Tsuen Wan District Council

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Tsuen Wan District Council

荃灣區議會
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1981 (1981-04-01) (District Board)
1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) (Provisional)
1 January 2000 (2000-01-01) (District Council)
Leadership
Chair
Wong Wai-kit, Independent
Vice-Chair
Chan Sung-ip, Independent
Structure
Seats20 councillors
consisting of
18 elected and
2 ex-officio members
4 / 20
2 / 20
2 / 20
1 / 20
1 / 20
1 / 20
1 / 20
8 / 20
Elections
First past the post
Last election
22 November 2015
Meeting place
Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building.jpg
2/F., Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building, 174–208 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/

Tsuen Wan District Council (Chinese: 荃灣區議會) is the district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. Sha Tin District currently consists of 20 members, of which the district is divided into 18 constituencies, electing a total of 18 with 2 ex officio members who is the Tsuen Wan and Ma Wan rural committee chairmen. The latest election was held on 22 November 2015.

History[edit]

The Tsuen Wan District Council was established on 1 April 1981 under the name of the Tsuen Wan District Board as one of the eight New Territories District Boards as the result of the colonial Governor Murray MacLehose's District Administration Scheme reform. However, it was regarded as among the oldest District Boards since its precursor, the Tsuen Wan New Town Recreation and Amenities (Advisory) Committee, was founded in March 1976 which gave rise to the Tsuen Wan District Advisory Board in 1977 and was retitled the Tsuen Wan District Board in 1981. The District Board was partly elected with the ex-officio Regional Council members and Tsuen Wan and Ma Wan Rural Committees' chairmen, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.

The Tsuen Wan District originally included also today's Kwai Tsing District until 1985 when a new District Board was set up for Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi due to its large population. The Tsuen Wan District Board became Tsuen Wan 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 Tsuen Wan 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 Tsuen Wan District Council has been dominated by the conservative independents. Former Democratic Party Legislative Councillor Albert Chan also had a long base in the district before he gave up his seat to contest in Tuen Mun against Democrat chairman Albert Ho for the People Power. As the Democratic Party's influence slowly declined and received their territory-wide defeat in the 2007 election, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) gradually became the largest party in the council, returning its long-time district councillor Chan Han-pan to the Legislative Council since 2012. The Civic Party has also been established its base in Lei Muk Shue with veteran councillor Sumly Chan, while New People's Party (NPP) Michael Tien also set a foothold at the Discovery Park since 2011, until he quit the NPP in 2016.

Political control[edit]

Since 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



Pro-government ADPL → United Democrats 1988–1991




Pro-government United Democrats 1991–1994




Pro-Beijing Democratic 1994–1997




Pro-Beijing Democratic 1997–1999




Pro-Beijing Democratic 2000–2003




Pro-Beijing Democratic 2004–2007




Pro-Beijing DAB/Democratic → DAB 2008–2011




Pro-Beijing DAB 2012–2015




Pro-Beijing DAB 2016–present



Political makeup[edit]

Current Map of Tsuen Wan District Council.svg

Elections are held every four years.

    Political party Council members Current members
1994 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
  Independent 9 7 9 7 7 6                
  DAB 1 0 1 3 4 4                
  Civic - - - 2 2 2                
  Roundtable - - - - - 2                
  Democratic 2 6 5 3 1 1                
  FTU - - - - 1 1                
  Neo Democrats - - - - - 1                
  NTAS - - - - 1 1                

District result maps[edit]

Members represented[edit]

Code Constituency Name Political affiliation Notes
K01 Tak Wah Lo Siu-kit Independent [a]
K02 Yeung Uk Road Ben Chan Han-pan DAB
K03 Hoi Bun Chow Ping-tim Independent
K04 Clague Garden Koo Yeung-pong DAB
K05 Fuk Loi Kot Siu-yuen FTU
K06 Discovery Park Michael Tien Puk-sun Roundtable [b]
K07 Tsuen Wan Centre Li Hung-por Democratic
K08 Allway Lam Yuen-pun Independent [c]
K09 Lai To Marclus Wong Wai-kit Independent
K10 Ting Sham Wyran Cheng Chit-pun Roundtable
K11 Tsuen Wan West Nixie Lam Lam DAB
K12 Tsuen Wan Rural Ng Hin-lung Independent
K13 Ma Wan Tam Hoi-pong Neo Democrats
K14 Luk Yeung Lam Faat-kang Independent
K15 Lei Muk Shue East Sumly Chan Yuen-sum Civic
K16 Lei Muk Shue West Wong Ka-wa Civic
K17 Shek Wai Kok Man Yue-ming NTAS/FPHE
K18 Cheung Shek Chan Chun-chung DAB
Ex Officio Ma Wan Rural Committee Chairman Chan Sung-ip Independent
Tsuen Wan Rural Committee Chairman Yau Kam-ping Independent

Leadership[edit]

Chairs[edit]

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

Chairman Years Political Affiliation
James Hayes 1981–1982 District Officer
N. W. H. Macleod 1982–1983 District Officer
Adolf H. Hsu 1983–1985 District Officer
Chau How-chen 1985–1994 Independent
Chan Lau-fong 1994–1999 Heung Yee Kuk
Chau How-chen 2000–2011 Independent
Star Chan Iu-seng 2012–2015 Independent
Chung Wai-ping 2016–2019 Heung Yee Kuk
Wong Wai-kit 2019–present Independent

Vice Chairs[edit]

Vice Chairman Years Political Affiliation
Chan Wai-ming 2000–2003 Independent
Chung Wai-ping 2004–2015 Heung Yee Kuk
Wong Wai-kit 2016–2019 Independent
Chan Sung-ip 2019–present Heung Yee Kuk

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Member of the Tsuen Wan Trade Association.
  2. ^ Ex-member of the New People's Party.
  3. ^ Ex-member of the Liberal Party.

References[edit]