Democratic Alliance (Hong Kong)

Democratic Alliance
Democratic Alliance
Traditional Chinese	民主陣線
Yale Romanization
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Màhn jyú jahn sin
Jyutping	Man4 zyu2 zan6 sin3
Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance
Traditional Chinese	元朗天水圍民主陣線
Yale Romanization
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Yùhn lóhng tīn séui wàih màhn jyú jahn sin
Jyutping	Jyun4 long5 tin1 seoi2 wai4 man4 zyu2 zan6 sin3

Democratic Alliance

民主陣線
Democratic Alliance 民主陣線
Chairman	Johnny Mak
Founded	2003
Dissolved	12 July 2021
Ideology	Liberalism (HK); Conservatism (Taiwan); Anti-communism (HK); Three Principles of the People;
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Regional affiliation	Pro-Kuomintang camp; Pro-democracy camp
Colours	Blue and yellow
Website
	Official Facebook page
	Politics of Hong Kong; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic Alliance, previously the Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance, was a pro-democracy, pro-ROC political group in Hong Kong established in 2003 and dissolved in 2021.^[1] The final chairman of the alliance was Johnny Mak Ip-sing, who was also a member of Yuen Long District Council.

History

The alliance was established in 2003 by a group of pro-Kuomintang politicians under the initiatives of the Legislative Council member Albert Chan Wai-yip after he split from the Democratic Party and wanted to consolidate his political base in the New Territories West.^[2]

The group filed five members in the Yuen Long District in the 2003 District Council elections, and won three seats in the Yuen Long District Council, while Albert Chan Wai Yip himself retained his seat in the Tsuen Wan District. The Democratic Alliance became part of Albert Chan's radical pro-democracy alliance People Power in 2011. Johnny Mak became the only People Power candidate win a seat in the 2011 District Council elections. In 2012, the Democratic Alliance broke apart from the People Power as Johnny Mak wanted to lead a candidate list in the coming 2012 LegCo elections. The group failed to win a seat in the New Territories West constituency.