New Territories Association of Societies

Political party in Hong Kong
New Territories Association of Societies
Traditional Chinese新界社團聯會
Simplified Chinese新界社团联会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnjiè Shètuán Liánhuì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSān gaai Séh tyùhn Lyùhn wuih
JyutpingSan1 gaai3 Se5 tyun4 Lyun4 wui6*2
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese新社聯
Simplified Chinese新社联
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnshèlián
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSān séh lyùhn
JyutpingSan1 se5 lyun4
Politics and government
of Hong Kong
  • Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service
  • Registration and Electoral Office
  • Offices in the Mainland and Taiwan
  • University Grants Committee Secretariat
  • Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency
  • Health Bureau
  • Department of Health
  • Security Bureau
Legislature
Court of Final Appeal

High Court

District Court

  • Chief District Judge: Justin Ko

Magistrates' Court

  • Chief Magistrate: So Wai-tak

Special courts and tribunals:

Electoral Affairs Commission
  • Registration and Electoral Office

Chief Executive Elections

  • Election Committee

Legislative elections

District council elections
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The New Territories Association of Societies (Chinese: 新界社團聯會, NTAS) is a pro-Beijing umbrella political group which consists of hundreds of the New Territories community organisations. The founding president of the Association was Lee Lin-sang, who served as the delegate to the National People's Congress in the 1980s and member of the HKSAR Preparatory Committee before the handover of Hong Kong. The Association plays important coordination roles in the election campaigns for the pro-Beijing camp by mobilising members of its affiliated groups to vote for the pro-Beijing candidates.[1] The Association currently holds two seats in the Legislative Council (LegCo), Leung Che-cheung and Chan Han-pan who are both affiliated with the largest pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (while Leung does not put NTAS as his political affiliation on his biography).[2][3] Leung also serves as the current president of the Association.

The current chairman is Chan Yung, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress.[4]

Election performances

Legislative Council elections

Election Number of
popular votes 		% of
popular votes 		GC
seats 		FC
seats 		ECC
seats 		Total seats +/− Position
2012 DAB ticket 2 0
2 / 70
 2Increase N/A
2016 DAB ticket 3 0
3 / 70
 0Steady N/A
2021 DAB ticket 3 0 1
4 / 90
 1Increase N/A

District Councils elections

Election Number of
popular votes 		% of
popular votes 		Total
elected seats 		+/−
2011 2,187Steady 0.19Steady
2 / 412
 1Increase
2015 7,090Increase 0.49Increase
5 / 431
 0Steady
2019 14,066Increase 0.48Decrease
1 / 452
 1Decrease

See also

References

  1. ^ Loh, Christine (2010). Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. 186.
  2. ^ "Members' Biographies - Hon CHAN Han-pan". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Members' Biographies - Hon LEUNG Che-cheung, BBS, MH, JP". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ^ Wang affirms support for CY, China Daily, 30 May 2013
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