Bauhinia Party

 According to the platform of this new Bauhinia Party, it seeks to promote a “democratic” political system suitable for Hong Kong on the basis of the rule of law and civil liberties “with the realization of universal suffrage as guaranteed by the Basic Law.” The party seeks to have another 50 years of “one country, two systems” in Hong Kong after 2047, including the realization of the principles of “loving China and Hon Kong,” protecting the rule of law, and promoting a bicameral system in which the lower house would be composed of directly elected members and an upper house comprising members appointed by the Chief Executive. The party also supports public-public partnership in financing the Lantau Tomorrow Vision, while aiming at recruiting as many as 250,000 members in the society of Hong Kong. As a political party, it will naturally nominate and support candidates for the Legislative Council and Chief Executive elections in the future. From an objective perspective, the formation of the Bauhinia Party in the HKSAR is politically significant and arguably positive. It has a huge potential of filling in the existing gaps in the disappointing performance of the existing pro-Beijing and pro-establishment parties, becoming a far more effective middleman who can bridge the communication and expectation gaps between many Hongkongers and the central authorities, considering the issue of political reform in a far more imaginative and bolder way than the existing pro-government groups, toying with the idea of dealing with the serious gap between the powerful rich people and the powerless ordinary people, and acting as a symbol of reuniting the mainland-born and local-born Hong Kong people, SONNY LO https://www.macaubusiness.com/opinion-the-birth-of-bauhinia-party-in-hong-kong-significance-and-implications/