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A similar [[Hotels and Catering (constituency)|Hotels and Catering functional constituency]] was created for the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1995|1995 election]] by the then governor [[Chris Patten]] with a much larger electorate base which composed of almost 70,000 voters. |
A similar [[Hotels and Catering (constituency)|Hotels and Catering functional constituency]] was created for the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1995|1995 election]] by the then governor [[Chris Patten]] with a much larger electorate base which composed of almost 70,000 voters. |
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The Catering constituency contains both corporate and individual members who hold food licenses and/or are members of associations such as the Association for the Hong Kong Catering Services Management Limited, the Hong Kong Catering Industry Association Limited and the Association of Restaurant Managers Limited.<ref>{{cite book|title=Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executivei|first1=Simon N.M.|last1=Young|first2=Richard|last2=Cullen|page=117|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=2010}}</ref> |
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==Criticism== |
==Criticism== |
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Revision as of 07:56, 4 June 2016
| Catering 飲食界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Electorate | 8,149 (2008)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2000 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Tommy Cheung (Liberal) |
The Catering (Chinese: 飲食界) functional constituency is in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was created for the 2000 Legislative Council election to replace the Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies. The constituency is composed of holders of food business licences.[2] Since its creation, it has been held by Liberal Party's Tommy Cheung.
A similar Hotels and Catering functional constituency was created for the 1995 election by the then governor Chris Patten with a much larger electorate base which composed of almost 70,000 voters.
Electorate
The Catering constituency contains both corporate and individual members who hold food licenses and/or are members of associations such as the Association for the Hong Kong Catering Services Management Limited, the Hong Kong Catering Industry Association Limited and the Association of Restaurant Managers Limited.[3]
Criticism
The Catering constituency has been criticised for favouring big business. It was revealed that around one in 10 corporate voters have links to four major conglomerates in Hong Kong, more than 100 of the 1,004 corporate voters registered give addresses connected with the Tao Heung Group, Cafe de Coral Group, Fulum Group and Victoria Harbour Restaurant Group.[4]
Return members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | 2000 | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | Liberal |
Electoral results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | uncontested | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | uncontested | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | 2,488 | 63.75 | ||
| Democratic | Josephine Chan Shu-ying | 849 | 21.75 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Wong Sin-ying | 566 | 14.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,903 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | 1,478 | 53.59 | ||
| Independent | Leung Kwong-cheong | 720 | 26.11 | ||
| DAB | Ng Tak-leung | 560 | 20.3 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "Community Legal Information Centre". Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Young, Simon N.M.; Cullen, Richard (2010). Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executivei. Hong Kong University Press. p. 117.
- ^ Lam, Jeffie; Fung, Owen (3 June 2015). "Corporate power: Hong Kong catering functional constituency gives undue weight to four big groups". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "2004 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "2000 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
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