The Kowloon Residents' Association was one of the earliest political organisations in Hong Kong history. It was formed by a group of Europeans residing on the Kowloon Peninsula on 19 January 1920 originally pressed for more public works on the peninsula. Later on in the same year it held a joint committee with the Constitutional Reform Association of Hong Kong asking for representation in the Legislative Council but was rejected by the Governor Reginald Stubbs. In 1927, the Association asked the government for more public lights and stronger car headlights on the roadways in Kowloon.