123 Democratic Alliance ( Chinese: 一二三民主聯盟) was a pro-Kuomintang

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. Established in 1994 by a group of pro-Taiwan,

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and pro-business politicians, it aims at striving for the unification of China, to strive for a free, democratic, and wealthy China, and to establish a democratic and prosperous Hong Kong. It remained a small party until it was dissolved in 2000 due to the lack of financial support from the

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, after the Kuomintang's defeat in the presidential election.

History

The party was formed by the supporters of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

government on Taiwan in 1994. It was represented by Sin Ling Yum in the

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(LegCo) from 1995 to 1997. It was excluded from the

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, the interim body which largely controlled by the Beijing government. All candidates were defeated in the 1998 LegCo elections. The party won six seats in the 1999 District Council elections. Due to lack of funding, the party did not file any candidates in the 2000 LegCo elections (although some of the losers continued to take part as independent participants or supporters of other parties), and was subsequently dissolved on 3 December 2000 due to the lack of financial support from the

. The last chairman of the alliance was

Tai Cheuk-yin Leslie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin is a Hong Kong politician. He was the last chairman of the pro-Republic of China (Taiwan) Hong Kong political organisation 123 Democratic Alliance 123 Democratic Alliance ( Chinese: 一二三民主聯盟) was a p ...

Election performance

Legislative Council elections

Municipal elections

District Council elections

References

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