5th Legislative Council of Hong Kong
4th Legislative Council 6th Legislative Council
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Council
JurisdictionHong Kong
Meeting placeLegislative Council Complex
Term1 October 2012 – 30 September 2016
GovernmentLeung government
Websitelegco.gov.hk/
Members70 members
PresidentTsang Yok-sing (DAB)
Party controlPro-Beijing camp

The Fifth Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the fifth meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 2012 election. The term of the session is from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2016, during the term in office of the Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Due to the new arrangements agreed in a contentious LegCo vote in 2010, the session consists of the new total of 70 seats in LegCo, ten more than previously, with 35 members elected in geographical constituencies through direct elections, and 35 members in functional constituencies, in which five District Council (Second) functional constituency seats each represent all 18 District councils of Hong Kong voted for by all resident voters in Hong Kong (who did not have a vote in any other functional constituency).[1][2] The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong remained the largest party while the pan-democrats secured the one-third crucial minority. Notable new members of the LegCo members include Gary Fan from the new established party Neo Democrats and first openly gay councillor, People Power's Ray Chan Chi-chuen.[3]

Major events

2012–13

  • 8 November 2012: Motion on "Equal rights for people of different sexual orientations", moved by Cyd Ho, was negatived.[4]
  • 13 December 2012: Motion on "Vote of no confidence in the Chief Executive", moved by the Democratic Party's Wu Chi-wai, in response to the illegal structures scandal of Leung Chun-ying's residences was voted down by the Pro-Beijing camp.[5]
  • 16 January 2013: Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying presented his first policy address to the council.[6]
  • 27 February 2013: The 2013–14 Budget Speech was delivered by the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, in the Legislative Council.[7]
  • 24 April – 21 May 2013 : Five radical pan-democrats People Power and League of Social Democrats started filibustering by moving a total of 710 amendments on the Budget Appropriation Bill debate, to press for a universal pension scheme and a HK$10,000 cash handout.[8] The government warned that the service would shut down if the budget bill do not pass. President of the Legislative Council Jasper Tsang ordered to end the filibuster on 13 May after 55 hours spent to debate 17 of the 148 amendments.[9] The Appropriation Bill was passed on 21 May 2013 with 684 amendments negatived.[10]

2013–14

Protests against the HKSAR government's decision to refuse a free-to-air broadcast licence to Hong Kong Television.

2015–16

  • 11 March 2016: The HK$19.6 billion extra funds for controversial Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) project was passed by the Financial Committee in a sudden vote despite fierce protests and filibustering from the pan-democratic legislators. The pan-democrats questioned the procedure set by the acting chairman Chan Kam-lam who only approved 36 of the 19 pan-democratic legislators' 1,262 motions.[15]

Major legislation

Enacted

  • 17 April 2013: Import and Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation 2013
  • 21 May 2013: Appropriation Bill 2013
  • 22 May 2013: District Council (Amendment) Bill 2013

Proposed

  • 18 June 2015: Motion Concerning the Amendment to the Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • 4 March 2016: Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014

2015 Hong Kong electoral reform

Pro-Beijing legislators walked out right before the historic vote.

On 18 June 2015, right before the vote, pro-Beijing legislator Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung led a walk-out of members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), most members of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and other pro-Beijing legislators, leaving five Liberal Party legislators, Chan Yuen-han of the FTU and two other pro-Beijing independents remained in the chamber. The government's reform proposal failed as 8 legislators voted in favour and 28 votes against.[16] All 27 pan democrats who had vowed to vote down the reform did so, as did one pro-Beijing legislator Leung Ka-lau representing the Medical constituency. Lam explained that the walk-out was an impromptu attempt to delay the division after the chairman denied his request for a 15-minute recess so that his party member Lau Wong-fat, who was delayed, could cast his vote in favour of the Beijing-backed reforms.[17] However, enough legislators remained in the chamber that quorum was met and the proposal was voted down while most of the pro-Beijing legislators were outside. Nine pro-Beijing legislators, including five Liberal Party members, stayed behind out of confusion, and only eight of them voted in favour of the package, giving the rest of the world the false impression there was no support for the blueprint.[18]

Composition

Affiliation Election At dissolution
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong 13 13
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong 0 7
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 6 6
Liberal Party 5 5
New People's Party 2 2
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions 1 1
New Century Forum 1 1
Economic Synergy 3 0
Professional Forum 2 0
Independent 9 7
Total for Pro-Beijing camp 42 42
Civic Party 6 6
Democratic Party 6 6
Labour Party 4 4
People Power 3 2
Professional Commons 2 2
League of Social Democrats 1 1
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre 1 1
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 1 1
Neo Democrats 1 1
Independent 2 3
Total for Pan-democracy camp 27 27
Non-aligned independent 1 1
Total 70 70

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

Graphical representation of the Legislative Council

Current Legislative Council of Hong Kong seat composition by party.

