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Islands District Council

離島區議會
Islands District Council ; 離島區議會
Type
Type	Hong Kong District Council of the Islands District
Leadership
Chair	Chow Yuk-tong, Independent
Vice-Chair	Randy Yu Hon-kwan, Independent
Structure
Seats	18 councillors; consisting of; 10 elected and; 8 ex officio members
DAB	3 / 18
Civic	1 / 18
FTU	1 / 18
NPP	1 / 18
Independent	12 / 18
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	22 November 2015
Meeting place
	20/F., Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong
Website
	www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/island/

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Islands District Council (Chinese: 離島區議會) is the district council for the Islands District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. 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 22 November 2015.

History

The Islands District Council was established in 1982 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 was dominated by the rural forces. As the Tung Chung new town was developed in the early 2000s, some political parties have also attempted in those areas, such as 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 Civic Party has also held Discovery Bay since 2000.

Political control

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

Camp in control	Largest party	Years
No Overall Control	None	1982 - 1985
Pro-government	None	1985 - 1988
Pro-government	None	1988 - 1991
Pro-government	None	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 - present

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

	Political party	Council members						Current members
	Political party	1994	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	Current members
bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	Independent	4	5	4	3	3	2	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|
bgcolor=Template:DAB/meta/color \|	DAB	2	2	4	4	4	3	bgcolor=Template:DAB/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:DAB/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:DAB/meta/color \|
style="background-color:Template:Civic Party/meta/color"\|	Civic Party	-	-	-	2	1	1	style="background-color:Template:Civic Party/meta/color"\|
bgcolor=Template:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/meta/color \|	FTU	-	-	-	-	1	1	bgcolor=Template:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/meta/color \|
bgcolor=Template:New People's Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color \|	NPP	-	-	-	-	-	1	bgcolor=Template:New People's Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color \|

District result maps

2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map

Members represented

Code	Constituency	Name	Political affiliation
T01	Lantau	Randy Yu Hon-kwan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
T02	Yat Tung Estate North	Tang Ka-piu style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions" \|	FTU/DAB
T03	Yat Tung Estate South	Kwok Ping style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
T04	Tung Chung North	Sammi Fu Hiu-lam style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1C8BCD;" data-sort-value="NPPHK" \|	NPP
T05	Tung Chung South	Holden Chow Ho-ding style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong" \|	DAB
T06	Discovery Bay	Amy Yung Wing-sheung style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #7F3F98;" data-sort-value="Civic Party" \|	Civic
T07	Peng Chau and Hei Ling Chau	Josephine Tsang Sau-ho style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
T08	Lamma and Po Toi	Yu Lai-fan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong" \|	DAB
T09	Cheung Chau South	Kwong Koon-wan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
T10	Cheung Chau North	Lee Kwai-chun style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong" \|	DAB
Ex Officio	Peng Chau Rural Committee Chairman	Wong Hon-kuen style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
	Lamma North Rural Committee Chairman	Chan Lin-wai style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
	Tung Chung Rural Committee Chairman	Fan Chi-ping style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
	Lamma South Rural Committee Chairman	Chow Yuk-tong style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
	Tai O Rural Committee Chairman	Lou Cheuk-wing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
	Lantau South Rural Committee Chairman	Cheung Foo style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
	Mui Wo Rural Committee Chairman	Wong Man-hon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
	Cheung Chau Rural Committee Chairman	Yung Chi-ming style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent

Leadership

Chairs

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

Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
bgcolor="Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color"\|	William Yap	?–1985	District Officer
bgcolor="Template:Heung Yee Kuk/meta/color"\|	Daniel Lam Wai-keung	1985–2011	Heung Yee Kuk
bgcolor="Template:Heung Yee Kuk/meta/color"\|	Chow Yuk-tong	2012–present	Heung Yee Kuk

Vice Chairs

Vice Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
style="background: Template:DABHK/meta/color"\|	Chau Chuen-heung	2000–2015	DAB
style="background: Template:Heung Yee Kuk/meta/color"\|	Randy Yu Hon-kwan	2016–present	Heung Yee Kuk

References

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 '''Islands District Council''' ({{zh|t=離島區議會}}) is the [[district council of Hong Kong|district council]] for the [[Islands District]] in [[Hong Kong]]. It is one of 18 district council. 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 [[Hong Kong local elections, 2015|22 November 2015]].
+==History==
+The Islands District Council was established in 1982 under the name of the Islands District Board as the result of the colonial [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] [[Murray MacLehose]]'s District Administration Scheme reform. The District Board was partly elected with the ''ex-officio'' [[Regional Council (Hong Kong)|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 of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Tung Chee-hwa]]. The current Islands District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the [[Hong Kong local elections, 1999|first District Council election]] in 1999. The appointed seats were abolished in 2015 after the [[2010 Hong Kong electoral reform|modified constitutional reform proposal]] was passed by the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] in 2010.
+The Islands District Council has the most number of eight ''ex-officio'' seats and was dominated by the rural forces. As the [[Tung Chung]] [[new towns in Hong Kong|new town]] was developed in the early 2000s, some political parties have also attempted in those areas, such as [[Tang Ka-piu]] of the [[Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions]] (FTU) in [[Yat Tung Estate North (constituency)|Yat Tung Estate North]] and [[Holden Chow]] of the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB) in [[Tung Chung South (constituency)|Tung Chung South]]. Amy Yung Wing-sheung of the [[Civic Party]] has also held Discovery Bay since 2000.
 ==Political control==

	Political party	Council members						Current members
	Political party	1994	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	Current members
bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	Independent	4	5	4	3	3	2	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color \|
bgcolor=Template:DAB/meta/color \|	DAB	2	2	4	4	4	3	bgcolor=Template:DAB/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:DAB/meta/color \|	bgcolor=Template:DAB/meta/color \|
style="background-color:Template:Civic Party/meta/color"\|	Civic Party	-	-	-	2	1	1	style="background-color:Template:Civic Party/meta/color"\|
bgcolor=Template:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/meta/color \|	FTU	-	-	-	-	1	1	bgcolor=Template:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/meta/color \|
bgcolor=Template:New People's Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color \|	NPP	-	-	-	-	-	1	bgcolor=Template:New People's Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color \|

v t e District Councils of Hong Kong (by district)
Hong Kong Island	Central and Western Wan Chai Eastern Southern
Kowloon	Yau Tsim Mong Sham Shui Po Kowloon City Wong Tai Sin Kwun Tong
New Territories	Tsuen Wan Tuen Mun Yuen Long North Tai Po Sai Kung Sha Tin Kwai Tsing Islands

v t e Islands District Council (18)
Civic (2)	Discovery Bay Tung Chung Central
DAB (1)	Lamma & Po Toi
Democratic (1)	Tung Chung North
Independent (6)	Cheung Chau Lantau Peng Chau & Hei Ling Chau Mun Yat Tung Chung South Yat Tung Estate North
Ex-officio members: Independent (8) (Cheung Chau Rural Committee, Lamma North Rural Committee, Lamma South Rural Committee, Lantau South Rural Committee, Mui Wo Rural Committee, Peng Chau Rural Committee, Tai O Rural Committee, Tung Chung Rural Committee)