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The Frontier (Hong Kong)

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The Frontier (前綫) is a pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established on 26 August 1996. The group is headed by convenor Emily Lau Wai-hing since its establishment as a loose group of individual pro-democracy activitists.

The main platform of The Frontier calls for Universal suffrage|universal and equal suffrage, human rights and rule of law, and demands the right to draft Hong Kong's own constitution.

Among the pro-democracy political parties, The Frontier has adopted a relatively radical stance on political issues. It called for immediate universal suffrage since the establishment of the HKSAR, by means of redrafting the Hong Kong Basic Law|Basic Law, the mini-constitution of Hong Kong. (The Basic Law guaranteed universal suffrage but imposed constraints on the timetable). It had also launched campaigns to demand the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa, to step down. There were allegations that the convenor, Emily Lau Wai-hing, supported Taiwan independence, but was forced to restrain from making her stance the official party one.

On the economics front, the group has been pressing for a competitive policy in Hong Kong to curb anti-competitive and monopoly|monopolistic practices.

On livelihood issues, the group adopted a leftist stance. They demand better labour protection, such as legislating for minimum wages and maximum working hours, and advocated unemployment protection. They also demand better social welfare and a reduction of rents in public housing estates.

Founders of the group include:
  • Emily Lau Wai-hing

  • Cyd Ho | Cyd Ho Sau-lan

  • Lee Cheuk-yan

  • Leung Yiu-chung

  • Lau Chin-shek

  • Elizabeth Wong


In both the 1998 and 2000 Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council (LegCo) election, members of The Frontier won five seats in the geographical constituencies (some of them run under the banner of other groups):
  • Emily Lau Wai-hing

  • Cyd Ho Sau-lan

  • Lee Cheuk-yan (also Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU))

  • Leung Yiu-chung (also Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre (NWSC))

  • Lau Chin-shek (also HKCTU)


In April 2002, a number of more radical former members ("Young Turks") of the Democratic Party (Hong Kong) | Democratic Party (DP) who have earlier formed a group called the Social Democratic Forum(SDF) left the DP to join The Frontier.

Cyd Ho Sau-lan lost in the Hong Kong Legislative Council elections, 2004|2004 LegCo elections. This was believed to be caused by a tactical mistake by the democratic camp. As a result, they won only one seat in the Legislative Council in 2004, occupied by Emily Lau.



  • Hong Kong

  • Politics of Hong Kong

  • List of political parties in Hong Kong




  • http://www.frontier.org.hk/index_e.htm Web site of The Frontier

  • http://fungchiwood.com/join-Frontier-cuttings.htm Press cuttings of "Young Turks" joining The Frontier


This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "The Frontier (Hong Kong)".


Last Modified:   2005-04-13


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