1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The First Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the first meeting of the legislative branch of the HKSAR government after the handover of Hong Kong, replacing the Provisional Legislative Council existing between 1997 and 1998. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 1998 election. It had the shortest term of the session was from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 2000, only two years unlike the latter legislative session of four years. The legislature was held during the first term of the Tung Chee-hwa's administration. The pro-democracy camp who did not participate in the Provisional Legislative Council held 20 seats with Democratic Party being the largest party. Notable newcomers to the Legislative Council included Cyd Ho, Bernard Chan, Lui Ming-wah, and Wong Yung-kan.

1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Council
Jurisdiction	Hong Kong
Meeting place	Legislative Council Building
Term	1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000
Website	legco.gov.hk/
Members	60 members
President	Rita Fan (Independent)
Party control	Pro-Beijing camp

Major events

• 12 December 1999: The Legislative Council passed the controversial Provision of Municipal Services (Reorganization) Bill to repeal the two provisional municipal councils, the Urban Council and Regional Council.

Major legislation

Enacted

• 12 December 1999: Provision of Municipal Services (Reorganization) Bill^[1]

Composition

		Affiliation	Election	At dissolution
		Liberal Party	10	10
		Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB)	9	10
		Hong Kong Progressive Alliance	5	6
		Breakfast Group	5	5
		New Century Forum	0	2
		Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU)	1	1
		Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU)	1	0
		Pro-Beijing Independent	9	5
		Total for Pro-Beijing camp	40	39
		Democratic Party	13	12
		The Frontier	3	3
		Citizens Party	1	1
		Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC)	1	1
		Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU)	0	1
		Independent Democrat	2	2
		Total for Pro-democracy camp	20	20
		Total	60	59
		Vacant	0	1

Graphical representation of the Legislative Council

•   Vacant seat

Pro-democracy camp:

•   NSWC
•   Frontier
•   Citizens Party
•   CTU
•   Democratic Party
•   Independents

Pro-Beijing camp:

•   Liberal Party
•   New Forum
•   Progressive Alliance
•   DAB
•   FLU
•   Independents

Leadership

Office	Party	Officer		Constituency	Since
President	Independent		Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai	Election Committee	1998

List of members

The following table is a list of LegCo members elected on 24 May 1998 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

