Tsuen Wan District Council

Tsuen Wan District Council
荃灣區議會
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chair
Chan Iu-seng, Independent
Vice-Chair
Chung Wai-ping, Independent
Structure
Seats 20 councillors
consisting of
18 elected and
2 ex-officio members
4 / 20
2 / 20
2 / 20
1 / 20
1 / 20
1 / 20
1 / 20
8 / 20
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 22 November 2015
Meeting place
2/F., Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building, 174–208 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/

Tsuen Wan District Council (Chinese: 荃灣區議會) 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 20 members, of which the district is divided into 18 constituencies, electing a total of 18 with 2 ex officio members who is the Tsuen Wan and Ma Wan rural committee chairmen. The latest election was held on 22 November 2015.

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

    Political party Council members Current members
1994 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
  Independent 8 7 9 7 7 6                    
  DAB 1 0 1 3 4 4                    
  Civic - - - 2 2 2                    
  Democratic 2 6 5 3 1 1                    
  FTU - - - - 1 1                    
  Neo Democrats - - - - - 1                    
  NTAS - - - - 1 1                    

Political control

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

Camp in control Largest party Years Composition
No Overall Control Civic Association 1982–1985
Pro-government Civic Association 1985–1988
Pro-government ADPL → United Democrats 1988–1991
Pro-government 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 2012–2015
Pro-Beijing DAB 2016–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 Koo Yeung-pong DAB
K05 Fuk Loi Kot Siu-yuen FTU
K06 Discovery Park Michael Tien Puk-sun Roundtable [lower-alpha 2]
K07 Tsuen Wan Centre Li Hung-por Democratic
K08 Allway Lam Yuen-pun Independent [lower-alpha 3]
K09 Lai To Wong Wai-kit Independent
K10 Ting Sham Cheng Chit-pun Roundtable
K11 Tsuen Wan West Nixie Lam Lam DAB
K12 Tsuen Wan Rural Ng Hin-lung Independent
K13 Ma Wan Tam Hoi-pong Neo Democrats
K14 Luk Yeung Lam Faat-kang Independent
K15 Lei Muk Shue East Sumly Chan Yuen-sum Civic
K16 Lei Muk Shue West Wong Ka-wa Civic
K17 Shek Wai Kok Man Yue-ming NTAS/FPHE [lower-alpha 4]
K18 Cheung Shek Chan Chun-chung DAB
Ex Officio Ma Wan Rural Committee Chairman Chan Sung-ip Independent
Tsuen Wan Rural Committee Chairman Chung Wai-ping Independent

Leadership

Chairs

Since 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board:

Chairman Years Political Affiliation
James Hayes 1981–1982 District Officer
N. W. H. Macleod 1982–1983 District Officer
Adolf H. Hsu 1983–1985 District Officer
Chau How-chen 1985–1994 Independent
Chan Lau-fong 1994–1999 Heung Yee Kuk
Chau How-chen 2000–2011 Independent
Star Chan Iu-seng 2012–2015 Independent
Chung Wai-ping 2016–present Heung Yee Kuk

Vice Chairs

Vice Chairman Years Political Affiliation
Chan Wai-ming 2000–2003 Independent
Chung Wai-ping 2004–2015 Heung Yee Kuk
Wong Wai-kit 2016–present Independent

Notes

  1. ↑ Member of the Tsuen Wan Trade Association.
  2. ↑ Ex-member of the New People's Party.
  3. ↑ Ex-member of the Liberal Party.
  4. ↑ Member of the Federation of Public Housing Estates.

References

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