The Alliance for Social and Economic Advancement () is a political party in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. The party was founded on 10 September 2019 and is led by Herman Yuen. The party describes itself as part of a "construction camp", preferring to focus on citizen livelihood and public policy rather than politics. The party fielded three candidates in the

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 ...

. In response to criticism regarding the party only fielding candidates in constituencies held by pro-Beijing district councillors, Yuen said the choice of constituencies was made based on familiarity with each area and a dissatisfaction with livelihood work there. Although the party is part of the pro-Beijing camp, it believes that the government's response to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests has been ineffective and that the government should better listen to its people. The party's political positions include modifying the Lantau Tomorrow Vision, land reclamation at the Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base and at Sandy Bay, an elderly care plan in the

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, and the construction of a comprehensive elderly care complex near Guangzhou South railway station.

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