Hong Kong Affairs Society
Hong Kong Affairs Society 太平山學會 | |
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The Hong Kong Affairs Society (
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 |
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| 1986 | 19,330
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5.49
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1 / 15
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0 / 12
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1 / 27
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| 1989 | 18,699
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8.80
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2 / 15
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1 / 12
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3 / 27
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District Board elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
Total elected seats |
+/− |
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| 1985 | 4,148
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0.60
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3 / 237
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3
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| 1988 | 36,666
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5.75
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17 / 264
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8
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See also
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.
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