The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,colloquially known as LegCo,is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's "one country,two systems" constitutional arrangement,and is the power centre of Hong Kong's hybrid representative democracy,though popular representation in the legislature has diminished significantly in recent years,along with its political diversity.
The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy social-liberal political party catering to grassroots interest with a strong basis in Sham Shui Po. Established on 26 October 1986,it was one of the three major pro-democracy groups along with the Meeting Point and the Hong Kong Affairs Society in the 1980s.
The district councils,formerly district boards until 1999,are the local councils for the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
Frederick Fung Kin-kee,SBS,JP is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2016 and the former chairman of the pro-democracy Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) from 1989 to 2007.
Cyd Ho Sau-lan is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco) for the Hong Kong Island constituency.
Chan Kam-lam,GBS,JP is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the Kowloon East constituency. He is also a core member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB),the largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong.
James To Kun-sun is a Hong Kong lawyer and Democratic Party politician. From 1991 to 2020,To was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong,representing the District Council (Second) constituency. In his final four years,To was the most senior member in the Legislative Council,and was also the convenor of the pro-democracy caucus from 2016 to 2017. He was also a former member of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council representing Olympic.
Kwok Ka-ki is a democratic Hong Kong former politician. He is a private urology doctor,having graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. Kwok is a member of the Civic Party,having joined on 19 July 2010. On 11 November 2020,he was disqualified from the Legislative Council,along with three other lawmakers of the pan-democratic camp,by the central government in Beijing on request of the Hong Kong government. A mass resignation of pan-democrats the same day left the Legislative Council without a substantial opposition.
Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen is a Hong Kong politician who is the current President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco),representing the Industrial (First) functional constituency. From October 2012 to October 2016,he was the chairman of Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA),the second largest party in the legislature.
Abraham Shek Lai-himGBS JP or Abraham Razack is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco),representing the real estate and construction industry in a functional constituency seat. He is a member of the political grouping Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong in Legco. He graduated from the University of Sydney in Australia.
Lo Wing-lok,JP was a Hong Kong doctor and politician. He was the Legislative Councillor for the Medical functional constituency from 2000 to 2004. He was the vice-chairman of the pro-democracy League of Social Democrats but quit the party in late 2007. He ran for the Legislative Council again in 2004,2008 and 2012 but was not elected. He died from lung cancer in 2015.
Dennis Kwok Wing-hang is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council from 2012 to 2020 and founding member of Civic Party.
The Fifth Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the fifth meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 2012 election. The term of the session is from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2016,during the term in office of the Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Due to the new arrangements agreed in a contentious LegCo vote in 2010,the session consists of the new total of 70 seats in LegCo,ten more than previously,with 35 members elected in geographical constituencies through direct elections,and 35 members in functional constituencies,in which five District Council (Second) functional constituency seats each represent all 18 District councils of Hong Kong voted for by all resident voters in Hong Kong. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong remained the largest party while the pan-democrats secured the one-third crucial minority. Notable new members of the LegCo members include Gary Fan from the new established party Neo Democrats and first openly gay councillor,People Power's Ray Chan Chi-chuen.
The Fourth Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the fourth meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 2008 election. The term of the session is from 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2012,during the second half of the Donald Tsang's administration and first two months of the Leung Chun-ying's term in office. The meeting place was moved from the Legislative Council Building to the new built Legislative Council Complex in 2011. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong remained the largest party with 10 seats. Notable newcomers to the Legislative Council included Regina Ip,Priscilla Leung,Wong Yuk-man,Tanya Chan,and Paul Tse.
The 2016 New Territories East by-election was held on 28 February 2016 after the incumbent Legislative Councillor Ronny Tong Ka-wah of New Territories East quit the Civic Party and resigned from the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo),effective on 1 October 2015.
Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu is a Hong Kong barrister and politician. He was formerly the leader of the Civic Party and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong,representing New Territories East after winning the 2016 by-election. On 11 November 2020,Yeung was disqualified from the Legislative Council,along with three other lawmakers of the pan-democratic camp,by the central government in Beijing on request of the Hong Kong government. A mass resignation of pan-democrats the same day left the Legislative Council without a substantial opposition.
Au Nok-hin is a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong. He is the former member of the Legislative Council for Hong Kong Island from 2018 to 2019 and member of the Southern District Council for Lei Tung I from 2012 to 2019.
Edward Yiu Chung-yim is a Hong Kong academic,scholar and former politician who is currently an associate professor of property at the University of Auckland Business School. He is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong elected in the 2016 Legislative Council election representing the functional constituency of Architectural,Surveying,Planning and Landscape. On 14 July 2017,Yiu was disqualified by the court over his manner on oath of office at the inaugural meeting of the Legislative Council on 12 October 2016 as a result of the oath-taking controversy.
The 2018 Kowloon West by-election was held on 25 November 2018 after the incumbent pro-democracy Legislative Councillor Lau Siu-lai of Kowloon West was disqualified from the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) after the oath-taking controversy resulted in the disqualifications of the six pro-democracy and localist legislators. It followed the by-election of four other vacated seats on 11 March 2018. Chan Hoi-yan,a nonpartisan backed by the pro-Beijing camp won over veteran democrat Lee Cheuk-yan of the Labour Party,a backup candidate for the pro-democracy camp after Lau's candidacy was disqualified.
The Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. It is scheduled to meet in the Legislative Council Complex,from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025,overlapping the six months of Carrie Lam as the fifth term of the Chief Executive and the sixth term of Chief Executive. The membership of the Legislative Council will be determined in the December 2021 election.
