| League of Social Democrats 社會民主連線
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| Chairperson | Raymond Wong Yuk Man |
| Founded | 1 October, 2006 |
| Official ideology/ political position |
Liberal Democracy Social Democracy Pro-democracy camp |
| National affiliation | Hong Kong |
| Official color(s) | Red |
| Website | http://www.lsd.org.hk/ |
The League of Social Democrats (Chinese:社會民主連線) is a radical pro-democratic political organization in Hong Kong. Its purpose is to "take a clear-cut stand to defend the interests of the grassroots" (旗幟鮮明地捍衛基層利益). It is seen as a social democratic party, or a pro-democratic leftist party. Its founding members include 'Long Hair' Leung Kwok-hung. Its founding members also includes some former members of Young Turks faction of the Democratic Party, including Andrew To and lawmaker Albert Chan. Some media have referred to the League as the "Rising Sun of Young Turks".
Relations with Pro-democratic Parties
Since the participation in the Chief Executive Election of Alan Leong, the League of Social Democrats refused to cooperate with the Democratic Party and the Civic Party. In the Election Committee election, the League of Social Democrats refused to name a candidate as a protest to "small-circle election". During the March 18 Protest against small-circle election in 2007, while Civic Party vice-chairperson Fernando Cheung was speaking, the Social Democrats shouted and disrupted his talk. Later in a regular pro-democracy lawmakers' meeting in April 2007, Social Democrat Albert Chan left the meeting citing he couldn't stand "irresponsible criticisms" against him. In late December 2007, the Vice-chairman of the party, Dr. Lo Win-lok, resigned after a controversy over the lack of documentation on the lease of the party headquarters.
External links
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| Pro-democracy | Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood - Civic Party - Democratic Party - Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions - League of Social Democrats - Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre - The Frontier |
| Pro-Beijing | The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong - Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions |
| Pro-government | Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions - Liberal Party - The Alliance |
| Others | April Fifth Action |
| Outside the Legco | 7.1 People Pile - Citizens Party - Civic Act-up - New Century Forum - Southern Democratic Alliance - Progressive Party Hong Kong |
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