Democratic Self-Government Party of Hong Kong 香港民主自治黨 | |
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| Chairman | P. A. Gass Chang Liu-shih |
| Founded | 12 November 1964 (1964-11-12) |
| Ideology | Anti-colonialism Anti-communism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left toleft-wing |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港民主自治黨 | ||||||||
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TheDemocratic Self-Government Party of Hong Kong was the first political party calling forself-government in Hong Kong established in 1964. it was founded byMa Man-fai, chairman of theUnited Nations Association of Hong Kong, lawyer Chang Liu-shih and teacher K. Hopkin-Jenkins.
It pressed for self-government in Hong Kong, demanding direction election to theLegislative Council of Hong Kong and formation of the government by the party who received the most votes in a general election. It also called for theGovernor, who would only hold the ceremonial role, to be appointed by theQueen only after the consultation with the elected Chief Minister of Hong Kong, except for diplomatic relations and regional defence in which the British government would be responsible for.[1]
The party was formed and registered with the Hong Kong government on 9 October 1963 but was officially established until 12 November 1964. Before the official establishment, Ma Man-fai, one of the founders was stripped off from the chairmanship along with K. Hopkin-Jenkins. Hopkin-Jenkins later founded another partyLabour Party of Hong Kong. Some other members also left the party to found theHong Kong Socialist Democratic Party led by formerKuomintang general Sun Pao-kang.[2]
