Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Civic Party is set to wind up after operating in the city for 16 years, its chairman has said, after no members filed nominations to take up positions in the executive committee.It was left with no choice but to take steps to disband pending a final vote in an emergency general meeting to be held in February at the earliest, he said.“That has not been something unexpected, given what happened and what transpired in the past half a year or so,” Leong told HKFP.The party secured seats in the Legislative Council since 2008, but four of its members – Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki and Kenneth Leung – were ousted from the legislature in November 2020 for being “unpatriotic.” Their disqualifications triggered mass resignations by opposition legislators, leaving the legislature with mostly Beijing loyalists.The letter was penned by ex-party leader Alvin Yeung, Jeremy Tam, Kwok Ka-ki and Lee Yue-shun, who are among 47 well-known political figures charged with conspiracy to commit subversion over their involvement in unofficial legislative primary elections held in July 2020."