Sai Kung District Council

Sai Kung District Council 西貢區議會
Type
Type	Hong Kong District Council of the Sai Kung District
History
Founded	1 April 1981 (1981-04-01) (District Board) 1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) (Provisional) 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01) (District Council)
Leadership
Chair	Kathy Ma King-fan, Independent
Vice-Chair	Vacant
Structure
Seats	32 councillors consisting of 6 elected members 12 district committee members 12 appointed members 2 ex-officio members
DAB	10 / 32
FTU	3 / 32
NPP/CF	3 / 32
PP	1 / 32
Liberal	1 / 32
Independent	14 / 32
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	10 December 2023
Meeting place
4/F, Sai Kung Tseung Kwan O Government Complex, 38 Pui Shing Road, Tseung Kwan O
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/sk/

Sai Kung District Council
Traditional Chinese	西貢區議會
Simplified Chinese	西贡区议会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīgòng Qūyìhuì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sai1 gung3 keoi1 ji5 wui6*2

The Sai Kung District Council (Chinese: 西貢區議會) is the district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council currently consists of 32 members, of which the district is divided into three constituencies, electing a total of 6 members, 12 district committee members, 12 appointed members, and two ex-officio members who are the Hang Hau and Sai Kung rural committee chairmen. The latest election was held on 10 December 2023.

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.

In the 2023 District Council election, 6 of the 32 seats on the Sai Kung District Council are elected by elected members, 12 are elected by district committees, 12 appointed members, and 2 ex-officio members make up the current Sai Kung District In the Parliament, among the 32 seats, there are 14 independent members, 10 seats from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, 3 seats from the Federation of Trade Unions, 3 seats from the New People Party, 1 seat from the Liberal Party, and 1 seat from the Professional Dynamics. Among the 22 members, the pro-establishment camp holds 22 seats.

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	None	1982 - 1985
Pro-government	People's Association	1985 - 1988
Pro-government	None	1988 - 1991
Pro-government	ADPL	1991 - 1994
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	1994 - 1997
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	1997 - 1999
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2000 - 2003
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2004 - 2007
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2008 - 2011
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2012 - 2015
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2016 - 2019
Pro-democracy → NOC	Neo Democrats → CGPLTKO	2020 - 2023
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2024 - 2027

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	15 / 31
	CGPLTKO	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	5 / 31
	SKC	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3 / 31
	TKO Pioneers	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2 / 31
	TKO Shining	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2 / 31

District result maps

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Members represented

Capacity	Code	Constituency	Name	Term		Political affiliation		Notes
Elected	Q01	Sai Kung and Hang Hau	Christine Fong Kwok-shan	1 January 2024	Incumbent		PP
			Yau Ho-lun	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
	Q02	Tseung Kwan O South	Amber Sze Pan-pan	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			James Wong Yuen-ho	1 January 2024	Incumbent		FTU
	Q03	Tseung Kwan O North	Edwin Wan Kai-ming	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			Victor Chan Chi-ho	1 January 2024	Incumbent		NPP/CF
District Committees			Philip Li Ka-leung	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			Kan Tung-tung	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			Chau Ka-lok	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			Cheng Yu-hei	1 January 2024	Incumbent		FTU
			Ken Chan Kin-chun	1 January 2024	Incumbent		NPP/CF
			Tam Chuk-kwan	1 January 2024	Incumbent		NPP/CF
			Chan Kwong-fai	1 January 2024	Incumbent		TKODFG
			Chapman Chan Kai-wai	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Li Tin-chi	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Chris Cheung Mei-hung	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Cheung Chin-pang	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Tsang Kwok-ka	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
Appointed			Ki Lai-mei	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			Chong Yuen-tung	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			Angel Chong Nga-ting	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			Chan Kuen-kwan	1 January 2024	Incumbent		DAB
			Lam Chun-ka	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Liberal
			Wong Wang-to	1 January 2024	Incumbent		FTU
			Wang Wen	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Ellen Li Ka-yan	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Kelvin Yau Siu-hung	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Natasha Yu	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Wu Suet-ling	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
			Cheung Man-tim	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
Ex Officio		Hang Hau Rural Committee Chairman	Lau Kai-hong	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent
		Sai Kung Rural Committee Chairman	Wong Shui-sang	1 January 2024	Incumbent		Independent

Leadership

Chairs

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

Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
	Chan Sui-jeung	1981–1984	District Officer
	Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor	1984	District Officer
	Kevin Ho Chi-ming	1984-1985	District Officer
	William Wan Hon-cheung	1985–1994	PHKS/Heung Yee Kuk→DAB
	George Ng Sze-fuk	1994–2019	Independent→PA→DAB
	Ben Chung Kam-lun	2020–2021	Neo Democrats
	Francis Chau Yin-ming	2021–2023	Independent
	Kathy Ma King-fan	2024–present	District Officer

Vice Chairs

Vice Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
	Francis Chau Yin-ming	2000–2007	Independent
	Wan Yuet-kau	2008–2011	DAB
	Chan Kwok-kei	2012–2015	DAB
	Shing Hon-keung	2016–2019	Heung Yee Kuk
	Ling Man-hoi	2019–2020	DAB
	Francis Chau Yin-ming	2020–2021	Independent
	Lui Man-kwong	2021–2023	Neo Democrats→Independent