Sai Kung District Council

Sai Kung District Council (Chinese: 西貢區議會) is the district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong and one of 18 district councils. Sai Kung District currently consists of 31 members, of which the district is divided into 29 constituencies, electing a total of 29 with two ex-officio members who are the Hang Hau and Sai Kung rural committee chairmen. The latest election was held on 24 November 2019.

Sai Kung District Council

西貢區議會
Type
Type
Hong Kong District Council
of the Sai Kung District
History
Founded1 April 1981 (1981-04-01) (District Board)
1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) (Provisional)
1 January 2000 (2000-01-01) (District Council)
Leadership
Chair
Ben Chung, Neo Democrats
Vice-Chair
Francis Chau, Independent
Structure
Seats31 councillors
consisting of
29 elected and
2 ex-officio members
9 / 31
6 / 31
3 / 31
2 / 31
2 / 31
Independent
9 / 31
Elections
First past the post
Last election
24 November 2019
Meeting place
4/F, Sai Kung Tseung Kwan O Government Complex, 38 Pui Shing Road, Tseung Kwan O
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/sk/

History

The Sai Kung District Council was established on 1 April 1981 under the name of the Sai Kung 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 Regional Council members and chairmen of two Rural Committees, Hang Hau and Sai Kung, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.

The Sai Kung District Board became Sai Kung 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 current Sai Kung District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the first District Council election in 1999. The appointed seats were abolished in 2015 after the modified constitutional reform proposal was passed by the Legislative Council in 2010.

The Sai Kung District Council is one of the fastest growing councils due to the rapid development of Tseung Kwan O new town in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Traditionally dominated by the rural forces, different political parties also established its presence in the urban area in the 1990s. The pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) doubled their seats from four to eight after absorbed the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA) in 2005 and became the largest party in the council. The pro-Beijing Civil Force which has been in alliance with the New People's Party also has substantial presence in the district. The pro-democracy camp in the district was represented by the Democratic Party, until it lost half of its seats after the reformist faction led by Gary Fan quit the party and formed the Neo Democrats in 2010 over the disagreement on the constitutional reform proposal.

In the 2019 election, the pro-democrats scored a landslide victory by taking 26 of the 29 seats in the council, with Neo Democrats becoming the largest party and Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood (CGPLTKO) the second largest grouping. The pro-Beijing camp was almost completely wiped out from the council, except for the two ex-officio Rural Committee chairmen and three moderate councillors led by Christine Fong.

Political control

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

Camp in controlLargest partyYearsComposition
No Overall ControlNone1982 - 1985
Pro-governmentPeople's Association1985 - 1988



Pro-governmentNone1988 - 1991




Pro-governmentADPL1991 - 1994




Pro-BeijingDemocratic1994 - 1997




Pro-BeijingDemocratic1997 - 1999




Pro-BeijingDAB2000 - 2003




Pro-BeijingDAB2004 - 2007




Pro-BeijingDAB2008 - 2011




Pro-BeijingDAB2012 - 2015




Pro-BeijingDAB2016 - 2019




Pro-democracyNeo Democrats2020 - 2023




Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

    Political party Council members Current
members
1994 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
  Independent 6 6 5 4 6 8 14
9 / 31
  Neo Dem - - - - 4 5 9
9 / 31
  CGPLTKO - - - - - - 0
6 / 31
  SKC - - - - - - 3
3 / 31
  TKO Pioneers - - - - - - 2
2 / 31
  TKO Shining - - - - - - 1
2 / 31

District result maps
  • 1994
  • 1999
  • 2003
  • 2007
  • 2011
  • 2015
  • 2019

Members represented

Starting from 1 January 2020:

Code Constituency Name Political affiliation Notes
Q01 Sai Kung Central Zoe Leung Hin-yan Sai Kung Commons
Q02 Pak Sha Wan Stanley Ho Wai-hong Sai Kung Commons/Labour
Q03 Sai Kung Islands Debby Chan Ka-lam Independent [lower-alpha 1]
Q04 Hang Hau East Ryan Lee Yin-ho CGPLTKO/CA
Q05 Hang Hau West Yu Tsun-ning TKO Shining
Q06 Choi Kin Chan Wai-lit TKO Pioneers
Q07 Kin Ming Leung Li Neo Democrats [lower-alpha 2]
Q08 Do Shin Cheung Chin-pang Independent [lower-alpha 3]
Q09 Wai King Brandon Kenneth Yip TKO Shining
Q10 Hoi Chun Ivan Lai Wai-tong Neo Democrats
Q11 Po Yee Tse Ching-fung CGPLTKO
Q12 Fu Kwan Luk Ping-choi CGPLTKO/CA
Q13 O Tong Lui Man-kwong Neo Democrats
Q14 Sheung Tak Lee Ka-yui CGPLTKO
Q15 Kwong Ming Ricky Or Yiu-lam CGPLTKO/CA
Q16 Hong King Frankie Lam Siu-chung Neo Democrats [lower-alpha 2]
Q17 Tsui Lam Choi Ming-hei Independent
Q18 Po Lam Fung Kwan-on Neo Democrats
Q19 Yan Ying Ben Chung Kam-lun Neo Democrats [lower-alpha 2]
Q20 Wai Yan Chun Hoi-shing Neo Democrats
Q21 Wan Hang Gary Fan Kwok-wai Neo Democrats [lower-alpha 2]
Q22 King Lam Cheung Wai-chiu TKO Pioneers
Q23 Hau Tak Wong Cheuk-nga Community Alliance [lower-alpha 4]
Q24 Fu Nam Andrew Chan Yiu-chor CGPLTKO/CA
Q25 Tak Ming Cheng Chung-man Independent [lower-alpha 4]
Q26 Nam On Francis Chau Yin-ming Independent
Q27 Kwan Po Lai Ming-chak Neo Democrats
Q28 Wan Po North Christine Fong Kwok-shan Independent [lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 5]
Q29 Wan Po South Chris Cheung Mei-hung Independent [lower-alpha 3]
Ex Officio Hang Hau Rural Committee Chairman Lau Kai-hong Independent
Sai Kung Rural Committee Chairman Wong Shui-sang Independent

Leadership

Chairs

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

ChairmanYearsPolitical Affiliation
Chan Sui-jeung1981–1984District Officer
Carrie Cheng Yuet-ngor1984District Officer
Kevin Ho Chi-ming1984-1985District Officer
William Wan Hon-cheung1985–1994PHKS/Heung Yee Kuk→DAB
George Ng Sze-fuk1994–2019Independent→PA→DAB
Ben Chung Kam-lun2020–presentNeo Democrats

Vice Chairs
Vice ChairmanYearsPolitical Affiliation
Francis Chau Yin-ming2000–2007Independent
Wan Yuet-kau2008–2011DAB
Chan Kwok-kei2012–2015DAB
Shing Hon-keung2016–2019Heung Yee Kuk
Ling Man-hoi2019–2020DAB
Francis Chau Yin-ming2020–presentIndependent

Notes
  1. Sai Kung Commons member.
  2. Former Democratic Party member.
  3. Professional Power member.
  4. Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood member.
  5. Former Liberal Party member.
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References

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