Professional Forum (), formerly known as the Breakfast Group () and The Alliance (), was a loose political group of the independent politicians in the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. In October 2012, the group formed the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) with other LegCo members from the pro-business sectors.

Breakfast Group

The Breakfast Group was set up in 1991 in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong by

Simon Ip Sik-on Simon Ip Sik-on, (born 10 September 1948) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1991—1995) for the Legal (constituency), Legal functional constituency (Hong Kong), functional constituency. Ip adopted a conservative interp ...

and Eric Li Ka-cheung and consisted of four other legislators elected through the

functional constituencies A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China: * Functional constituency (Hong Kong) * Functional cons ...

or appointed by the Governor of Hong Kong. Representing their each professional sectors' interests, they had no clear political affiliations and were considered as relatively moderate and independent and acted as a third force between pro-democracy and

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camps, although it was largely pro-government. In 1994, the Breakfast Group members Simon Ip and

Martin Gilbert Barrow Martin Gilbert Barrow, GBS, CBE (born 10 March 1944) was an appointed unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–95) and a Company Director of Jardine Matheson. He is notable for being the last Chairman of Jardines' Japa ...

, who said they would vote for the Liberal Party's amendment on

Chris Patten Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, (; born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. He was made a life pe ...

's constitutional reform proposals, however abstained at last which resulted in the defeat of the Liberals' amendment, while Timothy Ha Wing-ho voted against the amendment and voted for Patten's proposals. During the 2000–2004 sessions the Breakfast Group had seven Legislative Councillors, led by Eric Li from the Accountancy until his LegCo retirement in 2004 and included Bernard Chan ( Insurance constituency), Raymond Ho Chung-tai ( Engineering), Kaizer Lau Ping-cheung ( Architectural, Surveying and Planning constituency), Abraham Shek Lai-him ( Real Estate and Construction constituency),

Lo Wing-lok Dr Lo Wing-lok, JP (; 13 September 1954 – 9 May 2015) was a Hong Kong doctor and politician. He was the Legislative Councillor for the Medical functional constituency from 2000 to 2004. He was the vice-chairman of the pro-democracy League of ...

( Medical constituency) and

Ng Leung-sing Ng Leung-sing () is a former member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Election Committee constituency and the Finance functional constituency from 1997 to 2004 and 2012 to 2016. He was also th ...

( Election Committee constituency).

The Alliance

The Breakfast Group renamed into the Alliance in October 2004 after the 2004 LegCo elections by remaining group members Bernard Chan, Raymond Ho and Abraham Shek. New members

Patrick Lau Sau-shing Patrick Lau Sau-shing is a Hong Kong architect, legislative councillor, educator and civil servant. He had been a representative on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) as a member for the Architectural, Surveying and Planning Functi ...

(Architectural, Surveying and Planning constituency) and

Lui Ming-wah Lui Ming Wah, SBS, JP (呂明華, born 8 April 1938 in Weihai, Shandong, China) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing industrial (second) industry in functional constituencies A functional constituency i ...

( Industrial (Second) constituency) joined into their groups. Bernard Chan was appointed member of the

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on 12 October 2004.

Professional Forum

The Group renamed itself Professional Forum following the

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. The Forum consists of four members, Abraham Shek, Patrick Lau, Raymond Ho and Priscilla Leung Mei-Fun who was elected through the Kowloon West geographical constituency. In October 2012, the group formed the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong with other LegCo members from the pro-business sectors.

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