Kwai Tsing District Council
Kwai Tsing District Council 葵青區議會 | |
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Type | |
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History | |
Founded |
1 April 1985 (District Board) 1 July 1997 (Provisional) 1 January 2000 (District Council) |
Leadership | |
Chair |
Law King-shing, DAB |
Vice-Chair |
Chow Yick-hay, Independent |
Structure | |
Seats |
30 councillors consisting of 29 elected and 1 ex officio members |
8 / 30
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4 / 30
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3 / 30 | |
3 / 30 | |
2 / 30 | |
2 / 30 | |
8 / 30 | |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 22 November 2015 |
Meeting place | |
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10/F, Kwai Hing Government Offices, 166–174 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung | |
Website | |
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Kwai Tsing District Council (Chinese: 葵青區議會) is the district council for the Kwai Tsing District in Hong Kong, being one of the 18 district councils in Hong Kong. It currently consists of 30 members of which 29 are directly elected from the 29 constituencies of the district, one ex-officio member who is the Tsing Yi Rural Committee chairman. The latest election was held on 22 November 2015.
History
The Kwai Tsing District Council was originally part of the Tsuen Wan District Board until 1985, when a separate Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District Board was established on 1 April 1985 due to the rapid expansion of population. It was renamed into today's Kwai Tsing District Council in 1988, making it the second youngest existing district council after Yau Tsim Mong District Council. The District Board was partly elected with the ex-officio Regional Council members and Tsing Yi Rural Committee chairman, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.
The Kwai Tsing District Board became Kwai Tsing Provisional District Board after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established in 1997 with the appointment system being reintroduced by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. The current Kwai Tsing District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the first District Council election in 1999. The appointed seats were abolished in 2011 after the modified constitutional reform proposal was passed by the Legislative Council in 2010.
The Kwai Tsing District Council had been a stronghold of the pro-democracy camp from 1985 until 2015. Prominent pro-democracy politicians Lee Wing-tat, Sin Chung-kai and Leung Yiu-chung were among the seven pro-democrat activists to become the first members of the council. Lee and Sin had served as council chairmen from 1988 to 1991 and from 1991 to 1994 respectively, representing the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL). The ADPL dominance was replaced by the Democratic Party when the ADPL core members joined the Democrats in the 1990s.
The Democratic Party with the Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC), which had a strong presence in Shek Yam and Kwai Chung, had comfortable control of the council throughout the 1980s and the early SAR period until their influence began to eclipse in the late 2000s with the pro-Beijing camp actively absorbed the former pro-democrat independents and the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) developed their base in the district. In the 2007 election when the pan-democrats suffered a territory-wide devastating loss which saw the pro-Beijing camp gained majority of the council for the first time, with the help of the reintroduction of appointment system, where the Chief Executive would appoint pro-government councillors to set off the pro-democracy influence.
In the 2015 election, the Democrats lost its largest party status to DAB for the first time in which the Democrats' seats were down to four by losing half of their seats including its vice-chairman Andrew Wan and the DAB doubled their seats from four to eight, despite the appointment system was abolished in the election.
Political control
Since 1985 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Camp in control | Largest party | Years | Composition |
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Pro-government | PCPHP | 1985–1988 |
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Pro-democracy | ADPL → United Democrats | 1988–1991 |
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Pro-democracy | United Democrats | 1991–1994 |
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Pro-democracy | Democratic | 1994–1997 |
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Pro-democracy | Democratic | 1997–1999 |
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Pro-democracy | Democratic | 2000–2003 |
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Pro-democracy | Democratic | 2004–2007 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2008–2011 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2012–2015 |
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Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2016–present |
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Political makeup
Elections are held every four years.
Political party | Council members | Current members | |||||||||||||
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1994 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | ||||||||||
DAB | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
Independent | 9 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
Democratic | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||
BPA | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||||||||
FTU | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
NWSC | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
Roundtable | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
District result maps
- 1994 results map
- 1999 results map
- 2003 results map
- 2007 results map
- 2011 results map
- 2015 results map
Members represented
Code | Constituency | Name | Political affiliation | Notes | |
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S01 | Kwai Hing | Leung Chi-shing | NWSC | ||
S02 | Kwai Shing East Estate | Rayman Chow Wai-hung | Independent | [lower-alpha 1] | |
S03 | Upper Tai Wo Hau | Hui Kei-cheung | Democratic | ||
S04 | Lower Tai Wo Hau | Wong Bing-kuen | Democratic | ||
S05 | Kwai Chung Estate North | Leung Kam-wai | Independent | [lower-alpha 2] | |
S06 | Kwai Chung Estate Central | Wong Yun-tat | Independent | [lower-alpha 3] | |
S07 | Shek Yam | Li Sai-lung | DAB | ||
S08 | On Yam | Dennis Leung Tsz-wing | FTU | ||
S09 | Shek Lei South | Ng Ka-chiu | Roundtable | ||
S10 | Shek Lei North | Lam Siu-fai | Democratic | ||
S11 | Tai Pak Tin | Kwok Fu-yung | DAB | ||
S12 | Kwai Fong | Leung Yiu-chung | NWSC | ||
S13 | Wah Lai | Wong Yiu-chung | BPA | ||
S14 | Lai Wah | Chu Lai-lng | DAB | ||
S15 | Cho Yiu | Pau Ming-hong | DAB | ||
S16 | Hing Fong | Ng Kim-sing | Democratic | ||
S17 | Lai King | Chow Yick-hay | Independent | [lower-alpha 4] | |
S18 | Kwai Shing West Estate | Lau Mei-lo | FTU | ||
S19 | On Ho | Tam Wai-chun | BPA | [lower-alpha 5] | |
S20 | Wai Ying | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | FTU | ||
S21 | Tsing Yi Estate | Simon Chan Siu-man | Independent | ||
S22 | Greenfield | Clarice Cheung Wai-ching | Independent | [lower-alpha 6] | |
S23 | Cheung Ching | Alan Lee Chi-keung | BPA | ||
S24 | Cheung Hong | Tsui Hiu-kit | Roundtable | ||
S25 | Shing Hong | Leung Wai-man | DAB | ||
S26 | Tsing Yi South | Poon Chi-shing | DAB | ||
S27 | Cheung Hang | Lo Yuen-ting | DAB | ||
S28 | Ching Fat | Nancy Lam Chiu-ling | Independent | ||
S29 | Cheung On | Law King-shing | DAB | ||
Ex Officio | Tsing Yi Rural Committee Chairman | Tang Shui-wah | Independent |
Leadership
Chairs
Since 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board:
Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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John Ho Tung-ching | 1985–1988 | Nonpartisan | |
Lee Wing-tat | 1988–1991 | ADPL→United Democrat | |
Leung Kwong-cheong | 1991–1994 | ADPL→Democratic | |
Sin Chung-kai | 1994–1999 | Democratic | |
Chow Yick-hay | 2000–2007 | Democratic | |
Tang Kwok-kong | 2008–2011 | Heung Yee Kuk | |
Fong Ping | 2011–2015 | Independent→BPA | |
Law King-shing | 2016–present | DAB |
Vice Chairs
Vice Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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Edinson So Hoi-pan | 2000–2003 | Liberal | |
Leung Wing-keun | 2004–2007 | NWSC | |
Alice Mak Mei-kuen | 2008–2011 | FTU | |
Law King-shing | 2012–2015 | DAB | |
Chow Yick-hay | 2016–present | Independent |