4th Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Council
JurisdictionHong Kong
Meeting placeLegislative Council Building (2008–11)
Legislative Council Complex (2011–12)
Term1 October 2008 – 30 September 2012
Websitelegco.gov.hk/
Members60 members
PresidentTsang Yok-sing (DAB)
Party controlPro-Beijing camp
Protestors gathered outside the Legislative Council Building opposing to the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link in January 2010.
Five resigning democrat legislators at a rally on 27 January 2010.
Leung Chun-ying attended Legislative Council Q&A session first time as Chief Executive on 16 July 2012.

The Fourth Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the fourth meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 2008 election. The term of the session is from 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2012, during the second half of the Donald Tsang's administration and first two months of the Leung Chun-ying's term in office. The meeting place was moved from the Legislative Council Building to the new built Legislative Council Complex in 2011. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong remained the largest party with 10 seats. Notable newcomers to the Legislative Council included Regina Ip, Priscilla Leung, Wong Yuk-man, Tanya Chan, and Paul Tse.

Major events

Major legislation

Enacted

Proposed

  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2011

Chief Executive Election and Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2010

Following the reform plan passed in June, the LegCo passed the Chief Executive (Amendment) Bill on 3 March 2011 and Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill on 5 March with the Democratic Party voted for the bill. The membership of the Election Committee to return the Chief Executive increased from 800 to 1,200, while the number of seats in the LegCo rose by 10 to 70. Five of the new seats, known as 'super lawmakers', would be in the district councils functional constituency, where 3.2 million people would be eligible to vote.[7]

Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2012

The 2010 by-election launched by the pro-democracy legislators was strongly criticised by the Beijing government. The government tried to plug the "loophole" by passing the vacancies on to runners-up in the previous election, which was strongly opposed by the legal experts as unconstitutional The pro-democracy camp was strongly opposed to the bill, as it was seen as depriving citizens of their political rights. At last, the government modified the bill to bar the resigning legislator from running again for six months. People Power legislators started the filibuster against it but the bill was passed after President Tsang Yok-sing halted the debate.

Composition

Affiliation Election At dissolution
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong 10 10
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 4 4
Alliance/Professional Forum 3 4
Economic Synergy 0 4
Liberal Party 7 3
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions 1 1
New People's Party 0 1
Independent 12 9
Total for pro-Beijing camp 37 36
Democratic Party 8 8
Civic Party 5 5
Labour Party 0 3
People Power 0 2
League of Social Democrats 3 1
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre 1 1
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 1 1
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions 1 0
Frontier 1 0
Civic Act-up 1 0
Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union 1 0
Independent 1 2
Total for pan-democracy camp 23 23
Total 60 59
Vacant 0 1

Note: Italic represents organisations that still function but become under another affiliation.

Graphical representation of the Legislative Council

Pan-democracy camp (23)

  LSD (1)
  People Power (2)
  NSWC (1)
  Labour Party (3)
  Civic Party (5)
  Democratic Party (8)
  ADPL (1)
  Independents (2)

Pro-Beijing camp (37)

  Liberal Party (3)
  Economic Synergy (4)
  Professional Forum (4)
  New People's Party (1)
  DAB (10)
  FTU (4)
  FLU (1)
  Independents (10)

Leadership

Office Party Officer Constituency Since
President DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Hong Kong Island 2008

List of members

The following table is a list of LegCo members elected on 7 September 2008 in the order of precedence.

Members who did not serve throughout the term are italicised. New members elected since the general election are noted at the bottom of the page.

Key to changes since legislative election:

