Professional Power () is a political group based in

Sai Kung District Sai Kung District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of land to the east of Ko ...

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. The group is formed and led by

Christine Fong Christine Fong Kwok-shan (, born 28 March 1966) is an engineer and politician in Hong Kong, as well as a former child actress. She is a current member of the Sai Kung District Council. Early life, education, and career Fong was a child actress ...

, a former member of the

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. The group markets itself as nonpartisan and currently has four members in the

Sai Kung District Council The Sai Kung District Council () is the district council of Hong Kong, district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council currently consists of 32 members, of which the district ...

. In the

2015 Hong Kong local elections The 2015 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 22 November 2015. Elections were held to all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong, District Councils with returning 431 members from directly elected constituencies after all appointed sea ...

, Professional Power fielded nine candidates, with four getting elected. The group fielded seven candidates in the 2019 election, with three elected eventually.

Political stance

Professional Power was widely considered as a

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political organization, and has been competing directly with both

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and the

pro-democracy camp The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic La ...

. And yet, in

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, it was reported that the

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has been trying to "allocate" the votes to Fong. In

2019 Hong Kong local elections The 2019 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 24 November 2019 for all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong. 452 seats from all directly elected constituencies, out of the 479 seats in total, were contested. Nearly three million people ...

, many candidates of the Professional Power were not challenged by any parties or independent politicians from the pro-Beijing camp. 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

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. The list has included six candidates from the Professional Power. In the 2021 Legislative Council election,

Connie Lam Connie Lam So-wai (, born 31 December 1987) is a Hong Kong politician of the Professional Power who is the elected Legislative Council member for New Territories South East. Personal life In September 2022, Lam tested positive for COVID-19. ...

So-wai ran in the New Territories South East, receiving nominations from a member of

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(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. The group later was branded as part of pro-Beijing camp, despite Lam rejected the labeling and insisted the group as "pro-livelihood group" ().

Performance in elections

Legislative Council elections

District Council elections

References

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Political stance

Performance in elections

Legislative Council elections

District Council elections

See also

References