The Professionals Guild () is a
pro-democracy
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parliamentary group in the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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formed in 2016.
Overview
The Professionals Guild in Hong Kong was formed in 2016 by six pro-democracy functional constituency legislators after the
2016 Legislative Council election, which saw the pro-democrats increased their seats in the professional sectors. It held seven seats in the legislature at its peak with
Dennis Kwok
Dennis Kwok Wing-hang (; born 15 April 1978) is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council having represented the Legal functional constituency from 2012 to 2020 and a founding member of Civic Party. In the Legislative Council, he w ...
of the
Legal
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constituency,
Kenneth Leung
Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong (; born 17 October 1962) is a democratic Hong Kong politician formerly serving as a member of the Legislative Council for the Accountancy functional constituency. Professionally, he is a tax adviser and accountant. ...
of
Accountancy
Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "language ...
,
Charles Mok of
Information Technology
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,
Edward Yiu
Edward Yiu Chung-yim (; born 19 July 1964) is a Hong Kong academic, scholar and former politician who is currently an associate professor of property at the University of Auckland Business School. He is a former member of the Legislative Council ...
of
Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape,
Ip Kin-yuen
Ip Kin-yuen (, born 1961) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Education constituency and a chief executive for Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union.
Background
Ip graduated from University of Hong Kong with Bachelo ...
of
Education
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,
Shiu Ka-chun
Shiu Ka-chun (; born 1970) is a Hong Kong social worker and activist, and a former lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University. He was one of leaders in the 2014 Hong Kong protests. In 2016, he was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong thr ...
of
Social Welfare
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and
Joseph Lee of
Health Services. It became one of the four pro-democracy parliamentary groups in the Legislative Council, the others being the
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,
Civic Party
The Civic Party (CP) is a pro-democracy liberal political party in Hong Kong. It is currently chaired by barrister Alan Leong.
The party was formed in 2006 on the basis of the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group, which was derived from the B ...
and Council Front formed by directly elected pro-democracy individuals.
One of the major tasks of the group was coordinating the pro-democracy "Democrats 300+" election campaign in the
2016 Election Committee Subsector elections. The victory in the Legislative Council functional constituencies in the 2016 election encouraged the pro-democrats to take a more progressive strategy in the professional sector, in which the pro-democrats traditionally had more advantages.
專業議政與民主派專業界別開會 協調選委會選舉
/ref>Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
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decision that LegCo Members should be disqualified if they support Hong Kong independence
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, refuse to acknowledge China's sovereignty, ask foreign forces to interfere in the city's affairs or in other ways threaten national security. Kwok and Leung were amongst 4 LegCo members who were dismissed; all are considered moderates and have never publicly supported Hong Kong independence. Dennis Kwok said "If observing due process and fighting for democracy can lead to being disqualified, it isqualificationwill be my honour," Following this 15 other pro-democracy
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LegCo members have resigned.
Legco representatives
No representative in the LegCo after all of its members resigned on 12 November 2020.
See also
* Professional Commons
The Professional Commons is an independent, membership-based, non-profit organisation and public policy think tank established in Hong Kong on 25 March 2007. It is open to all professionals who share the same values.
Mission
The Professional ...
* Professional Forum
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 Professiona ...
External links
Professionals Guild's facebook page
References
{{Hong Kong political parties
2016 establishments in Hong Kong
Liberal parties in Hong Kong
Political parties established in 2016