Roundtable (Hong Kong)

Roundtable is a pro-Beijing political organisation founded in 2017 by Michael Tien after he quit the New People's Party. The group currently holds one seat in the Legislative Council, occupied by Michael Tien, and seven seats in the District Councils.[1]

Roundtable
實政圓桌
ConvenorMichael Tien
Founded7 May 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-07)
Split fromNew People's Party
IdeologyConservatism (HK)
Moderate conservatism
Regional affiliationPro-Beijing camp
Colours  Blue
Legislative Council
1 / 90
District Councils
0 / 470
NPC (HK deputies)
1 / 36
CPPCC (HK members)
0 / 124
Roundtable
Traditional Chinese實政圓桌
Simplified Chinese实政圆桌
Literal meaningreal political circle table
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShízhèng Yuánzhuō
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSat6 Zing3 Jyun4 Coek3

The organization was founded after Tien complained that the New People's Party was becoming too close to Beijing.[2][3]

Although it is aligned with the pro-Beijing camp, Roundtable has found itself at odds the camp on certain issues. One such example is when Tien supported scrapping the pro-Beijing extradition law.[4] Another example is when he supported an independent inquiry into police abuses. The group has been considered one of the more moderate members of the pro-Beijing camp.[5]

Performance in elections

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Legislative Council elections

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Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
EC
seats
Total seats +/− Position
2021 40,009  3.02  1 0 0
1 / 90
1  8th 

District Council elections

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Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
Total
elected seats
+/−
2019 26,055  0.89 
2 / 452
5 
2023 7,149  0.61 
0 / 470
2 

Representatives

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Legislative Council

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Constituency Member
New Territories West Michael Tien

District Councils

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District Constituency Member
Kwai Tsing Cheung Hong Tsui Hiu-kit

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "組「實政圓桌」 田北辰:無一言堂". 明報. 2017-05-09.
  2. ^ "Michael Tien: overly close ties with Beijing prompted NPP departure". South China Morning Post. April 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Error - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.
  4. ^ "Time to drop extradition law plans: Michael Tien - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.
  5. ^ "Michael Tien to push Beijing for independent probe - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.