The United Democrats of Hong Kong (Chinese:

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 香港民主同盟, 港同盟) was a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. By 1995 it was merged with the Meeting Point

Meeting Point

The Meeting Point was a political organisation formed for the discussion for the Sino-British negotiation on the question of Hong Kong prospect in 1983. It later on joined the first direct election of the geographical constituency seats in 1991 legislative election and won a historical landslide...

 to form the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Hong Kong)

The Democratic Party is a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. It was established on 2 October 1994. The party is currently the second largest party in the Legislative Council, headed by Chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan and, following the November 2008 merger with the Frontier, had around 745...

. It was found by Martin Lee

Martin Lee

Martin Lee , QC, SC, JP, was the founding chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong. He was a directly-elected Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency...

, Szeto Wah

Szeto Wah

Szeto Wah was a politician of the pan-democracy camp of Hong Kong. He was formerly the chairman of The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China and a member of the Legislative Council from 1985 to 1997 and 1998 to 2004.Although the Hong Kong government prior to as...

, Lau Chin Shek

Lau Chin Shek

Lau Chin-shek is the President of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and a vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee. He was born in Guangzhou and had a secondary school education...

 (expelled from Democratic Party in 2000), Lau Kong Wah

Lau Kong Wah

Lau Kong Wah, also known as Ray Lau, JP is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East constituency...

 (joined the DAB in 1998), Cheung Man Kwong

Cheung Man Kwong

Cheung Man Kwong , born 15 September 1954 in Hong Kong with family roots in Taishan, Guangdong) is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council representing the Education functional constituency. He is a member of Hong Kong Democratic Party and chairman of Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union...

, Man Sai Cheung (emigrated in 1994), Lee Wing Tat

Lee Wing Tat

Lee Wing-tat is a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong , returned by direct election as representative of the New Territories West constituency. He was the third Chairman of the Democratic Party...

, Albert Chan

Albert Chan

The Honourable Albert Wai-yip Chan , born 3 March 1955 in Hong Kong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories West constituency, except for the periods 1997-2000 and Jan-May 2011. Chan is also a member of the Tsuen Wan District Council...

, Ng Ming Yam

Ng Ming Yam

Ng Ming-yam 吳明欽 was one of the important founders of United Democrats of Hong Kong , a district councillor in Tuen Mun District, an elected member of the Regional Council and the youngest member of the Legislative Council to die in office.He is best-remembered for leading a pro-democracy crowd...

 (died in 1992) and Wong Hong Chong on 6 April 1990.

The party gained a landslide victory in the Urban Council and Regional Council election in 1991, and subsequently in the Legislative Council election in 1991

Hong Kong legislative election, 1991

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. All founders mentioned above were elected to the Legislative Council

Legislative Council

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 in the election except Lau Kong Wah

Lau Kong Wah

Lau Kong Wah, also known as Ray Lau, JP is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East constituency...

 and Wong Hong Chung, Lau then quit the party and joined the pro-Beijing

Communist Party of China

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 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong , formerly known as Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, is the largest pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong...

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