# Eastern District Council > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eastern_District_Council > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eastern_District_Council.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_District_Council > Source revision: 1341851461 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Hong Kong district council Eastern District Council 東區區議會 Type Type Hong Kong District Council of the Eastern District, Hong Kong History Founded 28 October 1981 (1981-10-28) (District Board) 1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) (Provisional) 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01) (District Council) Leadership Chair Simon Chan Sheung-man, Independent Structure Seats 30 councillors consisting of 6 elected members 12 district committee members 12 appointed members DAB 13 / 30 FTU 3 / 30 NPP 3 / 30 Liberal 2 / 30 BPA 1 / 30 FEW 1 / 30 Independent 7 / 30 Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 10 December 2023 Meeting place 11/F, Eastern Law Court Building, 29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong Website www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/east/ ‹[See RfD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2026_May_22#Template:Chinese)› Eastern District Council Traditional Chinese 東區區議會 Simplified Chinese 东区区议会 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōngqūqūyìhuì Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Dūng kēui kēui yíh wúih Jyutping Dung1 keoi1 keoi1 ji5 wui5 The **Eastern District Council** (noted as **East**) is the [district council](/source/District_council_of_Hong_Kong) for the [Eastern District](/source/Eastern_District%2C_Hong_Kong) in [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong). It is one of 18 such councils. The Eastern District Council currently consists of 35 members, of which the district is divided into three constituencies, electing a total of 6 members, 12 district committee members, and 12 appointed members. The last election was held on [10 December 2023](/source/2023_Hong_Kong_local_elections). ## History The Eastern District Council was established on 28 October 1981 under the name of the Eastern District Board as the result of the colonial [Governor](/source/Governor_of_Hong_Kong) [Murray MacLehose](/source/Murray_MacLehose)'s District Administration Scheme reform. The District Board was partly elected with the *ex-officio* [Urban Council](/source/Urban_Council) members, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor [Chris Patten](/source/Chris_Patten) refrained from appointing any member. The Eastern District Board became Eastern Provisional District Board after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established in 1997 with the appointment system being reintroduced by [Chief Executive](/source/Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong) [Tung Chee-hwa](/source/Tung_Chee-hwa). The Eastern District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the [first District Council election](/source/1999_Hong_Kong_local_elections) in 1999. The council has become fully elected when the appointed seats were abolished in 2011 after the [modified constitutional reform proposal](/source/2010_Hong_Kong_electoral_reform) was passed by the [Legislative Council](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong) in 2010. The Eastern District Council was one of the largest District Councils in Hong Kong and the largest on Hong Kong Island, now the largest District Council replace status in the Kwun Tong District Council . Compared to the continuing shrinking in size of the [Wan Chai District Council](/source/Wan_Chai_District_Council), the government in 2015 decided to transfer [Tin Hau](/source/Tin_Hau_(constituency)) and [Victoria Park](/source/Victoria_Park_(constituency)) constituencies from the Eastern to the Wan Chai District Council.[1] Many older political organisations, especially the [Reform Club of Hong Kong](/source/Reform_Club_of_Hong_Kong) had a long presence in the Eastern District. In the [1985 election](/source/1985_Hong_Kong_local_elections), an electoral coalition of 12 incumbents based on personal network surrounding [Kwan Lim-ho](/source/Kwan_Lim-ho) of the Reform Club, contested in the election, winning 10 seats in total.[2] The traditional leftists through the [Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions](/source/Hong_Kong_Federation_of_Trade_Unions) (FTU) also had considerable influence in their traditional stronghold of [North Point](/source/North_Point%2C_Hong_Kong) and passed on its influence to the [Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong](/source/Democratic_Alliance_for_the_Betterment_of_Hong_Kong) (DAB) formed in 1992 and gradually expanded to the public estate areas in [Shau Kei Wan](/source/Shau_Kei_Wan) and [Chai Wan](/source/Chai_Wan), while the influence of the pro-democrats, represented by the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(Hong_Kong)) and the [Civic Party](/source/Civic_Party) today, was mostly limited to certain areas of private apartments such