Eastern District Council

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Eastern District Council

東區區議會
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Hong Kong District Council
of the Eastern District, Hong Kong
History
Founded
  • 28 October 1981 (1981-10-28) (District Board)
  • 1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) (Provisional)
  • 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01) (District Council)
Leadership
Chair
Vacant
Vice-Chair
Vacant
Structure
Seats35 councillors consisting of 35 elected members
1 / 35
1 / 35
1 / 35
1 / 35
Independent
2 / 35
29 / 35
Elections
First past the post
Last election
24 November 2019
Meeting place
Eastern Law Courts Building (facade).JPG
11/F, Eastern Law Court Building, 29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/east/
Eastern District Council
Traditional Chinese東區區議會
Simplified Chinese东区区议会

The Eastern District Council is the district council for the Eastern District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Eastern District Council currently consists of 35 members, of which the district is divided into 35 constituencies, electing a total of 35 members. The last election was held on 24 November 2019.

History[]

The Eastern District Council was established on 28 October 1981 under the name of the Eastern 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 Urban Council members, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.

The Eastern District Board became Eastern 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 Eastern District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the first District Council election in 1999. The council has become fully elected when the appointed seats were abolished in 2011 after the modified constitutional reform proposal was passed by the Legislative Council in 2010.

The Eastern District Council was one of the largest District Councils in Hong Kong and the largest on Hong Kong Island, now the largest District Council replace status in the Kwun Tong District Council . Compared to the continuing shrinking in size of the Wan Chai District Council, the government in 2015 decided to transfer Tin Hau and Victoria Park constituencies from the Eastern to the Wan Chai District Council.[1]

Many older political organisations, especially the Reform Club of Hong Kong had a long presence in the Eastern District. In the 1985 election, an electoral coalition of 12 incumbents based on personal network surrounding Kwan Lim-ho of the Reform Club, contested in the election, winning 10 seats in total.[2] The traditional leftists through the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) also had considerable influence in their traditional stronghold of North Point and passed on its influence to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) formed in 1992 and gradually expanded to the public estate areas in Shau Kei Wan and Chai Wan, while the influence of the pro-democrats, represented by the Democratic Party and the Civic Party today, was mostly limited to certain areas of private apartments such as Tai Koo Shing and Sai Wan Ho.

The pro-democrats achieved the majority of the council for the first time in the 2019 election in a historic landslide victory amid the pro-democracy protests, taking 32 of the 35 seats in the council, with many of the pro-Beijing strongholds in North Point fell into the hand of pro-democracy independents. The Civic Party emerged as the largest party with five seats which saw its veteran councillor Joseph Lai took the chairmanship.

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 Reform Club 1982 - 1985
Pro-government Reform Club 1985 - 1988



Pro-government HKAS 1988 - 1991



Pro-government United Democrats 1991 - 1994



Pro-Beijing DAB 1994 - 1997




Pro-Beijing DAB 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 Civic → None 2020 - 2023




Political makeup[]

Current Map of Eastern District Council.svg

Elections are held every four years.

    Political party Council members Current
members
1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
  Independent 14 12 17 12 12 10 19
16 / 35
  Democratic 4 6 6 3 2 2 4
3 / 35
  Civic - - - 2 3 4 5
3 / 35
  Labour - - - - - 1 2
2 / 35
  DAB 9 13 12 14 16 10 1
1 / 35
  FTU - - - - 1 1 1
1 / 35
  Liberal 3 2 1 2 2 2 1
1 / 35
  LSD - - - 1 0 0 1
1 / 35
  - - - 1 0 0 1
1 / 35

District result maps[]

  • 1994

  • 1999

  • 2003

  • 2007

  • 2011

  • 2015

  • 2019

Members represented[]

Starting from 1 January 2020:

Code Constituency Name Political affiliation Notes
C01 Tai Koo Shing West Vacant [a]
C02 Tai Koo Shing East Vacant [b]
C03 Lei King Wan Vacant [c]
C04 Sai Wan Ho Vacant [d]
C05 Aldrich Bay Vacant [e]
C06 Shaukeiwan Leung Wing-sze Independent
C07 A Kung Ngam Vacant [d]
C08 Heng Fa Chuen Vacant [f]
C09 Tsui Wan Vacant
C10 Yan Lam Vacant
C11 Siu Sai Wan Vacant [g]
C12 King Yee Vacant [h]
C13 Wan Tsui Vacant [b]
C14 Fei Tsui Vacant [d]
C15 Mount Parker Annie Lee Ching-har DAB
C16 Braemar Hill Kenny Yuen Kin-chung Liberal
C17 Fortress Hill Vacant [h]
C18 City Garden Jocelyn Chau Hui-yan Independent
C19 Provident Kwok Wai-keung FTU
C20 Fort Street Vacant [h]
C21 Kam Ping Vacant
C22 Tanner Vacant [i]
C23 Healthy Village Vacant
C24 Quarry Bay Vacant [d]
C25 Nam Fung Vacant [j]
C26 Kornhill Vacant [d]
C27 Kornhill Garden Vacant [d]
C28 Hing Tung Vacant [b]
C29 Lower Yiu Tung Vacant [d]
C30 Upper Yiu Tung Chow Cheuk-ki Democratic
C31 Hing Man Vacant
C32 Lok Hong Vacant [d]
C33 Tsui Tak Vacant [k]
C34 Yue Wan Vacant [i]
C35 Kai Hiu Vacant [c]

Leadership[]

Chairs[]

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

Chairman Years Political Affiliation
Charles Gately 1981–1982 District Officer
Lui Hau-tuen 1982–1985 District Officer
Shum Choi-sang 1985–1994 Independent
Chan Bing-woon 1994–1999 Independent
Christina Ting Yuk-chee 2000–2011 Independent
Christopher Chung Shu-kun 2012 DAB
Wong Kin-pan 2012–2019 DAB
Joseph Lai Chi-keong 2020–2021 Civic
Leung Wing-Sze 2021- Independent

Vice Chairs[]

Vice Chairman Years Political Affiliation
Christopher Chung Shu-kun 2000–2003 DAB
Wong Kwok-hing 2004–2007 DAB
Christopher Chung Shu-kun 2008–2011 DAB
Wong Kin-pan 2012 DAB
Kung Pak-cheung 2012–2015 DAB
Chiu Chi-keung 2016–2019 FTU
Andrew Chiu Ka-yin 2020–2021 Democratic

Notes[]

  1. ^ Resigned on 9 July 2021 after being arrested under national security law.
  2. ^ a b c Resigned on 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Disqualified on 15 September 2021 after her oath was invalid.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Resigned on 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ Disqualified on 15 September 2021 after his oath was invalid due to his involvement in pro-democracy primaries.
  6. ^ Resigned on 31 March 2021 over new oath-taking law.
  7. ^ Disqualified on 15 September 2021 after his oath was invalid.
  8. ^ a b c Resigned on 31 May 2021 over new oath-taking law.
  9. ^ a b Resigned on 21 May 2021 after being arrested under national security law.
  10. ^ Resigned on 15 July 2021.
  11. ^ Disqualified on 9 September 2021 after his oath was invalid.

References[]

  1. ^ "Public Consultation on Demarcation of District boundary between Eastern and Wan Chai Districts". Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau.
  2. ^ "百姓 - Issues 159-170". 百姓半月刊編輯委員會. 1988. p. 3.
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