Problem firing click event .

Problem firing click event .

Hello,
Im trying to fire a click event on an id that I have ?"bolded"?. Only it's not firing, hence my post.
The code is from a third party that cant be changed. 
The code builds a div section at the very last element, on every keydown in a text box. 
It's an autosuggest that produces markup and is deleted after every new keydown or click 
My code is as follows
Any help is most appreciated 
  
  1. alert("clicked");
  2. $("ul > #as_ul a").on("click", "#as_ul", function() {
  3. });
The markup is as follows:
 
  1. <div style="left: 347px; top: 1024px; width: 400px;" class="autosuggest" id="as_testinput_xml">
  2. <div class="as_header">
  3. <div class="as_corner"></div>
  4. <div class="as_bar"></div>
  5. </div>
  6. <ul id="as_ul">
  7. <li>
  8. <a name="1" href="#">
  9. <span class="tl"> </span>
  10. <span class="tr"> </span>
  11. <span><em>W</em>aldron, Ashley<br><small>Leicestershire</small></span>
  12. </a>
  13. </li>
  14. <li>
  15. <a name="2" href="#">
  16. <span class="tl"> </span>
  17. <span class="tr"> </span>
  18. <span><em>W</em>heeler, Bysshe<br><small>Lincolnshire</small></span>
  19. </a>
  20. </li>
  21. </ul>
  22. <div class="as_footer">
  23. <div class="as_corner"></div>
  24. <div class="as_bar"></div>
  25. </div>
  26. </div>