The Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government (, abbreviated 民促會; JGPDG) was an umbrella organisation representing various groups of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. It was established on 27 October 1986 by 190 groups and led by the prominent pro-democracy figures Szeto Wah and Martin Lee, two members in the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee (BLDC), pushing for a faster pace of democratisation in the drafting of the Basic Law of Hong Kong.
For the transition period up to 1997, the committee demanded direct election in the 1988 Legislative Council, a "through train" arrangement for letting Legislative Council members elected in 1995 automatically becoming the members of the first legislature in the SAR government after 1997. They also demanded the Chief Executive to be elected by universal suffrage.
The committee formed the backbone of today's pro-democracy camp as many of its key members formed the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China during the Tiananmen protests of 1989 and the United Democrats of Hong Kong (later transformed into Democratic Party) for the first direct election in 1991.
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Political groups Association for Democracy and Justice China–Hong Kong Society Christian Communist Critics Hong Kong Affairs Society Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Hong Kong Policy Viewers Hong Kong Society for the Advancement of Justice Meeting Point New Hong Kong Society Pei Shum Society Sam Fong Society
Educational bodies Education Action Group Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union Hong Kong Education Research Group Technical Institute Teachers' Association
Unions and labour organisations Association of Government Land and Engineering Surveying Officers Association for Accident Victims Federation of Civil Service Unions Government Construction Technology and Survey Government Cookers' Union Government Surveyor Association Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee
Religious bodies Hong Kong Christian Sentinels Kowloon West Community Church Kwun Tong Community Church Public Policy Committee, Hong Kong Christian Council
Student bodies Current Affairs Committee, Students Union, CUHK Current Affairs Committee, Students Union, HKP Current Affairs Committee, Students Union, HKU Hong Kong Federation of Students Hong Kong Students Christian Movement Social Services Group, Student Union, Shue Yan College Student Union, Hong Kong Baptist College
Social services and social workers' unions Hong Kong Social Workers General Union Kwun Tong Methodist Community Centre Methodist Epworth Village Community Centre On Wing Social Services Centre Salvation Army Employees' Association Workers Association, HK Federation of Youth Groups
Community groups Association for Better Living in Butterfly Bay Cha Kwoa Lane THA Resident's Association Choi Hung Estate Residents Association Concern Group for Development of Southern District District board member's Office, Chan Chi-keung District board member's Office, Chan Yuen-sum District board member's Office, Cheng Kam-wah District board member's Office, Cheung Ka-man District board member's Office, Choi Cheung Yuet-lan District board member's Office, Choi Wai-shek District board member's Office, Hung Wing-tat District board member's Office, Lai Kwok-hung District board member's Office, Lee Chi-fai District board member's Office, Li Wah-ming District board member's Office, Lee Yuk-wah District board member's Office, Liu Sing-lee District board member's Office, Luk King-shing District board member's Office, Luk Shun-tim District board member's Office, Mok Ying-fan District board member's Office, Ng Kin-sang District board member's Office, Ng Wai-lo District board member's Office, Sin Chung-kai District board member's Office, Tang Sun-wah District board member's Office, Tse Man-kai District board member's Office, Tsui Kim-ling District board member's Office, Wong Chi-kwan District board member's Office, Wong Chung-chuen District board member's Office, Wong Yiu-chung District board member's Office, Yeung Mei-kwong District board member's Office, Yim Tin-sang District board member's Office, Chan Mo-pau & Yeung Shuk-chuen District board member's Office, Chu Wai-bun & Ng Ming-yum Hong Kong Society of Community Organisation Hong Kong People's Council on Housing Policy Joint Committee of Community Organisation on Concerning Basic Law Kowloon City Development Council Lai King Estate Residents Association Regional Council Member's Office, Tsang Kwok-yuen Regional Council Member's Office, Wong Man-tai Regional Council & District board member's Office, Lai Kam-cheung & Lee Ho-fai Regional Council & District board member's Office, Lai On-kwok & Lee Wing-tat Research Centre on the Development of Central & Western District Shamshuipo Development and Service Centre Shamshuipo People's Livelihood Concern Group Shatin Concern Group Society for the Rights of Butterfly Bay's Residents Tsing Yi Concern Group Tuen Mun People's Livelihood Concern Association Tuen Mun Tsuen Wai Voluntary Society Urban Council Member's Office, Fok Pui-yee Urban Council Member's Office, Lam Chak-piu Urban Council Member's Office, Lee Chik-yuet Urban Council Member's Office, Tong Kam-piu Urban Council & District board members' Office, Fung Kin-kee, Leung Kam-to, Tam Kwok-kiu Yaumatei Community Research Group
See also 1988 Hong Kong electoral reform Group of 190
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