Tsuen Wan District Council

Tsuen Wan District Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Hong Kong District Council of the Tsuen Wan District
Leadership
Chair
Chan Iu-seng
Structure
Seats 22 councillors
6 / 22
4 / 22
2 / 22
1 / 22
1 / 22
FTU
1 / 22
Others
6 / 22
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 6 November 2011
Meeting place
Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building, Tsuen Wan
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/

Tsuen Wan District Council is the district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. Sha Tin District currently consists of 22 members, of which the district is divided into 17 constituencies, electing a total of 17 with 2 ex officio members who is the Tsuen Wan and Ma Wan rural committee chairmen and 3 members appointed by the Chief Executive. The latest election was held in 2011.

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

    Political party Council members Current members
1994 1999 2003 2007 2011
  NTAS - - - - 1            
  Independent 8 7 9 7 7            
  DAB 1 0 1 3 4            
  Civic - - - 2 2            
  NPP - - - - 1            
  Democratic 2 6 5 3 1            
  FTU - - - - 1            

Political control

Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Camp in control Largest party Years
No Overall Control Civic Association 1982–1985
No Overall Control Civic Association 1985–1988
No Overall Control ADPL 1988–1991
No Overall Control United Democrats 1991–1994
Pro-Beijing UFSP/Demcoratic 1994–1997
Pro-Beijing Democratic 1997–1999
Pro-Beijing Democratic 2000–2003
Pro-Beijing Democratic 2004–2007
Pro-Beijing DAB 2008–2011
Pro-Beijing DAB → NTAS 2012–present

Members represented

Code Constituency Name Political affiliation Notes
K01 Tak Wah Lo Siu Kit Independent [lower-alpha 1]
K02 Yeung Uk Road Chan Han Pan DAB
K03 Hoi Bun Chow Ping Tim Independent
K04 Clague Garden Chan Kam Lam DAB
K05 Fuk Loi Kot Siu Yuen FTU
K06 Discovery Park Tien Michael Puk Sun NPP
K07 Tsuen Wan Centre Li Hung Por Democratic
K08 Allway Lam Yuen Pun NTAS [lower-alpha 2]
K09 Lai To Wong Wai Kit NTAS
K10 Lai Hing Lam Lam Nixie DAB
K11 Tsuen Wan Rural West Tseng Wen Tien Justin Independent
K12 Tsuen Wan Rural East Chan Wai Ming
K13 Luk Yeung Lam Faat Kang NTAS
K14 Lei Muk Shue East Chan Yuen Sum Sumly Civic
K15 Lei Muk Shue West Wong Ka Wa Civic
K16 Shek Wai Kok Man Yue Ming NTAS [lower-alpha 3]
K17 Cheung Shek Chan Chun Chung DAB
Appointed members Chan Iu-seng NTAS
To Kwai-ying NTAS
Vacant
Ex Officio Members Ma Wan Rural Committee Chairman Chan Sung Ip
Tsuen Wan Rural Committee Chairman Chung Wai Ping

List of chairmen

Before 1985 the chairman post was held by the District Officer. Since 1985, the post is elected by the councillors:

  1. James Hayes (1981 — 1982)
  2. Nathaniel William Hamish Macleod (1 April 1982 — 25 January 1983)
  3. Adolf H. Hsu (28 March 1983 — 1985)
Chairman Political affiliation Constituency Took office Left office Notes
Chau How-chen Independent Appointed 1985 1994 [1]
Chan Lau-fong Heung Yee Kuk Tsuen Wan Rural Committee 1994 1999 [2]
Chau How-chen Independent Appointed 1 January 2000 1 January 2012 [3]
Star Chan Iu-seng Independent Appointed 6 January 2012 Incumbent [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Member of the Tsuen Wan Trade Association.
  2. ↑ Ex-ember of the Liberal Party.
  3. ↑ Member of the Federation of Public Housing Estates.

References

  1. ↑ Tsuen Wan. Tsuen Wan District Board. 1987.
  2. ↑ "Daily Information Bulletin". Government Information Services. 4 July 1997. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "HKSAR Tsuen Wan District Council". webb-site.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.