New Territories East is the eastern part of

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, covering

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Tai Po Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsu ...

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ...

, and Sai Kung District.

History

All districts except Sai Kung District have been connected by the

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(now

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) since its completion in 1910, and later the

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. In 1985, " East New Territories" and " South New Territories" electoral-college constituencies were created. East New Territories consisted of North District,

Tai Po District Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, ...

and

Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most popu ...

, while South New Territories consisted of Sai Kung District,

Tsuen Wan District Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan line of the MTR metro system. Its area is 60,7 km². Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, en ...

and Islands District. The electoral colleges lasted for two terms until they were replaced by the

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in 1991 when the first direct election to the Legislative Council were introduced. In the 1991 election, the directly elected " New Territories North" and " New Territories East" constituencies were created, each returning two members to the Legislative Council using the two-seat constituency two vote system. New Territories North consisted of North and Tai Po Districts, while New Territories East consisted of Sha Tin and Sai Kung Districts. The two seats in New Territories North were won by the

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and

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of the

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United Democrats–

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coalition which also won a landslide in the other constituencies, the New Territories East elected two independents, the radical

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and moderate Andrew Wong. The electoral system was overhauled after one term, replaced by the single-constituency single-vote system in the 1995 Legislative Council election with four new constituencies, " New Territories East", " New Territories South-east", " New Territories North" and " New Territories North-east". Although Emily Lau and Andrew Wong were elected in New Territories East and New Territories South-east,

Cheung Hon-chung Cheung Hon-chung (born 25 May 1958, Hong Kong) was the member of the Legislative Council in 1995–97 for New Territories North, which was the only two of the 20 geographical constituency seats the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Bette ...

of the pro-Beijing

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(DAB) and

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of the pro-business

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each defeated the Democratic Party candidates in New Territories North and New Territories North-east. Following the

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in 1997, the " New Territories East" constituency replaced the colonial constituencies. It remained in place until 2021 under the change of electoral system, " New Territories North", " New Territories North East", and " New Territories South East" were installed as the new constituencies.

Evolution

References

{{New Territories constituencies for Legislative Council Constituencies of Hong Kong New Territories Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council