{{Infobox political party | name = Hope for Hong Kong | native_name = {{noitalics|{{nobold|希望聯盟}}}} | logo = Green parallelogram and white rectangle.svg | logo_size = 120px | leader1_title = | leader1_name = | leader2_title = | leader2_name = | founder = [[James Tien (politician)|James Tien]] | colorcode = {{party color|Hope for Hong Kong}} | foundation = {{start date|2020|3|15|df=y}} | dissolved = {{end date|2021}} | merger = | split = [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] | youth_wing = | headquarters = | membership_year = | membership = | regional = | international = | ideology = [[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in Hong Kong|HK]])<br />[[Centrism]] ([[Centrism in Hong Kong|HK]]) | seats1_title = {{nowrap|[[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]}} | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|90|hex={{party color|Hope for Hong Kong}}}} | seats2_title = {{nowrap|[[District Councils of Hong Kong|District Councils]]}} | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|470|hex={{party color|Hope for Hong Kong}}}} | colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Hope for Hong Kong}}}} Green | website = [https://www.facebook.com/pg/HOPEFORHK/ Facebook's page] | country = Hong Kong }} {{Centrism in Hong Kong}} '''Hope for Hong Kong''' ({{zh-t|希望聯盟}}) was a "middle-of-the road" political group founded by former [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] leader [[James Tien (politician)|James Tien]] who hoped to explore the moderate ground between the [[pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|pro-democracy]] and [[pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)|pro-Beijing]] camps. It stopped operation after the [[2020 Hong Kong legislative election|delay of the 2020 election]] and the [[2021 Hong Kong electoral changes|electoral overhaul]] in 2021.
==History== Amid the increasing polarisation of the Hong Kong politics after the [[2014 Hong Kong protests|2014 Occupy protests]] and amid the [[2019 Hong Kong protests|2019 anti-extradition protests]], three moderate pro-Beijing figures "3JT", former [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] leader James Tien who lost his seat on the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] (CPPCC) because he asked for [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Leung Chun-ying]] to step down, former [[Financial Secretary of Hong Kong|Financial Secretary]] [[John Tsang]] who failed to gain the Beijing government's support and lost to [[Carrie Lam]] in the [[2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|2017 Chief Executive election]], and former [[President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council President]] [[Jasper Tsang]], explored the idea of forming a "middle-of-the road" political group.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://topick.hket.com/article/2618602/%E7%94%B0%E5%8C%97%E4%BF%8A%E6%9B%BE%E9%88%BA%E6%88%90%E6%9B%BE%E4%BF%8A%E8%8F%AF%E4%B8%AD%E7%92%B0%E9%AC%A7%E5%B8%82%E6%B4%BE%E5%8F%A3%E7%BD%A9%E3%80%803JT%E5%90%88%E9%AB%94%E7%82%BA%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89%EF%BC%9F|title=田北俊曾鈺成曾俊華中環鬧市派口罩 3JT合體為選舉？|date=2020-04-25|work=香港經濟日報}}</ref>
The group was formed as a private company where five founders of the group were James Tien, [[Selina Chow]], [[Miriam Lau]], [[Felix Chung]] and Lam Man-kit, who all came from the Liberal Party, were also the company director. Tien criticised the Liberal Party leadership became too pro-Beijing and hoped for a more moderate approach.<ref>{{cite news|title=田北俊組「希望聯盟」冀重返中間路線 主力直選料不會對撼自由黨|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/487024/%E7%94%B0%E5%8C%97%E4%BF%8A%E7%B5%84-%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B%E8%81%AF%E7%9B%9F-%E5%86%80%E9%87%8D%E8%BF%94%E4%B8%AD%E9%96%93%E8%B7%AF%E7%B7%9A-%E4%B8%BB%E5%8A%9B%E7%9B%B4%E9%81%B8%E6%96%99%E4%B8%8D%E6%9C%83%E5%B0%8D%E6%92%BC%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E9%BB%A8|date=2020-06-17|work=香港01}}</ref>
The group planned to support former policy director of the [[New People's Party (Hong Kong)|New People's Party]] Derek Yuen and former chief manager of the China Technology Corporation Jason Poon to run in the [[2020 Hong Kong legislative election|2020 Legislative Council election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=專訪｜田北俊組希望聯盟 捧3人中間路線參選：自信較湯家驊好|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/484437/%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA-%E7%94%B0%E5%8C%97%E4%BF%8A%E7%B5%84%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B%E8%81%AF%E7%9B%9F-%E6%8D%A73%E4%BA%BA%E4%B8%AD%E9%96%93%E8%B7%AF%E7%B7%9A%E5%8F%83%E9%81%B8-%E8%87%AA%E4%BF%A1%E8%BC%83%E6%B9%AF%E5%AE%B6%E9%A9%8A%E5%A5%BD|date=2020-06-12|work=香港01}}</ref> However, the 2020 election was delayed for a year by the authorities, followed by the overhaul of electoral system imposed by the Chinese Government in 2021. The group is regarded as "dead" as Tien said the new political situation no longer requires a "critical minority" which rendered the Hope Alliance meaningless.<ref>{{cite web|title=自由黨屢分裂 23條倒戈最經典 田北俊近年成黨內「小眾」終退黨|url= https://www.hk01.com/article/802473|publisher=HK01|date=2022-08-10}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Path of Democracy]] *[[Third Side]] *[[Professional Power]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.facebook.com/pg/HOPEFORHK/ Hope for Hong Kong's facebook page] {{Hong Kong political parties}}
[[Category:Centrism in Hong Kong]] [[Category:Centrist parties in Asia]] [[Category:Political organisations based in Hong Kong]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2020]] [[Category:2020 establishments in Hong Kong]]