- History
- Political control
- Political makeup
- District result maps
- Members represented
- Leadership Chairs Vice Chairs
- References
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=December 2018}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Infobox legislature | name = Kwun Tong District Council | native_name = {{noitalics|{{nobold|觀塘區議會}}}} | transcription_name = | legislature = | coa_pic = Kwun Tong District Council.svg | coa_res = 180px | coa-pic = | coa-res = | house_type = Hong Kong District Council | body = Kwun Tong District | foundation = {{Start date|1981|4|2|df=y}} (District Board) {{Start date|1997|7|1|df=y}} (Provisional) {{Start date|2000|1|1|df=y}} (District Council) | houses = | leader1_type = Chair | leader1 = Bunny Chan | party1 = Independent | election1 = | leader2_type = Vice-Chair | leader2 = Hung Kam-in | party2 = DAB | election2 = | leader3_type = | leader3 = | party3 = | election3 = | members = 37 councillors consisting of 37 elected members | house1 = | house2 = | structure1 = | structure1_res = | structure2 = | structure2_res = | political_groups1 = | political_groups2 = | seats2_title = Democratic | seats2 = {{Composition bar|3|37|hex=#5fb04a}} | seats1_title = DAB | seats1 = {{Composition bar|10|37|hex=#225f9e}} | seats3_title = FTU | seats3 = {{Composition bar|2|37|hex=#FF0000}} | seats4_title = Civic | seats4 = {{Composition bar|1|37|hex={{Civic Party/meta/color}}}} | seats5_title = KEC | seats5 = {{Composition bar|1|37|hex=#62AB25}} | seats6_title = FPHE | seats6 = {{Composition bar|1|37|hex={{Federation of Public Housing Estates/meta/color}}}} | seats7_title = Independent | seats7 = {{Composition bar|19|37|hex=gray}} | committees1 = | committees2 = | joint_committees = | voting_system1 = First past the post | voting_system2 = | last_election1 = 22 November 2015 | last_election2 = | session_room = File:Millennium City 6.JPG | session_res = 200px | meeting_place = Unit 05-07, 20/F Millennium City 6, Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon | website = {{url|http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kt/}} | footnotes = }}Kwun Tong District Council ({{zh|t=觀塘區議會}}) is the district council for the Kwun Tong District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. Kwun Tong District currently consists of 37 members, of which the district is divided into 37 constituencies, electing a total of 37 members. The council was created in April 1981 under the District Board Ordinance 1981. The latest election was held on 22 November 2015. HistoryThe Kwun Tong District Council was established on 2 April 1981 under the name of the Kwun Tong 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 Kwun Tong District Board became Kwun Tong 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 Kwun Tong 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 Kwun Tong District Council is one of the largest District Councils in Hong Kong. Due to its large population, the political parties' influence was countered by the conservative independent community leaders. Because of the large presence of lower-income groups and industrial character, the Kwun Tong District Council has also been a stronghold for the pro-Beijing grassroots political groups, including the Kwun Tong Residents Association headed by Hau Shui-pui, council chairman from 1997 to 2003, and Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and its Legislative Councillor Chan Kam-lam. It also the voter base of pro-democracy politicians Szeto Wah of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (PTU) and Fred Li of the Meeting Point who was first elected to the District Board in the 1985 election and got directly elected to the Legislative Council with Szeto through the district in 1991. The pro-democracy camp first achieved more than half of the elected seats and took control of the board in the 1994 election. The pro-democracy majority was offset by the appointed members after 1997. In the tide of democracy caused by the 2003 July 1 march, the pro-democrats again achieved majority of the elected seats but was countered by the appointed seats.[1] The pro-democracy influence shrank significantly after 2003, with the Democratic Party dropped their seats from nine seats in the 2003 election to three in their territory-wide defeat in 2007 and have not yet been able to recover from it. Political controlSince 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Camp in control | Largest party | Years | Composition | No Overall Control | Civic Association | 1982–1985 | Pro-government | Civic Association | 1985–1988 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 37 | party1 = 2 | partycolor1 = DarkGreen | party2 = 4 | partycolor2 = Green | party3 = 1 | partycolor3 = Gray | party4 = 5 | partycolor4 = Red | party5 = 14 | partycolor5 = Blue | party6 = 11 | partycolor6 = MidnightBlue }} | Pro-government | Meeting Point | 1988–1991 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 40 | party1 = 2 | partycolor1 = DarkGreen | party2 = 11 | partycolor2 = Green | party3 = 1 | partycolor3 = Gray | party4 = 5 | partycolor4 = Red | party5 = 7 | partycolor5 = Blue | party6 = 14 | partycolor6 = MidnightBlue }} | No Overall Control | United Democrats | 1991–1994 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 32 | party1 = 10 | partycolor1 = Green | party2 = 9 | partycolor2 = Red | party3 = 3 | partycolor3 = Blue | party4 = 10 | partycolor4 = MidnightBlue }} | Pro-democracy | Democratic | 1994–1997 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 33 | party1 = 17 | partycolor1 = Green | party2 = 16 | partycolor2 = Red }} | Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 1997–1999 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 41 | party1 = 17 | partycolor1 = Green | party2 = 16 | partycolor2 = Red | party3 = 8 | partycolor3 = FireBrick }} | Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2000–2003 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 42 | party1 = 17 | partycolor1 = Green | party2 = 17 | partycolor2 = Red | party3 = 8 | partycolor3 = FireBrick }} | Pro-Beijing | Democratic → DAB | 2004–2007 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 42 | party1 = 20 | partycolor1 = Green | party2 = 14 | partycolor2 = Red | party3 = 8 | partycolor3 = FireBrick }} | Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2008–2011 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 42 | party1 = 8 | partycolor1 = Green | party2 = 1 | partycolor2 = Gray | party3 = 25 | partycolor3 = Red | party4 = 8 | partycolor4 = FireBrick }} | Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2012–2015 | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 40 | party1 = 6 | partycolor1 = Green | party2 = 1 | partycolor2 = Gray | party3 = 28 | partycolor3 = Red | party4 = 5 | partycolor4 = FireBrick }} | Pro-Beijing | DAB | 2016–present | {{Composition_bar/advanced | divisionname = | boxwidth = 100 | total = 37 | party1 = 9 | partycolor1 = Green | party2 = 28 | partycolor2 = Red }} |