Selection Method	Constituency	Portrait	Elected Members	Elected Party		Political Alignment	Born	Occupation(s)
EC	Election Committee		Rita Fan		Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1945-09-20)20 September 1945	Legislative Councillor
FC	Industrial (First)		Kenneth Ting		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1942-08-21)21 August 1942	Company Chairman
FC	Commercial (First)		James Tien		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1947-01-08)8 January 1947	Company Chairman
EC	Election Committee		David Chu		Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1943-03-05)5 March 1943	Company Chairman Company Director
EC	Election Committee		Ho Sai-chu		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1937-06-06)6 June 1937	Director and General Manager
GC	New Territories East		Cyd Ho		Frontier	Pro-democracy	(1954-07-24)24 July 1954	Social Activist
FC	Architectural, Surveying and Planning		Edward Ho		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1938-12-02)2 December 1938	Managing Director
GC	New Territories West		Albert Ho		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1951-12-01)1 December 1951	Solicitor and Notary Public Legislative Councillor
FC	Health Services		Michael Ho		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1955-11-06)6 November 1955	Registered Nurse
FC	Engineering		Raymond Ho		Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	(1939-03-23)23 March 1939	Engineer
GC	New Territories West		Lee Wing-tat		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1955-12-25)25 December 1955	Lecturer
GC	New Territories West		Lee Cheuk-yan		Frontiera	Pro-democracy	(1957-02-12)12 February 1957	Legislative Councillor
GC	Hong Kong Island		Martin Lee		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1938-06-08)8 June 1938	Barrister-at-law
FC	Accountancy		Eric Li		Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	(1953-05-23)23 May 1953	Accountant
FC	Labour		Lee Kai-ming		FLU	Pro-Beijing	(1937-10-11)11 October 1937	Legislative Councillor
FC	Finance		David Li		Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1939-03-13)13 March 1939	Banker
GC	Kowloon East		Fred Li		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1955-04-25)25 April 1955	Legislative Councillor
FC	Industrial (Second)		Lui Ming-wah		Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1937-04-04)4 April 1937	Businessman
EC	Election Committee		Ng Leung-sing		Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	(1949-07-11)11 July 1949	Banker
EC	Election Committee		Ng Ching-fai		Independenta	Pro-Beijing	(1939-11-20)20 November 1939	Dean and Chair Professor
FC	Legal		Margaret Ng		Independent	Pro-democracy	(1948-01-25)25 January 1948	Barrister-at-law
FC	Wholesale and Retail		Selina Chow		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1945-01-25)25 January 1945	Legislative Councillor
FC	Real Estate and Construction		Ronald Arculli		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1939-01-02)2 January 1939	Solicitor
EC	Election Committee		Ma Fung-kwok		Independenta	Pro-Beijing	(1955-07-22)22 July 1955	Managing Director
GC	Kowloon West		James To		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1963-03-11)11 March 1963	Solicitor
FC	Education		Cheung Man-kwong		Democratic/PTU	Pro-democracy	(1954-09-15)15 September 1954	Teacher Legislative Councillor
FC	Urban Council		Ambrose Cheungc		Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1951-01-10)10 January 1951	Lawyer Company Director
FC	Import and Export		Hui Cheung-ching		Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1942-09-04)4 September 1942	Company Director
GC	Hong Kong Island		Christine Loh		Citizens	Pro-democracy	(1956-02-01)1 February 1956	Politician
FC	Labour		Chan Kwok-keung		FTUa	Pro-Beijing	(1946-01-17)17 January 1946	Associate Director
GC	Kowloon East		Chan Yuen-han		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1946-11-15)15 November 1946	Labour Service
FC	Insurance		Bernard Chan		Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	(1965-01-11)11 January 1965	Company President
FC	Labour		Chan Wing-chan		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1935-07-07)7 July 1935	Legislative Councillor
GC	Kowloon East		Chan Kam-lam		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1949-01-22)22 January 1949	Legislative Councillor
FC	Medical		Leong Che-hung		Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	(1939-04-23)23 April 1939	Medical Doctor
FC	Textiles and Garment		Sophie Leung		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1945-10-09)9 October 1945	Company Director
GC	New Territories West		Leung Yiu-chung		NWSC	Pro-democracy	(1953-05-19)19 May 1953	Legislative Councillor
GC	Hong Kong Island		Gary Cheng		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1950-05-29)29 May 1950	Public Relations Consultant
FC	Information Technology		Sin Chung-kai		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1960-06-15)15 June 1960	Legislative Councillor
GC	New Territories East		Andrew Wong		Independent	Pro-democracy	(1943-12-11)11 December 1943	Professor
FC	Commercial (Second)		Philip Wong		Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1938-12-23)23 December 1938	Company Chairman
FC	Agriculture and Fisheries		Wong Yung-kan		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1951-08-10)10 August 1951	Legislative Councillor
GC	Kowloon West		Jasper Tsang		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1947-05-14)14 May 1947	Legislative Councillor
FC	Tourism		Howard Young		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1948-03-30)30 March 1948	General Manager
GC	Hong Kong Island		Yeung Sum		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1947-11-22)22 November 1947	Lecturer
EC	Election Committee		Yeung Yiu-chung		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1951-11-07)7 November 1951	School Principal
FC	Financial Servicesb		Chim Pui-chung		Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1946-09-24)24 September 1946	Company Director
GC	Kowloon West		Lau Chin-shek		Democratica	Pro-democracy	(1944-09-12)12 September 1944	Legislative Councillor
GC	New Territories East		Lau Kong-wah		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1957-06-22)22 June 1957	Legislative Councillor
FC	Heung Yee Kuk		Lau Wong-fat		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1936-10-15)15 October 1936	Company Chairman
FC	Transport		Miriam Lau		Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1947-04-27)27 April 1947	Solicitor and Notary Public
EC	Election Committee		Ambrose Lau		Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1947-07-16)16 July 1947	Solicitor and Notary Public
GC	New Territories East		Emily Lau		Frontier	Pro-democracy	(1952-01-22)22 January 1952	Legislative Councillor
FC	Regional Councilb		Tang Siu-tong		Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1942-09-26)26 September 1942	Medical Practitioner
EC	Election Committee		Choy So-yuk		Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1950-10-10)10 October 1950	Merchant
GC	New Territories East		Andrew Cheng		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1960-04-28)28 April 1960	Solicitor
GC	Kowloon East		Szeto Wah		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1931-02-28)28 February 1931	Legislative Councillor
FC	Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication		Timothy Fok		Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1946-02-14)14 February 1946	Merchant
FC	Social Welfare		Law Chi-kwong		Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1953-11-01)1 November 1953	Social Work Teacher
GC	New Territories West		Tam Yiu-chung		DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1949-12-15)15 December 1949	Legislative Councillor

