Islands District Council

The Islands District Council is the district council for the Islands District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Islands District currently consists of 18 members, of which the district is divided into 10 constituencies, electing a total of 10 with 8 ex-officio members who is the Peng Chau, Lamma North, Tung Chung, Lamma South, Tai O, Lantau South, Mui Wo and Cheung Chau rural committee chairmen. The latest election was held on 24 November 2019.

Islands District Council

離島區議會
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
Randy Yu, Independent
Vice-Chair
Wong Man-hon, Independent
Structure
Seats18 councillors
consisting of
10 elected and
8 ex officio members
2 / 18
1 / 18
1 / 18
14 / 18
Elections
First past the post
Last election
24 November 2019
Meeting place
20/F., Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/island/
Islands District Council
Traditional Chinese離島區議會

History
Emblem of Islands District Board (1982–1997)

The Islands District Council was established on 1 April 1981 under the name of the Islands 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 Regional Council members and chairmen of eight Rural Committees, Peng Chau, Lamma North, Tung Chung, Lamma South, Tai O, Lantau South, Mui Wo and Cheung Chau, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.

The Islands District Board became Islands 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 Islands 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 Islands District Council has the most number of eight ex-officio seats and is dominated by the rural forces. As the Tung Chung new town was developed in the early 2000s, some political parties have also successfully made attempts in those areas, notably Tang Ka-piu of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) in Yat Tung Estate North and Holden Chow of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) in Tung Chung South. Amy Yung Wing-sheung of the pro-democracy Civic Party has also held Discovery Bay since 2000.

In the historic landslide victory in 2019 election, Islands District Council became the only council where pro-democrats gained the majority of the elected seats but failed to take control of the council due to the 8 ex-officio seats. However, the pro-democrats got 7 of the 10 elected seats and ousted DAB legislator Holden Chow for District Council (Second) from his seat.

Political control

Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Camp in controlLargest partyYearsComposition
No Overall ControlNone1982 - 1985
Pro-governmentNone1985 - 1988




Pro-governmentNone1988 - 1991




Pro-governmentNone1991 - 1994




Pro-BeijingDAB1994 - 1997




Pro-BeijingDAB1997 - 1999




Pro-BeijingDAB2000 - 2003




Pro-BeijingDAB2004 - 2007




Pro-BeijingDAB2008 - 2011




Pro-BeijingDAB2012 - 2015




Pro-BeijingDAB2016 - 2019




Pro-BeijingCivic2020 - 2023




Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

    Political party Council members Current
members
1994 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
  Independent 4 5 4 3 3 2 6
14 / 18
  Civic - - - 2 1 1 2
2 / 18
  DAB 2 2 4 4 4 3 1
1 / 18
  Democratic 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1 / 18

District result maps
  • 1994
  • 1999
  • 2003
  • 2007
  • 2011
  • 2015
  • 2019

Members represented

Starting from 1 January 2020:

Code Constituency Name Political affiliation Notes
T01 Lantau Randy Yu Hon-kwan Independent
T02 Mun Yat Kwok Ping Independent
T03 Yat Tung Estate North Fong Lung-fei Independent
T04 Tung Chung South Sheep Wong Chun-yeung Independent
T05 Tung Chung Central Lee Ka-ho Civic
T06 Tung Chung North Sammy Tsui Sang-hung Democratic
T07 Discovery Bay Amy Yung Wing-sheung Civic
T08 Peng Chau & Hei Ling Chau Josephine Tsang Sau-ho Independent
T09 Lamma & Po Toi Lau Shun-ting DAB
T10 Cheung Chau Leung Kwok-ho Independent
Ex Officio Peng Chau Rural Committee Chairman Wong Hon-kuen Independent
Lamma North Rural Committee Chairman Chan Lin-wai Independent
Tung Chung Rural Committee Chairman Wong Chau-ping Independent
Lamma South Rural Committee Chairman Chow Yuk-tong Independent
Tai O Rural Committee Chairman Ho Siu-kei Independent
Lantau South Rural Committee Chairman Ho Chun-fai Independent
Mui Wo Rural Committee Chairman Wong Man-hon Independent
Cheung Chau Rural Committee Chairman Yung Chi-ming Independent

Leadership

Chairs

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

ChairmanYearsPolitical Affiliation
Fok Siu-tung1981District Officer
Ricky Fung1981–1983District Officer
William Yap1983–1985District Officer
Daniel Lam Wai-keung1985–2011Heung Yee Kuk
Chow Yuk-tong2012–2019Heung Yee Kuk
Randy Yu Hon-kwan2020–presentHeung Yee Kuk

Vice Chairs
Vice ChairmanYearsPolitical Affiliation
Chau Chuen-heung2000–2015DAB
Randy Yu Hon-kwan2016–2019Heung Yee Kuk
Wong Man-hon2020–presentHeung Yee Kuk

References

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