Sham Shui Po District Council
Sham Shui Po District Council 深水埗區議會 | |
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First past the post | |
Last election | 10 December 2023 |
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4/F Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon | |
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Traditional Chinese | 深水埗區議會 | ||||||||
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The Sham Shui Po District Council is the
History
The Sham Shui Po District Council was established on 22 October 1981 under the name of the Sham Shui Po District Board as the result of the colonial
The Sham Shui Po District Board became Sham Shui Po 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 Sham Shui Po 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.
Partly because of the large presence of the low-income group in Sham Shui Po, the area has bred many pro-grassroots politicians. Social activists from the grassroots political groups
With the strong presence of the ADPL in the district, the ADPL gained majority of the council from 1994 to 1997 and took control of the council from 2000 to 2007 with its pro-democracy allies. It also returned its longtime chairman Frederick Fung in the Kowloon West constituency, in which Sham Shui Po is the biggest area, to the Legislative Council from 1991 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2012.
However, Hong Kong's largest pro-government and
In the
Amid 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 | PCPHP | 1982 - 1985 | |
Pro-government | Civic Association | 1985 - 1988 |
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Pro-government | ADPL | 1988 - 1991 |
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Pro-government | ADPL | 1991 - 1994 |
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Pro-democracy | ADPL (majority) | 1994 - 1997 |
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Pro-democracy | ADPL | 1997 - 1999 |
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Pro-democracy | ADPL | 2000 - 2003 |
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Pro-democracy | ADPL | 2004 - 2007 |
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No Overall Control | ADPL | 2008 - 2011 |
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Pro-Beijing | ADPL | 2012 - 2015 |
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Pro-Beijing → NOC | ADPL | 2016 - 2019 |
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Pro-democracy | ADPL | 2020 - 2023 |
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Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2024 - 2027 |
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Political makeup
Political party | Council members | |||||||
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1994 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | ||
ADPL
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11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | |
Independent
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3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
DAB | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
Democratic
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3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
CSWCEP | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
CSWWF | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
District result maps
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Members represented
Capacity | Code | Constituency | Name | Political affiliation | Term | Notes | ||
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Elected | F01 | Sham Shui Po West | Leo Ho Kwan-chau | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||
Wu Sze-wan | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
F02 | Sham Shui Po East | Raymond Lam Wai-man | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||
Chan Kwok-wai | BPA | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
District Committees | Wu Wanqiu | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
Cheung Tak-wai | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Chan Lung-kit | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Jeffrey Pong Chiu-fai | BPA | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Chen Lihong | FLU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Leung Ping-kin | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Chum Pik-wa | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Hanson Wong Chun-hung | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Appointed | Samuel Chan Wai-ming | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
Wong Chung-leung | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Nicole Lau Pui-yuk | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Aaron Lam Ka-fai | BPA | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Lee Wing-man | FLU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Kwok Yin-lai | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Chung Ching-may | Independent
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1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Lo Chi-chiu | 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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Stephen Ip | 1981–1983 | District Officer | |
M. J. White | 1983 | District Officer | |
Tse Tak-kan | 1983–1985 | District Officer | |
Stephen Cheng Po-hong | 1985–1991 | Nonpartisan
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Raymond Choy Wai-shek | 1991–1994 | LDF | |
Eric Wong Chung-ki | 1994–1997 | ADPL
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Tam Kwok-kiu | 1997–2007 | ADPL
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Chan Tung | 2008–2011 | Independent
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Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah | 2012–2015 | BPA
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Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum |
2016–2019 | Independent
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Yeung Yuk | 2020–2021 | ADPL
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Chum Tak-shing | 2021–2023 | ADPL
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Paul Wong Yan-yin | 2024–present | District Officer |
Vice Chairs
Vice Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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Chan Tung | 2000–2003 | Independent
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Leung Lai | 2004–2007 | ADPL
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Tam Kwok-kiu | 2008–2011 | ADPL
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Wong Tat-tung | 2012–2015 | DAB
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Chan Wai-ming | 2016–2019 | DAB
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Ng Yuet-lan | 2020–2023 | Independent
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