Decrease |
| 2023 | 23,557Increase | 2.01Increase | 1 / 470
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2Decrease |
See also
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