Wong Tai Sin District Council
Wong Tai Sin District Council 黃大仙區議會 | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 6 May 1981 (District Board) 1 July 1997 (Provisional) 1 January 2000 (District Council) |
| Leadership | |
Chair | Thomas Wu Kui-wah, Independent |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 20 councillors consisting of 4 elected members 8 district committee members 8 appointed members |
5 / 20 | |
3 / 20 | |
1 / 20 | |
11 / 20 | |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 10 December 2023 |
| Meeting place | |
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| 6/F Lung Cheung Office Block, 138 Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Wong Tai Sin District Council (Chinese: 黃大仙區議會) is one of 18 such district councils in Hong Kong, representing the Wong Tai Sin District. The Wong Tai Sin District Council currently consists of 20 members, two members were each elected from one of 2 constituencies, 8 district committee members, and 8 appointed members. The latest election was held on 10 December 2023.
History
[edit]The Wong Tai Sin District Council was established on 6 May 1981 under the name of the Wong Tai Sin 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 Wong Tai Sin District Board became Wong Tai Sin 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 Wong Tai Sin 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.
Due to the district's industrial character, the Wong Tai Sin District Council has been a stronghold for the pro-Beijing traditional leftists, returning one of its first directly elected Legislative Councillors Chan Yuen-han, who was member of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and represented the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB). The pro-democrats also had their influence in the district, seeing Conrad Lam of the United Democrats of Hong Kong elected to the Legislative Council in 1985 and 1991.
The district also bred high-profile politicians such as Andrew To, the youngest member elected to the District Board 1991, member of the United Democrats and the Democratic Party, secretary-general of The Frontier and chairman of the League of Social Democrats (LSD) who held his seat until his defeat in the 2011 election with the LSD being wiped out in the district. Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai was also a long-time Wong Tai Sin District Councillor, representing King Fu from 1999 to 2019.
The pro-democrats scored a historic landslide victory in the 2019 election amid the massive pro-democracy protests by taking all the seats in the council. The pro-Beijing councillors were completely wiped out as a result, with Democratic Party becoming the largest party.
Political control
[edit]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 | |
| Pro-government | Civic Association | 1985–1988 |
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| Pro-government | Civic Association | 1988–1991 |
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| Pro-government | LDF | 1991–1994 |
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| Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 1994–1997 |
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| Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 1997–1999 |
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| Pro-Beijing | Democratic → DAB | 2000–2003 |
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| Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2004–2007 |
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| Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2008–2011 |
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| Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2012–2015 |
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| Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2016–2019 |
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| Pro-democracy | Democratic → ADPL | 2020–2023 |
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| Pro-Beijing | Independent | 2024–2027 |
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Political makeup
[edit]Elections are held every four years.
| Political party | Council members | Current members | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 / 25
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| Democratic | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 / 25
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| ADPL | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 / 25
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| TWSCP | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 2 / 25
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| People Power | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 / 25
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| CHESSA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 / 25
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District result maps
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Members represented
[edit]| Capacity | Code | Constituency | Name | Political affiliation | Term | Notes | ||
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| Elected | H01 | Wong Tai Sin East | Mabel Tam Mei-po | FTU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||
| Kyle Yuet Ngai-keung | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| H02 | Wong Tai Sin West | Poon Cheuk-bun | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| Leo Yeung Nok-hin | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| District Committees | Yuen Kwok-keung | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
| Joe Lai Wing-ho | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Mok Kin-wing | FTU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Leonard Chan Ying | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Fung Kin-lok | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Lui Kai-lin | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Lee Tung-kwong | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Andie Chan Wai-kwan | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Appointed | Leung Tang-fung | DAB | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
| Anthony Yau Yiu-shing | FTU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Janus Lau Yuen-yee | FLU | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Dennis Li | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Deannie Yew Yat-wa | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Edmond Hung Chor-ying | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Tang Man-wai | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| Godfrey Ngai Shi-shing | Independent | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
Leadership
[edit]Chairs
[edit]Since 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board:
| Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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| I. R. Strachan | 1981–1983 | District Officer | |
| Chuk Kin-fan | 1983–1985 | District Officer | |
| Michael Cheng Tak-kin | 1985–1988 | Independent | |
| Michael Lee Yuk-kwan | 1988–1991 | Independent | |
| Chan Kam-man | 1991–1999 | LDF | |
| Lam Man-fai | 2000–2003 | DAB | |
| Wong Kam-chi | 2004–2007 | Independent | |
| Li Tak-hong | 2008–2019 | DAB | |
| Hui Kam-shing | 2020–2021 | ADPL | |
| Thomas Wu Kui-fah | 2024–present | District Officer | |
Vice Chairs
[edit]| Vice Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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| Wong Kam-chi | 2000–2003 | Independent | |
| Kan Chi-ho | 2004–2007 | DAB | |
| Wong Kam-chi | 2008–2011 | Independent | |
| Wong Kam-chiu | 2012–2015 | Independent | |
| Joe Lai Wing-ho | 2016–2019 | DAB | |
| Wong Yat-yuk | 2020–2021 | Independent | |