Wong Tai Sin District Council

Wong Tai Sin District Council
黃大仙區議會
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Hong Kong District Council of the Wong Tai Sin District
Leadership
Chair
Li Tak-hong, DAB
Structure
Seats 29 councillors
9 / 29
3 / 29
3 / 29
2 / 29
1 / 29
1 / 29
Others
10 / 29
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 6 November 2011
Meeting place
Lung Cheung Office Block, Wong Tai Sin
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/wts/

Wong Tai Sin District Council (Chinese: 黃大仙區議會) the district council for the Wong Tai Sin District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. Wong Tai Sin District currently consists of 29 members, of which the district is divided into 25 constituencies, electing a total of 25 with 4 members appointed by the Chief Executive. The latest election was held in 2011.

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 Civic Association 1988–1991
No Overall Control LDF 1991–1994
Pro-Beijing Democratic 1994–1997
Pro-Beijing Democratic 1997–1999
Pro-Beijing Democratic → DAB 2000–2003
Pro-Beijing DAB 2004–2007
Pro-Beijing DAB 2008–2011
Pro-Beijing DAB 2012–present

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

    Political party Council members Current members
1994 1999 2003 2007 2011
  DAB 4 5 5 8 9                    
  Independent 2 10 12 8 9                    
  Democratic 4 7 4 3 3                    
  ADPL 3 2 2 2 2                    
  Liberal 1 - - 1 1                    
  FTU - 1 - - 1                    
  People Power - - - - 0                    

Members (2012-2015)

Code Constituency Name Political affiliation
H01 Lung Tsui WONG Kam Chi
H02 Lung Ha KWOK Sau Ying Independent Democrat
H03 Lung Sheung CHAN Yuen Han FTU
H04 Fung Wong CHAN Yim Kwong Joe Independent Democrat
H05 Fung Tak KAN Chi Ho DAB
H06 Lung Sing TAM Heung Man People Power/Frontier
H07 San Po Kong LEE Tat Yan
H08 Tung Tau LI Tak Hong DAB
H09 Tung Mei MOK Ying Fan ADPL
H10 Lok Fu CHAN Wai Kwan Andie
H11 Wang Tau Hom LAI Wing Ho Joe DAB
H12 Tin Fu CHAN On Tai Liberal
H13 Tsui Chuk & Pang Ching SO Sik Kin
H14 Chuk Yuen South HUI Kam Shing ADPL
H15 Chuk Yuen North TING Chi Wai Roy Independent
H16 Tsz Wan West YUEN Kwok Keung DAB
H17 Ching Oi CHAN Man Ki Maggie DAB
H18 Ching On WONG Yat Yuk Independent Democrat
H19 Tsz Wan East HO Hon Man DAB
H20 King Fu WU Chi Wai Democratic
H21 Choi Wan East WONG Kwok Tung Democratic
H22 Choi Wan South SHUM Wan Wa Democratic
H23 Choi Wan West TAM Mei Po DAB
H24 Chi Choi HO Yin Fai DAB
H25 Choi Hung MOK Kin Wing FTU
Appointed members MOK Chung-fai
WONG Kam-chiu
WONG Kwok-yan DAB
WONG Kit-hin FTU

List of chairmen

Chairman Political affiliation Constituency Took office Left office Notes
Cheng Tak-kin Independent Tsz Wan Shan South 1985 1988
Michael Lee Yuk-kwan Independent Appointed 1988 1991 [1]
Chan Kam-man LDF WTS Lower Estate (1991-94)
WTS Lower Estate S (1994-99)		 1991 28 November 1999 [2]
Hugo Lam Man-fai DAB Lung Sheung 28 November 1999 1 January 2004 [3]
Wong Kam-chi Independent Lung Tsui 1 January 2004 10 January 2008 [3]
Li Tak-hong DAB Tung Tau 10 January 2008 Incumbent [3]

References

  1. ↑ Report of the 1990 Wong Tai Sin District Board Study Tour to Singapore and Malaysia. Wong Tai Sin District Board. 1990.
  2. ↑ "Daily Information Bulletin". Government Information Services. 4 July 1997. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "HKSAR Wong Tai Sin District Council". webb-site.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

Coordinates: 22°20′04″N 114°11′17″E / 22.3344°N 114.1880°E