Central and Western District Council
Central and Western District Council 中西區區議會 | |
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First past the post | |
Last election | 10 December 2023 |
Meeting place | |
11/F, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong | |
Website | |
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Traditional Chinese | 中西區區議會 | ||||||||
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The Central and Western District Council is the
History
The Central and Western District Council was established on 18 March 1982 under the name of the Central and Western District Board as the result of the colonial
The Central and Western District Board became Central and Western 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 Central and Western District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the first District Council election in 1999. The council has become fully elected when the appointed seats were abolished in 2011 after the modified constitutional reform proposal was passed by the Legislative Council in 2010.
The Central and Western Board was largely non-partisan in the 1980s. In the 1985 election, an electoral coalition of 12 incumbents based on personal network surrounding Vincent Ko Hon-chiu of the Hong Kong People's Association, later the board chairman, contested in the election, winning 10 seats in total.[1] The board gradually divided into liberal and conservative blocs in the late 1980s and split into pro-democracy United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) and the conservative Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDF) which were formed in 1990.
The
The Democratic Party remained the largest party in the council until the 2007 election when the DAB surpassed the Democratic Party in the number of seats for the first time. In the by-elections in 2017 for Peak and Tung Wah, the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps took each of the seats, giving the Democrats the same numbers of seat as the DAB, both commanding five seats.
In the
Political control
Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Camp in control | Largest party | Years | Composition |
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No Overall Control | Civic Association | 1982 - 1985 | |
No Overall Control | People's Association | 1985 - 1988 |
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No Overall Control | HKAS → United Democrats | 1988 - 1991 |
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Pro-government | United Democrats | 1991 - 1994 |
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Pro-democracy | Democratic (majority) | 1994 - 1997 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 1997 - 1999 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2000 - 2003 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2004 - 2007 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2008 - 2011 |
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Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2012 - 2015 |
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Pro-Beijing | DAB → DAB/Democratic | 2016 - 2019 |
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Pro-democracy | Democratic | 2020 - 2023 |
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Pro-Beijing | Independent | 2024 - 2027 |
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Political makeup
Political party | Council members | ||||||||||||
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1982 | 1985 | 1988 | 1991 | 1994 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | ||
DAB
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2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
Independent
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4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
Liberal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Democratic | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
Civic | 1 | ||||||||||||
CWDP | 2 | ||||||||||||
Frontier | 1 | ||||||||||||
HKPA | 1 | ||||||||||||
United Democrats | 5 | ||||||||||||
LDF | 2 | ||||||||||||
Civic | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
FTU
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1 | ||||||||||||
Meeting Point | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
HKAS | 5 | ||||||||||||
Reform | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
PHKS | 1 | ||||||||||||
ADPL
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1 | ||||||||||||
Central and Western District Coalition | 10 | ||||||||||||
Total elected members | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
Other members | 12 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
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Members represented
Capacity | Code | Constituency | Name | Political affiliation | Term | Notes | ||
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Elected | A01 | Central | Jan Noel Shih | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||
Karl Fung Kar-leung | Liberal | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
A02 | Western | Timothy Lau Tin-ching | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||
Mandy Wong Sin-man | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
District Committees | Yeung Hok-ming | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
Iris Cheung Ka-yan | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Yeung Hoi-wing | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Sidney Lee Chi-hang | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Zhang Zong | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Law Kam-fai | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Chiu Wah-kuen | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Wu Man-hin | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Appointed | Ip Yik-nam | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
Ben Lui Hung-pan | FTU
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Jeremy Young Chit-on | Liberal | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Ng Yin | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Qiu Songqing | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Jin Ling | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Eugene Chan Kin-keung | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Yip Wing-shing | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent |
Leadership
Chairs
Between 1985 and 2023, the chairman is elected by all the members of the council.
Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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A. G. Cooper | 1982–1983 | District Officer | |
Lolly Chiu Yuen-chu | 1983–1984 | District Officer | |
Lam Kam-kwong | 1984–1985 | District Officer | |
Vincent Ko Hon-chiu[4] | 1985–1988 | People's Association | |
Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen[5] |
1988–1994 | Independent→PA
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Yuen Bun-keung[6] | 1994–1997 | Democratic
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Stephen Chan Chit-kwai[7] | 1997–2000 | Independent
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Wu Chor-nam[8] | 2000–2003 | Independent
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Chan Tak-chor[9][a] | 2004–2011 | Independent
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Yip Wing-shing[10] | 2012–2019 | Independent
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Cheng Lai-king | 2020–2021 | Democratic
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David Leung Chi-kei | 2024–present | District Officer |
Vice Chairs
Vice Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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Chan Tak-chor | 2000–2003 | Liberal
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Wu Chor-nam | 2004–2007 | Independent
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Stephen Chan Chit-kwai | 2008–2011 | Independent
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Chan Hok-fung | 2012–2019 | DAB
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Victor Yeung Sui-yin |
2020–2023 | Independent
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Notes
- ^ Democratic Party's Kam Nai-wai was initially elected as chairman but soon resigned from the office.[3]
References
- ^ "百姓 - Issues 159-170". 百姓半月刊編輯委員會. 1988. p. 3.
- ^ "破例與委任議員結盟 民主黨奪中西區區會主席". 蘋果日報. 7 January 2004.
- ^ a b "中西區區議員甘乃威辭去區議會主席以釋疑慮". Democratic Party. 9 January 2004. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ Growing with Hong Kong: The University and Its Graduates-The First 90 Years. Hong Kong University Press. p. 276.
- ^ "Legislative Council Report 2002-03" (PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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(help) - ^ "Biography of Yuen Bun-keung". Democratic Party. 1999. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Daily Information Bulletin". Government Information Services. 4 July 1997. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "HKSAR Central & Western District Council". webb-site.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Member Details of Central and Western District Council". Central and Western District Council. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Central & Western District Council Members (2008 - 2011)". Central and Western District Council. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
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