2008 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

none Democratic Party (HK) leadership election Hong Kong presidential no 2006 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election 2006 2010 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election 2010 14 December 2008 150px Albert Ho 5FB04A 93% Chairman Albert Ho Albert Ho The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 14 December 2008 for the 30-member 8th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairman and two vice-chairman posts. Incumbent Chairman Albert Ho re-elected uncontestedly, while Sin Chung-kai and Emily Lau defeated Andrew Cheng as the two Vice-Chairmen. Eligibility The Central Committee was elected by the party congress. All public office holders, including the members of the Legislative Council and District Councils, are eligible to vote in the party congress. Every 30 members can also elect a delegate who holds one vote in the congress.Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hsin-chi Kuan Zhaojia Liu Jiaying Wang Chinese University Press 2002 156 Overview The Democratic Party formally merged with the Frontier in November 2008. The Convenor of the Frontier, Emily Lau Wai-hing contested for the Vice-Chair post with incumbent Vice-Chairman Sin Chung-kai as Albert Ho's cabinet, while Albert Ho sought for re-election for his second term. Another incumbent Vice-Chairman said he would give up his post to Emily Lau, in order to show spirit of solidarity and cooperation between the merged parties.zh:鄭 家 富 角 逐 民 主 黨 副 主 席 http://std.stheadline.com/archive/fullstory.asp?andor=or&year1=2008&month1=11&day1=27&year2=2008&month2=11&day2=27&category=all&id=20081127a13&keyword1=&keyword2= 27 November 2008 Sing Tao Daily Chinese Reformist legislator Andrew Cheng Kar-foo decided to run for the Vice-Chairman post on 26 November, stating that he would like to lead the party with Albert Ho and Emily Lau. Results Albert Ho was re-elected Chairman with 93% confident votes.zh:民 主 黨 新 領 導 層 誕 生 鄭 家 富 落 敗 Sing Tao Daily http://std.stheadline.com/archive/fullstory.asp?andor=or&year1=2008&month1=12&day1=15&year2=2008&month2=12&day2=15&category=all&id=20081215a11&keyword1=&keyword2= Chinese 15 December 2008 Emily Lau and Sin Chung-kai were elected with 228 and 205 votes respectively, while Andrew Cheng got 132 votes. Cheng expected his loss to the Mainstreamers, admitting his political ideas not being accepted by the majority was the cause of the failure. 10 of the 27 Central Committee members were newcomers, 4 of them were former members of the Frontier. Only Yam Kai-bong in the Reformist faction was elected, Michael Yung Ming-chau and Kwan Wing-yip were both defeated.鄭家富敗選 認路線不受落 單仲偕劉慧卿當選民主黨副主席 Ming Pao //hk.news.yahoo.com/article/081214/4/9qdc.html 15 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081215163403/http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/081214/4/9qdc.html December 15, 2008 Being the first Chairwoman of the party, Emily Lau said she hope to help strengthening the democratic movement, to see universal suffrage being implemented as soon as possible, and to take back party members' Home Return Permits. She also said her demand for dialogue with the central government remained unchanged. The elected members of the 8th Central Committee are listed as following: Chairman: Albert Ho Vice-Chairpersons: Emily Lau, Sin Chung-kai Secretary: Cheung Yin-tung Treasurer: Tsui Hon-kwong Executive Committee Members: 22em Josephine Chan Shu-ying Andrew Cheng Kar-foo Fung Wai-kwong Law Chi-kwong Lee Wing-tat Mok Siu-lun Ricky Or Yiu-lam Tik Chi-yuen Wong Sing-chi Yeung Sum Central Committee Members: 22em Cheung Yuet-lan Chiu Chung-lam Joseph Chow Kam-siu Chui Pak-tai Lam Chung-hoi Howard Lam Tsz-kin Joanna Leung Suk-ching Mark Li Kin-yin Fred Li Wah-ming Li Wing-shing Stanley Ng Wing-fai James To Kun-sun Christopher Tsoi Yu-long Wu Chi-wai Yam Kai-bong References Category:Democratic Party (HK) leadership elections Category:2008 in Hong Kong Category:2008 elections in China Democratic Party (HK) leadership election