A table in the corner is piled with free fliers and posters - 'Hillary for president', 'Edwards 08' and 'Vote Obama' - but no one needs more than one. The Democrats gathered at a local law office support one candidate or another, but there aren't many people in Hong Kong to give the extras to.
Campaigning in presidential elections in the US is an often raucous business involving fiery speeches, colourful banners and brass bands, but it's a far quieter affair for the 6 million Americans living overseas. This meeting of Democrats Abroad is an exception. Ahead of the vote in November to elect the 44th US president, a key topic among the 30 participants is getting citizens to register to vote - not an easy task for overseas political activists.
'I have thousands of people in my neighbourhood,' says one member. 'Maybe a few are Americans but I don't know which ones or which doors they're behind.'
It's primary season in the US, when voters in each state select delegates to the national conventions of the major political parties (the Democrats hold theirs in Denver, Colorado, in August, and the Republicans in St Paul, Minnesota, in September). And since candidates must win the support of a majority of delegates to become the party's nominee for president, this is a crucial hurdle in the race to the White House.
Although Republicans Abroad has no vote in the primaries, the local chapter helps supporters living in Hong Kong to register for votes in their home states.
But Democrats overseas tend to be more active because they have a bigger say in the choice of candidate. Some 60 international chapters of Democrats Abroad will send 22 delegates to their national convention. So election fever is heating up in Hong Kong, too, as US Democrats here prepare to choose their delegates in primaries being held on February 5, 10 and 12.