Because Association members can borrow without putting up security, and because the Association encourages them to save, since it was set up in 1976 it has grown to over 700 members, of whom over 40 % live in or around the Shankuang Estate.
也因為互助社社員貸款無須抵押品，並鼓勵社員儲蓄，自六十五年創辦以來，已有七百多位社員，其中逾四成的社員來自「山光社區」附近。