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 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Professional Power (Chinese:專業動力) is a political group based inSai Kung District,Hong Kong. The group is formed and led byChristine Fong, a former member of theLiberal Party. The group markets itself as nonpartisan and currently has four members in theSai Kung District Council.[1]
In the2015 Hong Kong local elections, Professional Power fielded nine candidates, with four getting elected.[2] The group fielded seven candidates in the2019 election,[3] with three elected eventually.
Professional Power was widely considered as acentrist camp political organization, and has been competing directly with bothpro-Beijing camp and thepro-democracy camp.
And yet, in2016 Hong Kong legislative election, it was reported that theHong Kong Liaison Office has been trying to "allocate" the votes to Fong.[4]
In2019 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 byHong Kong Federation of Trade Unions. The list has included six candidates from the Professional Power.[6][7]
In the2021 Legislative Council election,Connie Lam So-wai ran in theNew Territories South East, receiving nominations from a member ofChinese 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 group" (Chinese:民生派).[11]
| Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | GC seats | FC seats | EC seats | Total seats | +/− | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24,594 | 1.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 90 | 0 | | |
| 2016 | 34,544 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 90 | 0 | | |
| 2021 | 38,214 | 2.89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 90 | 1 | 9th |
| Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | Total elected seats | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13,865 | 1.07 | 4 / 458 | 2 |
| 2019 | 16,619 | 1.93 | 3 / 452 | 1 |
| 2023 | 23,557 | 2.01 | 1 / 470 | 2 |
