This photo taken on August 3, 2023 shows veteran politician Alan Leong at the Civic Party headquarters, once the second largest opposition party in the city, as he prepares to vacate the party’s office space in Hong Kong. Six lapel pins bearing the Civic Party’s founding date are all Hong Kong veteran politician Alan Leong kept when the once-prominent opposition group cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year.
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Six lapel pins bearing the Civic Party’s founding date are all Hong Kong veteran politician Alan Leong kept when the once-prominent opposition group cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year.
Founded in 2006, the Civic Party — nicknamed “the barristers’ party” — was made up of attorneys, academics and other professionals who wanted to promote democratisation in Hong Kong,…
