3rd Legislative Council of Hong Kong

3rd Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Council
Jurisdiction	Hong Kong
Meeting place	Legislative Council Building
Term	1 October 2004 – 30 September 2008
Website	legco.gov.hk/
Members	60 members
President	Rita Fan (Independent)
Party control	Pro-Beijing camp

The Third Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 2004 election. The term of the session was from 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2008, during the second half of the Tung Chee-hwa's administration until his resignation in 2005 and was replaced by Donald Tsang for the rest of the term, and also the beginning of the third term of Chief Executive after Tsang won in the 2007 Election. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) became the largest party with 10 seats (not including the two DAB members who ran under the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions banner). Notable newcomers to the Legislative Council included Leung Kwok-hung, Alan Leong, Ronny Tong, Albert Cheng, and Jeffrey Lam.

Major events

21 December 2005: The pro-democrats voted down the government's constitutional reform package on the electoral methods for the 2007 chief executive (CE) and the 2008 Legislative Council (LegCo) elections.[1]

Major legislation

Enacted

6 August 2006: Interception of Communications and Surveillance Bill[2]
19 October 2006: Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2005[3]

Composition

Affiliation	Election	At dissolution
Liberal Party	10	10
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong	10	9
Breakfast Group/Alliance	5	5
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	3	3
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions	1	1
Independent	6	1
Total for Pro-Beijing camp	35	34
Democratic Party	9	9
Article 45 Concern Group/Civic Party	4	6
League of Social Democrats	0	2
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions	2	2
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	1	1
Frontier	1	1
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre	1	1
April Fifth Action	1	0
Independent	6	4
Total for Pan democracy camp	25	26
Total	60	60

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

Graphical representation of the Legislative Council

Pro-democracy camp:

Pro-Beijing camp:

Leadership

Office	Party	Officer		Constituency	Since
President	Independent		Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai	Hong Kong Island	1998

List of members

The following table is a list of LegCo members elected on 12 September 2004 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

GC/FC	Constituency	Elected Members	Elected Party	First Assumed Office	Born In
GC	Hong Kong Island	Rita Fan	Independent	1983	1947
GC	New Territories East	James Tien	Liberal	1988	1947
GC	New Territories West	Albert Ho	Democratic	1995	1951
FC	Engineering	Raymond Ho	Breakfast Group	1996	1939
GC	New Territories West	Lee Cheuk-yan	CTU	1995	1957
GC	Hong Kong Island	Martin Lee	Democratic	1985	1938
FC	Finance	David Li	Independent	1985	1939
GC	Kowloon East	Fred Li	Democratic	1991	1955
FC	Industrial (Second)	Lui Ming-wah	Breakfast Group	1998	1938
FC	Legal	Margaret Ng	A45 Concern Group^a	1995	1948
GC	New Territories West	Selina Chow	Liberal	1981	1945
GC	Kowloon West	James To	Democratic	1991	1963
FC	Education	Cheung Man-kwong	Democratic/PTU	1991	1954
GC	Kowloon East	Chan Yuen-han	FTU/DAB	1995	1946
FC	Insurance	Bernard Chan	Breakfast Group	1998	1965
GC	Kowloon East	Chan Kam-lam	DAB	1995	1949
FC	Textiles and Garment	Sophie Leung	Liberal	1996	1945
GC	New Territories West	Leung Yiu-chung	NWSC	1995	1953
FC	Information Technology	Sin Chung-kai	Democratic	1995	1960
FC	Commercial (Second)	Philip Wong	Independent	1991	1938
FC	Agriculture and Fisheries	Wong Yung-kan	DAB	1998	1951
GC	Kowloon West	Jasper Tsang	DAB	1996	1947
FC	Touism	Howard Young	Liberal	1991	1948
GC	Hong Kong Island	Yeung Sum	Democratic	1991	1947
GC	Kowloon West	Lau Chin-shek	CTU	1991	1944
GC	New Territories East	Lau Kong-wah	DAB	1998	1957
FC	District Council	Lau Wong-fat	Liberal	1985	1936
FC	Transport	Miriam Lau	Liberal	1988	1947
GC	New Territories East	Emily Lau	Frontier	1991	1952
GC	Hong Kong Island	Choy So-yuk	DAB	1996	1950
GC	New Territories East	Andrew Cheng	Democratic	1995	1960
FC	Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication	Timothy Fok	Independent	1996	1946
GC	New Territories West	Tam Yiu-chung	DAB	1985	1949
FC	Real Estate and Construction	Abraham Shek	Breakfast Group	2000	1945
FC	Labour	Li Fung-ying	FLU	2000	1950
FC	Catering	Tommy Cheung	Liberal	2000	1949
GC	New Territories West	Albert Chan	Independent^a	1991	1955
GC	Kowloon West	Frederick Fung	ADPL	1991	1953
GC	Hong Kong Island	Audrey Eu	A45 Concern Group^a	2000	1953
FC	Wholesale and Retail	Vicent Fang	Liberal	2000	1943
FC	Labour	Wong Kwok-hing	FTU/DAB	2004	1949
GC	New Territories West	Lee Wing-tat	Democratic	1991	1955
GC	New Territories East	Li Kwok-ying	DAB	2004	1950
FC	Health Services	Joseph Lee	Independent	2004	1959
FC	Heung Yee Kuk	Daniel Lam	Independent	1988	1949
FC	Commercial (First)	Jeffrey Lam	Liberal	2004	1952
GC	Hong Kong Island	Ma Lik	DAB	2004	1952
FC	Industrial (First)	Andrew Leung	Liberal	2004	1951
GC	Kowloon East	Alan Leong	A45 Concern Group^a	2004	1958
GC	New Territories East	Leung Kwok-hung	April Fifth Action^a	2004	1956
FC	Medical	Kwok Ka-ki	Independent	2004	1961
FC	Social Welfare	Fernando Cheung	Independent^a	2004	1957
GC	New Territories West	Cheung Hok-ming	DAB	2004	1952
FC	Import and Export	Wong Ting-kwong	DAB	2004	1949
GC	New Territories East	Ronny Tong	A45 Concern Group^a	2004	1952
FC	Financial Services	Chim Pui-chung	Independent	1991	1946
FC	Architectural, Surveying and Planning	Patrick Lau	Breakfast Group	2004	1944
GC	Kowloon East	Albert Cheng	Independent	2004	1946
FC	Labour	Kwong Chi-kin	FTU	2004	1958
FC	Accountancy	Tam Heung-man	Independent^a	2004	1957

