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|party_logo = 90px |leader = Vincent Fang |chairman = Felix Chung |leader1_title = Vice-Chairman |leader1_name = Peter Shiu |leader2_title = Honorary Chairmen |leader2_name = James Tien Selina Chow Miriam Lau |colorcode = #00aeef |foundation = |headquarters = 2/F New Hennessy Tower, 263 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation |affiliation1 = Pro-Beijing camp |membership_year = 2008 |membership = 363 |ideology = Conservatism〔 Economic liberalism Liberal conservatism |position = Centre-right |predecessor = Co-operative Resources Centre |youth_wing = Liberal Party Youth Committee |seats1_title = Legislative Council |seats1 = |seats2_title = District Councils |seats2 = |seats3_title = NPC |seats3 = |seats4_title = CPPCC |seats4 = |colours = Blue Yellow (formerly) |website = }} The Liberal Party () is a pro-Beijing, pro-business conservative political party in Hong Kong established in 1993. Led by Vincent Fang Kang, the Liberal Party is currently the 6th largest party in the Legislative Council, holding five seats. Derived from the Co-operative Resources Centre in 1993 by a group of conservative politicians appointed or elected through the business functional constituencies, led by the Senior Unofficial Member Allen Lee Peng-fei, to counter the pro-democracy party United Democrats of Hong Kong who rose from the first ever Legislative Council election in 1991 in the legislature. The Liberal Party opposed to the last Governor Chris Patten's democratic reform and supported by the Beijing government. From its creation to 2008, it was one of the three largest parties with the Beijing-loyalist Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) and pro-democracy Democratic Party, through its support from the functional constituencies with limited electorates. The party was the ally of the Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's government after the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR, its Chairman James Tien Pei-chun was appointed to the Executive Council. The party's popularity rose to the peak after its James Tien resigned from the Executive Council after more than 500,000 people protested against the legislation of Basic Law Article 23 on July 1 protests. Chairman and Vice-Chairman James Tien and Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee successfully won two seats in the geographical constituencies in the 2004 Legislative Council election, overtaking Democratic Party as the second largest party. The party suffered a major split after its defeat in the 2008 Legislative Council election, four of the seven legislators broke away from the party. In the 2012 Chief Executive election, the Liberal Party supported ex-party member Henry Tang Ying-yen who lost to the eventual winner Leung Chun-ying. The relationship between the party and Chief Executive remained tense. In 2012 Legislative Council election, the party won five seats, becoming the fifth largest party in the legislature. ==Party beliefs== Formed by businessmen and tycoons from various business sectors in Hong Kong, the Liberal Party is considered conservative and pro-business. In reference to the Liberal Party name, founding chairman Allen Lee Peng-fei said that "liberalism" would be the party's cherished ideal, with its values being free enterprise, equal opportunity, and individual freedom,〔 but it expounds liberal conservative economic policies such as opposition to a minimum wage, collective bargaining and antitrust legislation. The Liberals also support limited government, low taxes, a high degree of economic freedom and uphold the interests of small and medium enterprises. The party does not advocate welfare entitlements. Many of its members are from professionals, the merchant and business sectors and see preserving the current state of economic freedom as most advantageous for Hong Kong as a whole. The party adheres to social conservatism and opposes same-sex marriage. The party supported the functional constituency which represented the business interest that they should stay in the Legislative Council. Despite being part of the pro-government camp, the Liberal Party and Hong Kong SAR government is not extremely friendly. Its chairman James Tien's resignation from the Executive Council in 2003 forced the government to back down from legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, which ultimately accelerated the downfall of the Tung Chee-hwa administration. It has remained critical of the government since the incumbent chief executive Leung Chun-ying won in the 2012 chief executive election, which the Liberal Party supported Leung's rival Henry Tang and casted blank vote instead of voting for Leung. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberal Party (Hong Kong)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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