Pan-democracy camp (27)

  People Power (2)
  LSD (1)
  NSWC (1)
  Labour (4)
  Civic (6)
  Prof Commons (2)
  Democratic (6)
  ADPL (1)
  Independent (4)

Pro-Beijing camp (42)

  Liberal (5)
  New Forum (1)
  BPA (7)
  NPP (2)
  DAB (13)
  FTU (6)
  FLU (1)
  Independent (7)

Leadership

Convenors

List of members

The following table is a list of LegCo members elected on 9 September 2012 in the order of precedence.

Members who did not serve throughout the term are italicised. Supplementary members elected in by-elections are listed below.

Key to changes since legislative election:

a = change in party allegiance
b = by-election
Capacity Constituency Portrait Elected Members Elected Party Political Alignment Born Occupation(s) Assumed
Office
President of the Legislative Council
GC Hong Kong Island Jasper Tsang DAB Pro-Beijing 14 May 1947 Legislative Councillor 1998
Other members
FC District Council (Second) Albert Ho Democratic Pan-democracy 1 December 1951 Solicitor and Notary Public
Legislative Councillor
1998
GC New Territories West Lee Cheuk-yan Labour/CTU Pan-democracy 12 February 1957 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC District Council (Second) James To Democratic Pan-democracy 11 March 1963 Solicitor 1998
GC Kowloon East Chan Kam-lam DAB Pro-Beijing 22 January 1949 Legislative Councillor 1998
GC New Territories West Leung Yiu-chung NWSC Pan-democracy 19 May 1953 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC Heung Yee Kuk Lau Wong-fat Economic Synergya Pro-Beijing 15 October 1936 Company Chairman 1998
GC New Territories East Emily Lau Democratic Pan-democracy 22 January 1952 Legislative Councillor 1998
GC New Territories West Tam Yiu-chung DAB Pro-Beijing 15 December 1949 Legislative Councillor 1998
FC Real Estate and Construction Abraham Shek Professional Foruma Pro-Beijing 24 June 1945 Company Director 2000
FC Catering Tommy Cheung Liberal Pro-Beijing 30 September 1949 Merchant
Legislative Councillor
2000
FC District Council (Second) Frederick Fung ADPL Pan-democracy 17 March 1953 Legislative Councillor 2000
FC Wholesale and Retail Vincent Fang Liberal Pro-Beijing 7 May 1943 Chief Executive
Managing Director
2004
GC Hong Kong Island Wong Kwok-hing FTU Pro-Beijing 29 March 1949 Writer
FTU Director
2004
FC Health Services Joseph Lee Independent Pan-democracy 14 August 1959 Dean and Professor 2004
FC Commercial (First) Jeffrey Lam Economic Synergya Pro-Beijing 23 October 1951 Merchant 2004
FC Industrial (First) Andrew Leung Economic Synergya Pro-Beijing 24 February 1951 Merchant 2004
FC Import and Export Wong Ting-kwong DAB Pro-Beijing 12 September 1949 Merchant 2004
GC New Territories Eastb Ronny Tong Civica Pan-democracy 28 August 1950 Senior Counsel 2004
GC Hong Kong Island Cyd Ho Labour/Civic Act-up Pan-democracy 24 July 1954 Legislative Councillor 2008
FC District Council (Second) Starry Lee DAB Pro-Beijing 13 March 1974 Accountant
Legislative Councillor
2008
FC Industrial (Second) Lam Tai-fai Independent Pro-Beijing 22 November 1959 Legislative Councillor 2008
GC New Territories East Chan Hak-kan DAB Pro-Beijing 24 April 1976 Legislative Councillor 2008
FC Insurance Chan Kin-por Independent Pro-Beijing 10 May 1954 Legislative Councillor
Chief Executive
2008
GC Kowloon West Priscilla Leung Professional Forum (KWND)a Pro-Beijing 18 November 1961 Associate Professor
Barrister-at-law
2008
FC Medical Leung Ka-lau Independent Non-aligned 1962 Doctor 2008
FC Social Welfare Cheung Kwok-che Labour/SWGU Pan-democracy 8 November 1951 Social Worker 2008
GC Kowloon East Wong Kwok-kin FTU Pro-Beijing 3 May 1952 Legislative Councillor 2008
FC District Council (First) Ip Kwok-him DAB Pro-Beijing 8 November 1951 Legislative Councillor 2008
GC Hong Kong Island Regina Ip NPP Pro-Beijing 24 August 1950 Chair of Savantas Policy Institute 2008
GC Kowloon East Paul Tse Independent Pro-Beijing 21 November 1959 Solicitor 2008
GC Kowloon East Alan Leong Civic Pan-democracy 22 February 1958 Senior Counsel 2010 (b)
GC New Territories East Leung Kwok-hung LSD Pan-democracy 18 January 1957 Legislative Councillor 2010 (b)
GC New Territories West Albert Chan People Power Pan-democracy 3 March 1955 Legislative Councillor 2010 (b)
GC Kowloon West Wong Yuk-man People Powera Pan-democracy 1 October 1951 Legislative Councillor 2010 (b)
