Kwai Tsing District Council

Kwai Tsing District Council
葵青區議會
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
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
5 / 30
4 / 30
3 / 30
3 / 30
2 / 30
5 / 30
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 22 November 2015
Meeting place
10/F, Kwai Hing Government Offices, 166–174 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kwt/

Kwai Tsing District Council 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.

It was originally part of the Tsuen Wan District Council until 1985, when a separate Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District Council was established due to the rapid expansion of population. It was renamed into today's Kwai Tsing District Council in 1988.

Kwai Tsing District Council had been a stronghold of the pro-democracy camp since the 1980s until the 2015 District Council election. The Democratic Party and its allies had controlled the council and served as chairmen including Lee Wing-tat and Sin Chung-kai until in the 2007 election the pro-Beijing camp gained majority of the council, with the help of the reintroduction of appointment system, where the Chief Executive would appoint pro-government councillors. In the 2015 election, the Democrats lost its largest party status to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) even the appointment system is cancelled in the 2015 election.

Political control

Since 1985 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Camp in control Largest party Years
No overall control PCPHP 1985–1988
Pro-democracy ADPL → United Democrats 1988–1991
Pro-democracy United Democrats 1991–1994
Pro-democracy Democratic 1994–1997
Pro-democracy Democratic 1997–1999
Pro-democracy Democratic 2000–2003
Pro-democracy Democratic 2004–2007
Pro-Beijing Democratic 2008–2011
Pro-Beijing Democratic 2012–2015
Pro-Beijing DAB 2016–present

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

    Political party Council members Current members
1994 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
  DAB 0 2 1 5 5 8                
  NWSC 1 2 3 4 5 5                
  Democratic 9 10 11 9 9 4                
  Independent 9 13 9 8 8 4                
  BPA - - - - - 3                
  FTU - - - - 2 3                
  NPP - - - - - 2                

Members represented

Code Constituency Name Political affiliation Notes
S01 Kwai Hing Leung Chi-shing NWSC
S02 Kwai Shing East Estate Rayman Chow Wai-hung NWSC
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 NWSC
S06 Kwai Chung Estate Central Wong Yun-tat NWSC
S07 Shek Yam Li Sai-lung DAB
S08 On Yam Dennis Leung Tsz-wing FTU
S09 Shek Lei South Ng Ka-chiu NPP
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
S18 Kwai Shing West Estate Lau Mei-lo FTU
S19 On Ho Tam Wai-chun BPA [lower-alpha 1]
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 2]
S23 Cheung Ching Alan Lee Chi-keung BPA
S24 Cheung Hong Tsui Hiu-kit NPP
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
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 2012–2015 Independent→BPA
Law King-shing 2016–present DAB

Vice Chairs

Vice Chairman Years Political Affiliation
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

Notes

  1. ↑ Liberal Party ex-member
  2. ↑ New People's Party & Liberal Party ex-member

References

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