as [Tai Koo Shing](/source/Tai_Koo_Shing) and [Sai Wan Ho](/source/Sai_Wan_Ho). The pro-democrats achieved the majority of the council for the first time in the [2019 election](/source/2019_Hong_Kong_local_elections) in a historic landslide victory amid the [pro-democracy protests](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests), taking 32 of the 35 seats in the council, with many of the pro-Beijing strongholds in North Point fell into the hand of pro-democracy independents. The Civic Party emerged as the largest party with five seats which saw its veteran councillor [Joseph Lai](/source/Joseph_Lai) took the chairmanship. ## Political control Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Camp in control Largest party Years Composition No Overall Control Reform Club 1982 - 1985 Pro-government Reform Club 1985 - 1988 Pro-government HKAS 1988 - 1991 Pro-government United Democrats 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 - 2019 Pro-democracy → NOC Civic → None 2020 - 2023 Pro-Beijing DAB 2024 - 2027 ## Political makeup [Elections](/source/District_Councils_of_Hong_Kong#Elections) are held every four years. Political party Council members 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 DAB 9 13 12 14 16 10 1 3 FTU 1 1 1 6 1 2 Liberal 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 Independent 8 8 14 14 16 12 17 14 12 10 18 8 Civic 2 3 4 5 Democratic 4 6 6 3 2 2 4 Labour 1 2 LSD 2 1 SKWEF 1 HTTHECG 1 NPP 1 HKPA 1 1 Citizens 1 HKDF 2 2 1 Frontier 1 United Democrats 3 Civic 1 3 2 2 LDF 2 PHKS 1 2 HKAS 1 2 Reform 1 5 1 Total elected members 10 18 22 24 34 37 37 37 37 35 35 6 Other members 13 12 15 12 0 9 9 9 6 0 0 24 - **1994** - **1999** - **2003** - **2007** - **2011** - **2015** - **2019** ## Members represented Capacity Code Constituency Name Political affiliation Term Notes Elected C01 Tai Pak Eddie Ting Ko-ho DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Kenny Yuen Kin-chung Liberal 1 January 2024 Incumbent C02 Hong Wan Annie Lee Ching-har DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Ng Ching-ching FTU 1 January 2024 Incumbent C03 Chai Wan Elaine Chik Kit-ling DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Stanley Ho Ngai-kam FTU 1 January 2024 Incumbent District Committees Wong Chi-chung DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Lam Wing-shing DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Hung Chi-kit DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Kwok Wing-kin DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Joseph Chan Hoi-wing DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Lau Suk-yin DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Dana Lau Shing-she NPP 1 January 2024 Incumbent Tsang Cheuk-yi Liberal 1 January 2024 Incumbent Lam Wing-cheung Independent 1 January 2024 Incumbent Lin Caiying Independent 1 January 2024 Incumbent Hung Chiu-kwan Independent 1 January 2024 Incumbent Lai Nuen-san Independent 1 January 2024 Incumbent Appointed Lam Sum-lim DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Hung Lin-cham DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Cheng Chi-sing DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Lau Hing-yeung DAB 1 January 2024 Incumbent Liang Li FTU 1 January 2024 Incumbent Anthony Lu Xiaofeng NPP 1 January 2024 Incumbent Calvin Kwok Ho-king NPP 1 January 2024 Incumbent Kacee Ting Wong BPA 1 January 2024 Incumbent Zareenah Ho Independent 1 January 2024 Incumbent Li Lee Independent 1 January 2024 Incumbent Benny Chau Chi-yan Independent 1 January 2024 Incumbent Chan Hang Independent 1 January 2024 Incumbent ## Leadership ### Chairs Between 1985 and 2023, the chairman is elected by all the members of the council. Chairman Years Political Affiliation Charles Gately 1981–1982 District Officer Lui Hau-tuen 1982–1985 District Officer Shum Choi-sang 1985–1994 Independent Chan Bing-woon 1994–1999 Independent Christina Ting Yuk-chee 2000–2011 Independent Christopher Chung Shu-kun 2012 DAB Wong Kin-pan 2012–2019 DAB Joseph Lai Chi-keong 2020–2021 Civic Leung Wing-sze 2021-2023 Independent Simon Chan Sheung-man 2024–present District Officer ### Vice Chairs Vice Chairman Years Political Affiliation Christopher Chung Shu-kun 2000–2003 DAB Wong Kwok-hing 2004–2007 DAB Christopher Chung Shu-kun 2008–2011 DAB Wong Kin-pan 2012 DAB Kung Pak-cheung 2012–2015 DAB Chiu Chi-keung 2016–2019 FTU Andrew Chiu Ka-yin 2020–2021 Democratic ## Notes ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Public Consultation on Demarcation of District boundary between Eastern and Wan Chai Districts"](http://www.cmab.gov.hk/en/issues/demarcation.htm). *Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "百姓 - Issues 159-170". 百姓半月刊編輯委員會. 1988. p. 3. 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 Eastern District Council elections 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eastern District Council](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_District_Council) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_District_Council?action=history)). 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