A PRESSURE group, labelled by China as subversive, has pledged to use some of its $6 million savings to commemorate the June 4 Beijing massacre after the change in sovereignty.
The Hong Kong Alliance for Patriotic Democratic Movement in China, which rose to prominence in the run-up to the June 4 killings in 1989, said it would continue its activities after Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of China.
Its spokesman, legislator Cheung Man-kwong, said the group would increase its publicity over the next few years to remind people of the need for democracy in China.
He was optimistic the $6 million would be enough for any activities needed to promote democratic movement before and after 1997.
The alliance spends about $1.5 million each year supporting Chinese dissidents who live either in Hong Kong or overseas.
Mr Cheung refused to say how many dissidents the group had helped.
He said the alliance would continue to raise funds, although he admitted donations were often small - just enough to cover expenses for each fund-raising function.