By-election

2 December 2007, Anson Chan elected and replaced Ma Lik who died on 8 August 2007.

Other changes

2004

Bernard Chan (Insurance), Raymond Ho (Engineering), Patrick Lau Architectural, Surveying and Planning), Lui Ming-wah (Commercial), and Abraham Shek (Real Estate and Construction), the existing members of the Breakfast Group launched a political grouping called The Alliance.

2006

Audrey Eu (Hong Kong Island), Alan Leong (Kowloon East), Ronny Tong (New Territories East and Margaret Ng (Legal) from the Article 45 Concern Group co-founded the Civic Party in March 2006 with Mandy Tam (Accountancy and Fernando Cheung (Social Welfare) joining. Audrey Eu became the first leader of the party.
Independent Albert Chan (New Territories West) and April Fifth Action's Leung Kwok-hung co-founded the League of Social Democrats.

Committees

Finance Committee— Chair: Emily Lau (2004—07), Tam Yiu-chung (2007–08)
- Establishment Subcommittee— Chair: Li Fung-ying
- Public Works Subcommittee— Chair: Raymond Ho
Public Accounts Committee— Chair: Philip Wong
Committee on Members' Interests— Chair: Sophie Leung
House Committee— Chair: Miriam Lau
- Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee— Chair: Howard Young
Committee on Rules of Procedure— Chair: Jasper Tsang

Panels

Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services— Chair: Margaret Ng
Panel on Commerce and Industry— Chair: Sophie Leung (2004—06), Vincent Fang (2006—08)
Panel on Constitutional Affairs— Chair: Lui Ming-wah
Panel on Development— Chair: Lau Wong-fat
Panel on Economic Development— Chair: James Tien (2004—06), Jeffrey Lam (2006—08)
Panel on Education— Chair: Yeung Sum (2006—08), Jasper Tsang (2006—08)
Panel on Environmental Affairs— Chair: Choy So-yuk (2004—06), Audrey Eu (2006—08)
Panel on Financial Affairs— Chair: Bernard Chan (2004—06), Chan Kam-lam (2006—08)
Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene— Chair: Fred Li (2004—06), Tommy Cheung (2006—08)
Panel on Health Services— Chair: Andrew Cheng (2004–05), Kwok Ka-ki (2005–06), Joseph Lee (2006—07), Li Kwok-ying (2007—08)
Panel on Home Affairs— Chair: Tommy Cheung (2004—06), Choy So-yuk (2006—08)
Panel on Housing— Chair: Chan Kam-lam (2004—06), Lee Wing-tat (2006—08)
Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting— Chair: Sin Chung-kai (2004—06), Albert Cheng (2006—08)
Panel on Manpower— Chair: Lau Chin-shek
Panel on Public Service— Chair: Tam Yiu-chung (2004—06), Howard Young (2006—08)
Panel on Security— Chair: James To (2004—06), Lau Kong-wah (2006—08)
Panel on Transport— Chair: Lau Kong-wah (2004—06), Andrew Cheng (2006—08)
Panel on Welfare Services— Chair: Chan Yuen-han (2004—05, 2006—07), Fernando Cheung (2005—06, 2007—08)

References

Ng, Teddy (22 December 2005). "HK opposition reject election reform package". China Daily. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
"Bills Committee on Interception of Communications and Surveillance Bill". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 11 May 2013.
"Bills Committee on Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2005". 11 May 2013.

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[1] Ng, Teddy (22 December 2005). "HK opposition reject election reform package". China Daily. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

[2] "Bills Committee on Interception of Communications and Surveillance Bill". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 11 May 2013.

[3] "Bills Committee on Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2005". 11 May 2013.