Political makeupElections are held every four years. | Political party | Council members | Current members | 1994 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 |
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| Independent | 11 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAB | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Democratic | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FTU | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civic | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KEC | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FPHE | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{-}}District result mapsMembers representedCode | Constituency | Name | Political affiliation | Notes | J01 | Kwun Tong Central | Nelson Chan Wah-yu{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J02 | Kowloon Bay | Winnie Poon Yam Wai-chun{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J03 | Kai Yip | Au Yeung Kwan-nok{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J04 | Lai Ching | Sheik Anthony Bux{{Party name with colour|Civic Party}} | J05 | Ping Shek | Chan Chun-kit{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J06 | Sheung Choi | Tam Siu-cheuk{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J07 | Jordan Valley | Ngan Man-yu{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J08 | Shun Tin | Mok Kin-shing{{Party name with colour|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}} | J09 | Sheung Shun | Fu Pik-chun{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J10 | On Lee | Choy Chak-hung{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J11 | Po Tat | Hung Kam-in{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J12 | Sau Mau Ping North | Wong Chun-ping{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J13 | Hiu Lai | So Lai-chun{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J14 | Sau Mau Ping South | Jimmy Chan Yiu-hung{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J15 | Sau Mau Ping Central | Cheung Pui-kong{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J16 | Hing Tin | Chan Man-kin{{Party name with colour|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}} | J17 | Lam Tin | Kan Ming-tung{{Party name with colour|Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions}} | J18 | Kwong Tak | Wilson Or Chong-shing{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J19 | Ping Tin | Yiu Pak-leung{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J20 | Pak Nga | Ho Kai-ming{{Party name with colour|Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions}} | J21 | Yau Tong East | Cheung Ki-tang{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J22 | Yau Lai | Patrick Lai Shu-ho{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J23 | Chui Cheung | Tse Suk-chun{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J24 | Yau Tong West | Lui Tung-hai{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J25 | Laguna City | Tang Wing-chun{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J26 | King Tin | Cheung Shun-wah{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J27 | Tsui Ping | Cheng Keung-fung{{Party name with colour|Federation of Public Housing Estates}} | J28 | Po Lok | Cheng Keng-ieong{{Party name with colour|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}} | J29 | Yuet Wah | Hsu Hoi-shan{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J30 | Hip Hong | Bunny Chan Chung-bun{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J31 | Hong Lok | Ma Yat-chiu{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J32 | Ting On | Kam Kin{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J33 | Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate | Ben Chan Kok-wah{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J34 | Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate | Cheung Yiu-pan{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} | J35 | To Tai | Yip Hing-kwok{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | J36 | Lok Wah North | Wong Chi-ken{{Party name with colour|Kowloon East Community}} | J37 | Lok Wah South | Kevin So Koon-chung{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} | |
LeadershipChairsSince 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board: Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation |
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| David Tsui Kwan-ping | 1981–1982 | District Officer | | Kevin I. K. Mak | 1982–1985 | District Officer | | Lam Hang-fai | 1985–1994 | Independent | | Winnie Poon Yam Wai-chun | 1994–1997 | Independent | | Hau Shui-pui | 1997–2003 | Independent | | Bunny Chan Chung-bun | 2004–present | Independent | |
Vice ChairsVice Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation |
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| Wu Kwok-cheung | 2000–2003 | Independent | | Leung Fu-wing | 2004–2007 | Independent | | So Lai-chun | 2008–2015 | Independent | | Hung Kam-in | 2016–present | DAB | |
References1. ^{{cite news|title=【泛民怎樣守住一區 3】老本漸散 他們在地區紮根|url=https://thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B3%9B%E6%B0%91%E6%80%8E%E6%A8%A3%E5%AE%88%E4%BD%8F%E4%B8%80%E5%8D%80-3-%E8%80%81%E6%9C%AC%E6%BC%B8%E6%95%A3-%E4%BB%96%E5%80%91%E5%9C%A8%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80%E7%B4%AE%E6%A0%B9/|work=立場新聞|date=2015-09-21}}
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