Hong Kong Affairs Society

Political party in Hong Kong

Traditional Chinese

太平山學會

Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Taai Pìhng Sāan Hohk Wuih
Jyutping	Taai³ Ping⁴ Saan¹ Hok⁶ Wui^6*2

The Hong Kong Affairs Society (Chinese: 太平山學會) was a middle class and professionals oriented political organisation formed in 1984 for the discussion for the Hong Kong prospect and political constitution after the handover to China with about 20 members led by Huang Chen-ya, Man Sai-cheong and liberal lawyer Albert Ho and grew to about 120 in 1987.^[1] It was established as a group of political commentary but increasingly involved in subsequent municipal and district boards elections.^[2] In the 1980s it was one of the three major pro-democracy groups (the other two being Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood and Meeting Point). In October 1986, the Society joined the Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government which consisted of about 190 organizations, putting forward to proposal of direct election in the 1988 Legislative Council election but was rejected.^[3] Its leader Albert Ho and most of its members later on joined the newly established United Democrats of Hong Kong in 1990.

Electoral performance

Municipal elections

Election	Number of popular votes	% of popular votes	UrbCo seats	RegCo seats	Total elected seats
1986	19,330	5.49	1 / 15	0 / 12	1 / 27
1989	18,699	8.80	2 / 15	1 / 12	3 / 27

District Board elections

Election	Number of popular votes	% of popular votes	Total elected seats	+/−
1985	4,148	0.60	3 / 237	3
1988	36,666	5.75	17 / 264	8

References

^ Emmons, Charles F. (1988). Hong Kong prepares for 1997: politics and emigration in 1987. Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong. p. 101.
^ Lam, Jermain T. M. (2000). The political dynamics of Hong Kong under the Chinese sovereignty. Nova Science Publishers. p. 149.
^ Soctt, Ian (1989). Political Change and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Hong Kong. University of Hawaii Press. p. 290.

Political parties in Hong Kong

Parties represented in Legislative Council

Pro-Beijing (89)

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (19)
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (8)
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (7)
New People's Party (5)
Liberal Party (4)
Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (2)
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (2)
New Century Forum (1)
Roundtable (1)
Professional Power (1)
Kowloon West New Dynamic (1)
New Prospect (1)

Unaligned (1)

Third Side (1)

Parties represented in District Councils

Pro-Beijing (174)	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (109) Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (27) New People's Party (15) Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (12) Liberal Party (5) Federation of Public Housing Estates (3) Professional Power (1) New Prospect for Hong Kong (1) Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (1)