a = change in party allegiance
b = by-election
c = other change
GC/
FC		 Constituency Portrait Elected Members Elected Party Political Alignment Born Occupation(s) Assumed
Office
GC Hong Kong Island Jasper Tsang DAB Pro-Beijing 14 May 1947 Legislative Councillor 1998
GC New Territories West Albert Ho Democratic Pan-democracy 1 December 1951 Solicitor and Notary Public
Legislative Councillor		 1998
FC Engineering Raymond Ho Alliance Pro-Beijing 23 March 1939 Engineer 1998
GC New Territories West Lee Cheuk-yan CTUa Pan-democracy 12 February 1957 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC Finance David Li Independent Pro-Beijing 13 March 1939 Banker 1998
GC Kowloon East Fred Li Democratic Pan-democracy 25 April 1955 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC Legal Margaret Ng Civic Pan-democracy 25 January 1948 Barrister-at-law 1998
GC Kowloon West James To Democratic Pan-democracy 11 March 1963 Solicitor 1998
FC Education Cheung Man-kwong Democratic/PTU Pan-democracy 15 September 1954 Teacher
Legislative Councillor		 1998
GC Kowloon East Chan Kam-lam DAB Pro-Beijing 22 January 1949 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC Textiles and Garment Sophie Leung Liberala Pro-Beijing 9 October 1945 Company Director 1998
GC New Territories West Leung Yiu-chung NWSC Pan-democracy 19 May 1953 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC Commercial (Second) Philip Wong Independent Pro-Beijing 23 December 1938 Company Chairman 1998
FC Agriculture and Fisheries Wong Yung-kan DAB Pro-Beijing 10 August 1951 Legislative Councillor 1998
GC New Territories East Lau Kong-wah DAB Pro-Beijing 22 June 1957 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC Heung Yee Kuk Lau Wong-fat Liberala Pro-Beijing 15 October 1936 Company Chairman 1998
FC Transport Miriam Lau Liberal Pro-Beijing 27 April 1947 Solicitor and Notary Public 1998
GC New Territories East Emily Lau Frontiera Pan-democracy 22 January 1952 Legislative Councillor 1998
GC New Territories East Andrew Cheng Democratica Pan-democracy 28 April 1960 Solicitor 1998
FC Sports, Performing Arts,
Culture and Publication		 Timothy Fok Independent Pro-Beijing 14 February 1946 Merchant 1998
GC New Territories West Tam Yiu-chung DAB Pro-Beijing 15 December 1949 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC Real Estate and Construction Abraham Shek Alliance Pro-Beijing 24 June 1945 Company Director 2000
FC Labour Li Fung-ying FLU Pro-Beijing 2 December 1950 Trade Union Officer 2000
FC Catering Tommy Cheung Liberal Pro-Beijing 30 September 1949 Merchant
Legislative Councillor		 2000
GC New Territories Westb Albert Chan LSDa Pan-democracy 3 March 1955 Legislative Councillor 2000
GC Kowloon West Frederick Fung ADPL Pan-democracy 17 March 1953 Legislative Councillor 2000
GC Hong Kong Island Audrey Eu Civic Pan-democracy 11 September 1953 Senior Counsel 2000 (b)
FC Wholesale and Retail Vincent Fang Liberal Pro-Beijing 7 May 1943 Chief Executive
Managing Director		 2004
GC New Territories West Wong Kwok-hing FTU Pro-Beijing 29 March 1949 FTU Director 2004
GC New Territories West Lee Wing-tat Democratic Pan-democracy 25 December 1955 District Councillor 2004
FC Health Services Joseph Lee Independent Pan-democracy 14 August 1959 Dean and Professor 2004
FC Commercial (First) Jeffrey Lam Liberala Pro-Beijing 23 October 1951 Merchant 2004
FC Industrial (First) Andrew Leung Liberala Pro-Beijing 24 February 1951 Merchant 2004
GC Kowloon Eastb Alan Leong Civic Pan-democracy 22 February 1958 Senior Counsel 2004
GC New Territories Eastb Leung Kwok-hung LSD Pan-democracy 18 January 1957 Legislative Councillor 2004
GC New Territories West Cheung Hok-ming DAB Pro-Beijing 3 July 1952 Legislative Councillor 2004
FC Import and Export Wong Ting-kwong DAB Pro-Beijing 12 September 1949 Merchant 2004
GC New Territories East Ronny Tong Civic Pan-democracy 28 August 1950 Senior Counsel 2004
FC Financial Services Chim Pui-chung Independent Pro-Beijing 24 September 1946 Company Director 2004
FC Architectural, Surveying
and Planning		 Patrick Lau Alliance Pro-Beijing 1 June 1944 Architect
Professor		 2004
GC Hong Kong Island Kam Nai-wai Democratic Pan-democracy 1 November 1960 Social Worker 2008
GC Hong Kong Island Cyd Ho Civic Act-upa Pan-democracy 24 July 1954 Politician 2008
GC Kowloon West Starry Lee DAB Pro-Beijing 13 March 1974 Accountant 2008
FC Industrial (Second) Lam Tai-fai Independent Pro-Beijing 22 November 1959 Merchant 2008
GC New Territories East Chan Hak-kan DAB Pro-Beijing 24 April 1976 Researcher 2008
FC Accountancy Paul Chanc Independent Pro-Beijing 18 March 1955 Accountant 2008
FC Insurance Chan Kin-por Independent Pro-Beijing 10 May 1954 Advisor 2008
GC Hong Kong Islandb Tanya Chan Civic Pan-democracy 14 September 1971 Barrister-at-law 2008
GC Kowloon West Priscilla Leung Independenta Pro-Beijing 18 November 1961 Associate Professor
Barrister-at-law		 2008
FC Medical Leung Ka-lau Independent Non-aligned 1962 Doctor 2008
FC Social Welfare Cheung Kwok-che SWGU/ADPLa Pan-democracy 8 November 1951 Social Worker 2008
GC New Territories East Wong Sing-chi Democratic Pan-democracy 11 October 1957 Social Worker 2008
GC Kowloon East Wong Kwok-kin FTU Pro-Beijing 3 May 1952 FTU Chair 2008
GC Kowloon Westb Wong Yuk-man LSDa Pan-democracy 1 October 1951 Commentator 2008
FC Labour Ip Wai-ming FTU Pro-Beijing 18 October 1965 Trade Union Worker 2008
FC District Council Ip Kwok-him DAB Pro-Beijing 8 November 1951 Executive Secretary 2008
GC Hong Kong Island Regina Ip Independenta Pro-Beijing 24 August 1950 Chair of Savantas Policy Institute 2008
FC Labour Pan Pey-chyou FTU Pro-Beijing 9 November 1955 Psychiatrist 2008
FC Tourism Paul Tse Independent Pro-Beijing 21 November 1959 Solicitor 2008
FC Information Technology Samson Tam Independent Pro-Beijing 26 February 1964 Company Director 2008

By-election

Other changes

2008

2010

2011

2012

Committees

Panels

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jasper Tsang Yok-sing elected HKSAR LegCo president". China Daily. 8 October 2008.
  2. ↑ Tam, Aaron (29 January 2009). "The politics of banana throwing". The Thunder Bird.
  3. ↑ Hong Kong Opposition to Rail Holds Off Vote, Wall Street Journal
  4. 1 2 Cheung, Gary; Wong, Albert & Fung, Fanny (25 Jun 2010) "Cheers and jeers for political reform vote", South China Morning Post
  5. ↑ Yau, Thomas (25 Jun 2010), "Reluctant James To toes the party line" Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Standard
  6. ↑ Balfour, Frederik & Lui, Marco (25 Jun 2010). "Hong Kong Lawmakers Approve Tsang’s Election Plan" (Update1), BusinessWeek
  7. ↑ "Chief executive election bill clears first hurdle in marathon debate". South China Morning Post. 3 March 2011.
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