Islands District Council

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
Democratic	1 / 18
FTU	1 / 18
NPP	1 / 18
BPA	1 / 18
Independent	10 / 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/

Islands District Council 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.

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
No Overall Control	None	1985 - 1988
No Overall Control	None	1988 - 1991
No Overall Control	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

Members represented

Code	Constituency	Name
T01	Lantau	Randy Yu Hon-kwan	Independent
T02	Yat Tung Estate North	Tang Ka-piu	FTU
T03	Yat Tung Estate South	Kwok Ping	Democratic
T04	Tung Chung North	Sammi Fu Hiu-lam	NPP
T05	Tung Chung South	Holden Chow Ho-ding	DAB
T06	Discovery Bay	Amy Yung Wing-sheung	Civic
T07	Peng Chau and Hei Ling Chau	Josephine Tsang Sau-ho	Independent
T08	Lamma and Po Toi	Yu Lai-fan	DAB
T09	Cheung Chau South	Kwong Koon-wan	BPA
T10	Cheung Chau North	Lee Kwai-chun	DAB
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	Fan Chi-ping	Independent
	Lamma South Rural Committee Chairman	Chow Yuk-tong	Independent
	Tai O Rural Committee Chairman	Lou Cheuk-wing	Independent
	Lantau South Rural Committee Chairman	Cheung Foo	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:

	Years	Political Affiliation
William Yap	?–1985	District Officer
Daniel Lam Wai-keung	1985–2011	Heung Yee Kuk
Chow Yuk-tong	2012–present	Heung Yee Kuk

Vice Chairs

Vice Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
	Chau Chuen-heung	2000–2015	DAB
	Randy Yu Hon-kwan	2016–present	Heung Yee Kuk

References

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

Islands District Council (18)

DAB (3)	Cheung Chau North Lamma and Po Toi Tung Chung South

FTU (1)	Yat Tung Estate North

Democratic (1)	Yat Tung Estate South

BPA (1)	Cheung Chau South

NPP (1)	Tung Chung North

Independent (2)	Lantau Peng Chau and Hei Ling Chau

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)

Coordinates: 22°17′12″N 114°09′18″E / 22.286724°N 114.155121°E / 22.286724; 114.155121

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