By-elections

• 29 October 1998, a by-election was held for Regional Council constituency after some votes were found problematic. Tang Siu-tong won again in the by-election.
• 5 November 1998, Fung Chi-kin replaced Chim Pui-chung in the Financial Services by-election after Chim was found conspiring to forge documents in 1998, whereupon he was impeached and disqualified as a legislator by Legco.^[2][3]

Other changes

1999

• Ma Fung-kwok and Ng Ching-fai (Election Committee) co-founded the New Century Forum on 23 June 1999.

2000

• Ambrose Cheung (Urban Council) representing the Provisional Urban Council resigned from the Legislative Council as protest to the government's decision on abolishing the two municipal councils, Urban Council and Regional Council with effect from 1 January 2000.
• Lau Chin-shek (Kowloon West) was expelled from the Democratic Party in May 2000 because of having dual membership of both Democratic Party and The Frontier.^[4]

Committees

Committee	Chair				Vice Chair
		1998–1999		1999–2000		1998–1999		1999–2000
Committees
Finance Committee Establishment Subcommittee Public Works Subcommittee		Ronald Arculli (Liberal)				Chan Kam-lam (DAB)
		Philip Wong (Independent)				Ng Leung-sing (Breakfast)
		Ho Sai-chu (Liberal)				Raymond Ho (Breakfast)
Public Accounts Committee		Eric Li (Breakfast)				Fred Li (Democratic)
Committee on Members' Interests		David Chu (PA)				Sin Chung-kai (Democratic)
House Committee Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee		Leong Che-hung (Breakfast)				Yeung Sum (Democratic)
		Edward Ho (Liberal)				Emily Lau (Frontier)
Committee on Rules of Procedure		Selina Chow (Liberal)				Margaret Ng (Independent)
Panels
Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services		Margaret Ng (Independent)				Jasper Tsang (DAB)
Panel on Commerce and Industry		Chan Kam-lam (DAB)				Lui Ming-wah (Ind.)		Kenneth Ting (Liberal)
Panel on Constitutional Affairs		Andrew Wong (Independent)				Emily Lau (Frontier)
Panel on Economic Services		James Tien (Liberal)				Fred Li (Democratic)
Panel on Education		Yeung Yiu-chung (DAB)				Ng Ching-fai (Independent→NCF)
Panel on Environmental Affairs		Christine Loh (Citizens)				Hui Cheung-ching (PA)
Panel on Financial Affairs		Ambrose Lau (PA)				Eric Li (Breakfast)
Panel on Health Services		Michael Ho (Democratic)				Leong Che-hung (Breakfast)
Panel on Home Affairs		Choy So-yuk (PA)				Albert Ho (Democratic)
Panel on Housing		Lee Wing-tat (Democratic)				Gary Cheng (DAB)
Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting		Sin Chung-kai (Democratic)		Ma Fung-kwok (Independent→NCF)		Ma Fung-kwok (Independent→NCF)		Sin Chung-kai (Democratic)
Panel on Manpower		Fred Li (Democratic)		Lau Chin-shek (Democratic→CTU)		Lau Chin-shek (Democratic)		Lee Kai-ming (FLU)
Panel on Planning, Lands and Works		Edward Ho (Liberal)				Tang Siu-tong (PA)
Panel on Public Service		Tam Yiu-chung (DAB)				Sophie Leung (Liberal)
Panel on Security		James To (Democratic)				Selina Chow (Liberal)
Panel on Transport		Miriam Lau (Liberal)				Lau Kong-wah (DAB)
Panel on Welfare Services		Chan Yuen-han (DAB)				Ho Sai-chu (Liberal)

See also

• 1998 Hong Kong legislative election

References

1. "Bills Committee on Provision of Municipal Services (Reorganization) Bill". 11 May 2013.
2. Hong Kong/SAR Court of Appeal
3. Long Hair impeachment bid rests on Civic Party, South China Morning Post, 22 March 2012
4. Lam, Rhonda. "Democrats suspend unionist Lau over dual membership". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 May 2012.