The Sai Kung District Council () is the
district council for the
Sai Kung District
Sai Kung District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of lan ...
in
Hong Kong
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. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council 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
Hang Hau () is a residential area in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung District, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located at the eastern edge of the Tseung Kwan O New Town. Most of the land was Land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclaimed from Ha ...
and
Sai Kung
Sai Kung may refer to:
* Sai Kung Town, or just Sai Kung, a town and administrative area in the Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
* Sai Kung Peninsula, a peninsula in Hong Kong
* Sai Kung District, an administrative district in Hong Kong, which does no ...
rural committee
Rural committee () is a body representing the welfare of indigenous residents in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The chairman of each rural committee is the representative in the Heung Yee Kuk, and is ''ex officio'' member of a district coun ...
chairmen. The latest election was held on
24 November 2019.
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
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Murray MacLehose
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'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
Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, (; born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. He was made a life pe ...
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
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Tung Chee-hwa
Tung Chee-hwa (; born 7 July 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chin ...
. 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
Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named. ...
new town
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New or NEW may refer to:
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* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
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
The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) is a pro-Beijing conservative political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Starry Lee and holding 13 Legislative Council seats, it is currently the largest party in the l ...
(DAB) doubled their seats from four to eight after absorbed the
Hong Kong Progressive Alliance
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(HKPA) in 2005 and became the largest party in the council. The pro-Beijing
Civil Force
Civil Force () is a district-based pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Since 2014, the Civil Force has entered an alliance with the New People's Party of Regina Ip. Headed by chairman Pun Kwok-shan, it had its stronghold in the Sha Tin and ...
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 Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
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*Botswana Democratic Party
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, until it lost half of its seats after the reformist faction led by
Gary Fan
Gary Fan Kwok-wai (; born 30 October 1966) is a Hong Kong politician. He was the member of Legislative Council from 2012 to 2016 and from 2018 to 2019 after winning the 2018 by-election for New Territories East. He is also a former member o ...
quit the party and formed the
Neo Democrats
The Neo Democrats was a pro-democracy, localist political group in Hong Kong composed mainly of former and disenchanted members of the Democratic Party New Territories East branch after the 2012 constitutional reform proposals. It had held o ...
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
Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood (; CGPLTKO) is a district-based pro-democracy camp, pro-democracy political group centred in Tseung Kwan O by Sai Kung District Councillors in 2000.
History
It was formed in 2000 by four pro-d ...
(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
Christine Fong Kwok-shan (, born 28 March 1966) is an engineer and politician in Hong Kong, as well as a former child actress. She is a current member of the Sai Kung District Council.
Early life and career
Fong was a child actress at ATV in ...
.
Political control
Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Political makeup
Elections
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are held every four years.
District result maps
File:1994DBelectionmapq.svg, 1994
File:1999DCelectionmapq.svg, 1999
File:2003DCelectionmapq.svg, 2003
File:2007DCelectionmapq.svg, 2007
File:2011DCelectionmapq.svg, 2011
File:Sai Kung District Council 2015.svg, 2015
File:Sai Kung District Council (2019).svg, 2019
Members represented
Starting from 1 January 2020:
Leadership
Chairs
Since 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board:
Vice Chairs
Notes
References
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Districts of Hong Kong
Sai Kung District