Eastern District Council 東區區議會 | |
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History | |
Founded |
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Leadership | |
Chair | Simon Chan Sheung-man, Independent |
Structure | |
Seats | 30 councillors consisting of 6 elected members 12 district committee members 12 appointed members |
13 / 30 | |
3 / 30 | |
3 / 30 | |
2 / 30 | |
1 / 30 | |
1 / 30 | |
7 / 30 | |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 10 December 2023 |
Meeting place | |
11/F, Eastern Law Court Building, 29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong | |
Website | |
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Traditional Chinese | 東區區議會 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东区区议会 | ||||||||||||
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The Eastern District Council is the district council for the Eastern District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Eastern District Council currently consists of 35 members,of which the district is divided into three constituencies,electing a total of 6 members,12 district committee members,and 12 appointed members. The last election was held on 10 December 2023.
The Eastern District Council was established on 28 October 1981 under the name of the Eastern District Board as the result of the colonial Governor Murray MacLehose's District Administration Scheme reform. The District Board was partly elected with the ex-officio Urban Council members,as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.
The Eastern District Board became Eastern 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 Eastern 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 Eastern District Council was one of the largest District Councils in Hong Kong and the largest on Hong Kong Island,now the largest District Council replace status in the Kwun Tong District Council . Compared to the continuing shrinking in size of the Wan Chai District Council,the government in 2015 decided to transfer Tin Hau and Victoria Park constituencies from the Eastern to the Wan Chai District Council. [1]
Many older political organisations,especially the Reform Club of Hong Kong had a long presence in the Eastern District. In the 1985 election,an electoral coalition of 12 incumbents based on personal network surrounding Kwan Lim-ho of the Reform Club,contested in the election,winning 10 seats in total. [2] The traditional leftists through the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) also had considerable influence in their traditional stronghold of North Point and passed on its influence to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) formed in 1992 and gradually expanded to the public estate areas in Shau Kei Wan and Chai Wan,while the influence of the pro-democrats,represented by the Democratic Party and the Civic Party today,was mostly limited to certain areas of private apartments such as Tai Koo Shing and Sai Wan Ho.
The pro-democrats achieved the majority of the council for the first time in the 2019 election in a historic landslide victory amid the pro-democracy protests,taking 32 of the 35 seats in the council,with many of the pro-Beijing strongholds in North Point fell into the hand of pro-democracy independents. The Civic Party emerged as the largest party with five seats which saw its veteran councillor Joseph Lai took the chairmanship.
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 | Reform Club | 1982 - 1985 | |
Pro-government | Reform Club | 1985 - 1988 | |
Pro-government | HKAS | 1988 - 1991 | |
Pro-government | United Democrats | 1991 - 1994 | |
Pro-Beijing | DAB | 1994 - 1997 | |
Pro-Beijing | DAB | 1997 - 1999 | |
Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2000 - 2003 | |
Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2004 - 2007 | |
Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2008 - 2011 | |
Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2012 - 2015 | |
Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2016 - 2019 | |
Pro-democracy →NOC | Civic →None | 2020 - 2023 | |
Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2024 - 2027 |
Elections are held every four years.
Political party | Council members | ||||||||||||
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1982 | 1985 | 1988 | 1991 | 1994 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | ||
DAB | 9 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||||
FTU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Liberal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Independent | 8 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 18 | ||
Civic | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
Democratic | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Labour | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
LSD | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
SKWEF | 1 | ||||||||||||
HTTHECG | 1 | ||||||||||||
NPP | 1 | ||||||||||||
HKPA | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Citizens | 1 | ||||||||||||
HKDF | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Frontier | 1 | ||||||||||||
United Democrats | 3 | ||||||||||||
Civic | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
LDF | 2 | ||||||||||||
PHKS | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
HKAS | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Reform | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total elected members | 10 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 6 | |
Other members | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Capacity | Code | Constituency | Name | Political affiliation | Term | Notes | ||
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Elected | C01 | Tai Pak | Eddie Ting Ko-ho | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||
Kenny Yuen Kin-chung | Liberal | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
C02 | Hong Wan | Annie Lee Ching-har | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||
Ng Ching-ching | FTU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
C03 | Chai Wan | Elaine Chik Kit-ling | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||
Stanley Ho Ngai-kam | FTU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
District Committees | Wong Chi-chung | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
Lam Wing-shing | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Hung Chi-kit | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Kwok Wing-kin | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Joseph Chan Hoi-wing | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Lau Suk-yin | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Dana Lau Shing-she | NPP | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Tsang Cheuk-yi | Liberal | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Lam Wing-cheung | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Lin Caiying | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Hung Chiu-kwan | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Lai Nuen-san | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Appointed | Lam Sum-lim | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
Hung Lin-cham | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Cheng Chi-sing | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Lau Hing-yeung | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Liang Li | FTU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Anthony Lu Xiaofeng | NPP | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Calvin Kwok Ho-king | NPP | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Kacee Ting Wong | BPA | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Zareenah Ho | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Li Lee | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Benny Chau Chi-yan | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Chan Hang | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent |
Between 1985 and 2023,the chairman is elected by all the members of the council.
Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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Charles Gately | 1981–1982 | District Officer | |
Lui Hau-tuen | 1982–1985 | District Officer | |
Shum Choi-sang | 1985–1994 | Independent | |
Chan Bing-woon | 1994–1999 | Independent | |
Christina Ting Yuk-chee | 2000–2011 | Independent | |
Christopher Chung Shu-kun | 2012 | DAB | |
Wong Kin-pan | 2012–2019 | DAB | |
Joseph Lai Chi-keong | 2020–2021 | Civic | |
Leung Wing-sze | 2021-2023 | Independent | |
Simon Chan Sheung-man | 2024–present | District Officer |
Vice Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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Christopher Chung Shu-kun | 2000–2003 | DAB | |
Wong Kwok-hing | 2004–2007 | DAB | |
Christopher Chung Shu-kun | 2008–2011 | DAB | |
Wong Kin-pan | 2012 | DAB | |
Kung Pak-cheung | 2012–2015 | DAB | |
Chiu Chi-keung | 2016–2019 | FTU | |
Andrew Chiu Ka-yin | 2020–2021 | Democratic | |
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