2000 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

none Democratic Party (HK) leadership election Hong Kong presidential no 1998 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election 1998 2002 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election 2002 17 December 2000 150px Martin Lee 5FB04A Ballot Percentage 230 81.8% Chairman Martin Lee Martin Lee The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 17 December 2000 for the 30-member 4th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairman and two vice-chairman posts. Founding Chairman Martin Lee Chu-ming was re-elected uncontestedly for the fourth consecutive term. 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 Founding Chairman Martin Lee Chu-ming had been holding the Chairmanship since 1994. According to the party's rule, the party chairmanship is restricted with four-term limit, thus it would be the last term for Martin Lee to run for Chairman.BBC Chinese 18 December 2000 zh:李柱銘連任香港民主黨主席 https://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_1070000/newsid_1076100/1076198.stm Chinese The Democratic Party suffered from the decline in popularity and intra-party struggles in recent years. In the last LegCo election in September, the party lost 170,000 votes compared to 1998. The Young Turks faction was at the edge of splitting with the party. They were discontent with the monopoly of the Central Committee by the party leaders and the party's position on grassroots issues. They had even organised the Social Democratic Forum, which catered more to the grassroots interests.zh:逾 50 棄 權 票 李 柱 銘 連 任 主 席 http://std.stheadline.com/archive/fullstory.asp?andor=or&year1=2000&month1=12&day1=18&year2=2000&month2=12&day2=18&category=all&id=20001218a07&keyword1=&keyword2= Sing Tao Daily 18 December 2000 Chinese 22 January 2014 2 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103634/http://std.stheadline.com/archive/fullstory.asp?andor=or&year1=2000&month1=12&day1=18&year2=2000&month2=12&day2=18&category=all&id=20001218a07&keyword1=&keyword2= dead Some members thought that the Chairman should be responsible for the problems within the party. They disliked Martin Lee supporting Audrey Eu for contesting the 2000 Hong Kong Island by-election, rather his own party members. Results The Young Turks did not show up in the party congress. Martin Lee was elected with 230 for, 7 against and 55 abstentions, with Law Chi-kwong and Lee Wing-tat elected as Vice-Chairmen uncontestedly. Cheung Yin-tung succeeded Law Chi-kwong as the party's Secretary. Martin Lee said it was a warning to him as he got so many abstentions than last election. He stated that he should concentrated more on his work. 28 candidates contested for 27 seats in the Central Committee, only Tai Po District Councillor Edward Lee Chi-shing unelected. The 4th Central Committee was formed as following:http://www.dphk.org/index_basic_info.html zh:基本資料 The Democratic Party Chinese dead https://web.archive.org/web/20001211045300/http://www.dphk.org/index_basic_info.html December 11, 2000 Chairman: Martin Lee Vice-Chairmen: Law Chi-kwong, Lee Wing-tat Secretary: Cheung Yin-tung Treasurer: Wong Bing-kuen Executive Committee Members: 22em Chan King-ming Chan Ka-wai Josephine Chan Shu-ying Cheung Man-kwong Albert Ho Chun-yan Ng Wing-fai Szeto Wah Tsui Hon-kwong Wu Chi-wai Yeung Sum Central Committee Members: 22em Chan Chak-chiu Cheung Wing-fai Cheung Yuet-lan Chow Wai-tung Fung Wai-kwong Ho Wai-to Law Chung-ngai Almustafa Lee Lap-hong Mark Li Kin-yin Sin Chung-kai James To Kun-sun Wong Sing-chi Zachary Wong Wai-yin Wong Leung-hi Yuen Bun-keung References Category:Democratic Party (HK) leadership elections Category:2000 in Hong Kong Category:2000 elections in China Democratic Party (HK) leadership election