The Labour Party of Hong Kong was a

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political party that existed between 1964 and 1972 which called for self-government in Hong Kong and

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. The party was established by two breakaway members from the

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, Tang Hon-tsai and K. Hopkin-Jenkins, and was joined by former civil servant G. S. Kennedy-Skipton as party secretary. It claimed to be defined by close association with the policies of Britain and the Commonwealth, and to be straightforwardly socialistic, by concerning itself with workers, and promoting

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and

.Hong Kong Standard. ''Labour in confusion?.'' 9 August 1964.

Election performance

Municipal elections

References

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