Hong Kong Civic Association 香港公民協會 | |
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| Life President | Hilton Cheong-Leen |
| Chairman | Lam Kwok-wah |
| Founded | 26 October 1954 |
| Ideology | Centrism Conservatism (HK) Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-Beijing camp |
| Colours | Green |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港公民協會 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港公民协会 | ||||||||
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The Hong Kong Civic Association is one of the longest-existing political organisations in Hong Kong. Established in 1954 by a group of teachers, professionals and businessmen, the Civic Association was one of the two semi-political parties to participate in the Urban Council elections since the 1950s, alongside Reform Club of Hong Kong. They were the only two organisations closest to the opposition parties dominated in the post-war colonial period before the expansion of the franchise in the 1980s.
Although the Civic Association petitioned for constitutional reforms in the 1960s, it was considered relatively centrist and conservative to its counterpart. In the 1980s, its chairman Hilton Cheong-Leen became the first Chinese chairman of the Urban Council and member of the Legislative Council through the Urban Council electoral college. In the late 1980s, the Civic Association collaborated with Maria Tam's Progressive Hong Kong Society and subsequently the pro-business conservative Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong. It has become part of the pro-Beijing camp since the 1990s and has not been active in the recent years.