The New Macau Association (AMN) is a major pro-democratic
political party
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in the
Chinese Special Administrative Region of
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
. The party was established in 1992 and the founding chairman was
António Ng Kuok Cheong, who departed from the then-mainstream livelihood faction and called for political reform in the colony. The current chairman is
Icy Kam Sut Leng. At the, 20 September 2009 election, the association split into two electoral lists – the New Democratic Macau Association and the Prosperous Democratic Macau Association. The two lists combined won 19.35% of popular vote and 3 seats in the legislature. At the election in 2005, the group won a plurality of 18.8% of the popular vote and 2 out of 12 popular elected seats. In the 2013 election the association is split into three electoral lists with the addition of New Macau Liberals.
In July 2014, AMN's newly elected Vice President,
Bill Chou Kwok Ping, was suspended without pay from his position as a
political scientist
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at the
University of Macau, after he advocated
universal suffrage
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in a move seen by students, alumni and fellow academics as part of a slide towards unprecedented
censorship
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in Macau's universities.
In mid-October 2014, both AL deputies
António Ng Kuok Cheong and
Au Kam San
Au Kam-san () (born 30 April 1957 in Macau with family roots in Xinxing, Guangdong, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by populat ...
intend to seek more independence away from AMN and further reduce the financial support to AMN and that includes 20% of their salary. Both Ng and Au would remain members of AMN but would operate within their own policies rather than AMN's board.
Directly elected legislative assembly deputies
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António Ng Kuok Cheong, 1992–present (Quit the association in 2017)
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Au Kam San
Au Kam-san () (born 30 April 1957 in Macau with family roots in Xinxing, Guangdong, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by populat ...
, 2001–present (Quit the association in 2016)
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Paul Chan Wai Chi, 2009–2013
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Sulu Sou Ka Hou, 2017–present
Chairs
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António Ng Kuok Cheong, 10 July 1992 – 10 July 1994
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Lok Wai Chong (陸偉聰), 10 July 1994 – 10 July 1996
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Tong Ka Io (湯家耀), 10 July 1996 – 10 July 1998
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Au Kam Ming (區錦明), 10 July 1998 – 10 July 2000
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Tong Ka Io (湯家耀), 10 July 2000 – 10 July 2002
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Au Kam Ming (區錦明), 10 July 2002 – 10 July 2004
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Carlos Sin Doe Ling (冼道寧), 10 July 2004 – 10 July 2006
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Paul Chan Wai Chi, 10 July 2006 – 10 July 2010
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Jason Chao Teng Hei, 10 July 2010 – 10 July 2014
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Sulu Sou Ka Hou (蘇嘉豪), 10 July 2014 – August 2015
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Scott Chiang Meng Hin (鄭明軒), August 2015 – 2017
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Kam Sut leng (甘雪玲), August 2017 – present
Legislative Assembly elections
See also
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Politics of Macau
Politics of Macau is a framework of a politically constrained multi-party presidential system, dominated by the People's Republic of China. It includes the legislature, the judiciary, the government, and a multi-party system. Executive pow ...
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Legislative Assembly of Macau
The Legislative Assembly of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; ) is the organ of the legislative branch of Macau. It is a 33-member body comprising 14 directly elected members, 12 indirectly elected members representing functional co ...
References
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Political parties in Macau
1992 establishments in Macau
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