Professional Forum formerly and still widely known as The Alliance , is a political group in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, composed of five members of the Legislative Council

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.-History:The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule...

 who ran as independents in functional constituencies in the 2004 election

Hong Kong legislative election, 2004

The 2004 Hong Kong legislative election for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong was held on 12 September 2004. The elections returned 30 members from directly elected geographical constituencies and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 11 were unopposed.-General...

. Four were members of the so-called "Breakfast Group", led by Eric Li

Eric Li

Eric Ka-Cheung Li, GBS OBE JP is adjunct professor at the School of Accountancy of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University...

. Bernard Chan

Bernard Chan

Bernard Charnwut Chan , GBS JP is a Hong Kong politician and businessman. He is the grandson of Chin Sophonpanich, the late founder of Bangkok Bank, and is a practicing Roman Catholic...

 was appointed member of the Executive Council

Executive Council of Hong Kong

The Executive Council of Hong Kong is a core policy-making organ in the executive branch of the government of Hong Kong.. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong serves as its President.The Executive Council normally meets once a week...

 on 12 October 2004.

The Group renamed itself Professional Forum following the 2008 elections. The Forum consists of four members, Abraham Shek Lai-him, Patrick Lau Sau-shing, Raymond Ho Chung-tai

Raymond Ho

Raymond Ho Chung Tai, SBS, JP, is the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong , representing engineering industry in functional constituencies seats....

 and Priscilla Leung Mei-Fun

Priscilla Leung

Priscilla Leung Mei-fun is a Legislative Councillor, representing the Kowloon West constituency. She is also a member of Kowloon City District Council...

.