Political Parties, Elite-Mass Gap and Political Instability in Hong Kong

The lessons of the 1966-67 riots have to be learnt by the HKSAR Government. The riots not only exposed the elite-mass gap in Hong Kong under colonial rule, but they were also the result of a convergence of social and political problems. In the 1950s and the early 1960s, working-class interests were neglected, social welfare policy was underdeveloped, and the political structure was unrepresentative.40