Sham Shui Po District Council

Sham Shui Po District Council 深水埗區議會
Type
Type	Hong Kong District Council of the Sham Shui Po District
Leadership
Chair	Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum, Independent
Vice-Chair	Chan Wai-ming, DAB
Structure
Seats	23 councillors consisting of 23 elected members
ADPL	9 / 23
DAB	5 / 23
KWND/BPA	4 / 23
Civic	1 / 23
Democratic	1 / 23
Liberal	1 / 23
FLU	1 / 23
Independent	1 / 23
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	22 November 2015
Meeting place
4/F Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/ssp/

Sham Shui Po District Council (Chinese: 深水埗區議會) is the district council for the Sham Shui Po District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district councils. Sham Shui Po District currently consists of 23 members, of which the district is divided into 23 constituencies, electing a total of 23 members. The latest election was held on 22 November 2015.

Overview

Partly because of the large presence of the low-income group in Sham Shui Po, the area has bred many pro-grassroots politicians. The former chairman of the Sham Shui Po District Council, Tam Kwok-kiu, is a veteran local politician fighting for the interests of public housing tenants for many years.

Sham Shui Po is the stronghold of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL). Of the 23 District Councillors in Sham Shui Po, nine belong to his group, including former party chief Frederick Fung Kin-kee. Fung was returned to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2000 by direct election in the geographical constituency of Kowloon West, in which Sham Shui Po is the biggest area.

However, Hong Kong's largest pro-government and pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), has gained a foothold in Sham Shui Po too. In 2000, Tsang Yok-sing, the then chairman of DAB and member of the Executive Council, Hong Kong SAR chief executive Tung Chee-hwa's inner cabinet, won a seat in the Legislative Council representing the Kowloon West constituency, which includes Sham Shui Po.

The pan-democrats have been less successful at canvassing grass-roots support. Pro-Beijing politicians have won favour in Sham Shui Po by organizing such things as free banquets and tours to southern China.

In the 2015 Hong Kong District Council election, the district's first election after Umbrella Revolution, the pan-democrats have regained almost half of the seats in the district council with 11 seats in their possession. as composed to pro-Beijing camp's 12 seats.

Political control

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

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

Members represented

Leadership

Chairs

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

Vice Chairs

References

External links

• Shan Shui Po at the Hong Kong Government District Councils website (Chinese)

Coordinates: 22°19′55″N 114°09′49″E / 22.3319°N 114.1635°E / 22.3319; 114.1635