Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy

The Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (PCPHP, Chinese: 公共房屋政策評議會) was a prominent Hong Kong pressure group in the 1970s and 80s. It was set up by a group of social activists from the residents' group and community organisations aiming at influencing Hong Kong Government's public housing policies.[1]

Together with the Society for Community Organisation and Christian Industrial Committee, they organised protests against the increase in rent of public housing in 1976, more participation in the public housing policies in 1977 and protests against the raise of bus fares in 1980.[2] In 1983 they campaigned for curbing general rises of public utilities prices and in 1986 they protested against the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear Plant with Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union and Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union among others.[3]

In the mid 1980s the organisation also began to participate into the district boards and Urban Council/Regional Council elections and liaison with pro-democracy groups during elections.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Perera, Nihal (2012). Transforming Asian Cities: Intellectual Impasse, Asianizing Space, and Emerging Translocalities. Routledge. p. 167.
  2. ↑ Carroll, John Mark (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 170.
  3. ↑ Sing, Ming (2004). Hong Kong's Tortuous Democratization: A Comparative Analysis. Routledge. p. 83.
  4. ↑ Ma, Ngok (2007). Political Development in Hong Kong: State, Political Society, and Civil Society. Hong Kong University Press. p. 203.
  5. ↑ Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce; Dr, Gilles Guiheux; Khun Eng Kuah (2009). Social Movements in China and Hong Kong: The Expansion of Protest Space. Amsterdam University Press. p. 49.