GC Kowloon West Claudia Mo Civic Pan-democracy 27 March 1956 Media Freelancer
Part-time Lecturer
2012
GC New Territories West Michael Tien NPP Pro-Beijing 26 August 1950 Company Chairman 2012
GC New Territories East James Tien Liberal Pro-Beijing 8 January 1947 Company Chairman 2012
FC Finance Ng Leung-sing Independent Pro-Beijing 11 July 1949 Banker 2012
FC Agriculture and Fisheries Steven Ho DAB Pro-Beijing 30 November 1979 Legislative Councillor 2012
FC Transport Frankie Yick Liberal Pro-Beijing 1953 Company Director 2012
GC Kowloon East Wu Chi-wai Democratic Pan-democracy 18 October 1962 Legislative Councillor
District Councillor
2012
FC Tourism Yiu Si-wing Independent Pro-Beijing 1955 Deputy chair of China Travel Service 2012
GC New Territories East Gary Fan Neo Democrats Pan-democracy 30 October 1966 Legislative Councillor
District Councillor
2012
FC Sports, Performing Arts,
Culture and Publication
Ma Fung-kwok New Forum Pro-Beijing 22 July 1955 Managing Director 2012
FC Information Technology Charles Peter Mok Prof Commons Pan-democracy 25 October 1964 Information Technology Executive 2012
GC New Territories East Chan Chi-chuen People Power/Frontier Pan-democracy 16 April 1972 Legislative Councillor 2012
GC New Territories West Chan Han-pan DAB/NTAS Pro-Beijing 1975 Legislative Councillor
District Councillor
2012
GC Hong Kong Island Kenneth Chan Civic Pan-democracy 12 June 1968 Associate Professor 2012
FC District Council (Second) Chan Yuen-han FTU Pro-Beijing 15 November 1946 Labour Service 2012
GC New Territories West Leung Che-cheung DAB Pro-Beijing 3 February 1957 Legislative Councillor
District Councillor
2012
FC Accountancy Kenneth Leung Prof Commons Pan-democracy 17 October 1962 Tax Consultant
Accountant
2012
GC New Territories West Alice Mak FTU Pro-Beijing 1 November 1971 Legislative Councillor
District Councillor
2012
GC New Territories West Kwok Ka-ki Civic Pan-democracy 20 July 1961 Urologist 2012
FC Labour Kwok Wai-keung FTU Pro-Beijing 15 April 1978 Legislative Councillor 2012
FC Legal Dennis Kwok Civic (Prof Commons) Pan-democracy 15 April 1978 Barrister-at-law 2012
FC Financial Services Christopher Cheung Independenta Pro-Beijing 2 May 1952 Securities Dealer 2012
GC New Territories East Fernando Cheung Labour Pan-democracy 23 February 1957 Lecturer 2012
GC Hong Kong Island Sin Chung-kai Democratic Pan-democracy 15 June 1960 Legislative Councillor 2012
GC Kowloon West Helena Wong Democratic Pan-democracy 21 March 1959 Lecturer 2012
FC Education Ip Kin-yuen Independent (PTU) Pan-democracy 1961 Legislative Councillor
Teacher
2012
GC New Territories East Elizabeth Quat DAB Pro-Beijing 23 December 1966 Legislative Councillor
District Councillor
2012
FC Commercial (Second) Martin Liao Independent Pro-Beijing 1957 Barrister-at-law 2012
FC Labour Poon Siu-ping FLU Pro-Beijing 1957 Barrister-at-law 2012
FC Labour Tang Ka-piu FTU Pro-Beijing 29 October 1979 Social Worker 2012
GC Kowloon West Chiang Lai-wan DAB Pro-Beijing 16 May 1955 Legislative Councillor 2012
FC Engineering Lo Wai-kwok Independenta Pro-Beijing 25 December 1953 Engineer 2012
FC Textiles and Garment Chung Kwok-pan Liberal Pro-Beijing 4 November 1963 Merchant 2012
GC Hong Kong Island Christopher Chung DAB Pro-Beijing 31 March 1957 Legislative Councillor 2012
FC Architectural, Surveying
and Planning
Tony Tse Independent Pro-Beijing 27 October 1954 Surveyor 2012
Supplementary members
GC New Territories East Alvin Yeung Civic Party Pro-democracy 5 June 1981 Barrister 2016 (b)

By-election

Other changes

2012

2013

2015

Committees

Panels

See also

References

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  2. "Hong Kong votes in key legislative elections". Al Jazeera. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. "Hong Kong legislator hailed for coming out as gay". South China Morning Post. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  4. LegCo Reporter Council Meeting 2012–2013 Issue No. 6 (8 November 2012)
  5. LegCo Reporter Council Meeting 2012–2013 Issue No. 12 (13 December 2012)
  6. LegCo Reporter Council Meeting 2012–2013 Issue No. 15 (16 January 2013)
  7. "Budget Speech by the Financial Secretary". Hong Kong Government. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  8. "Filibustering continues over budget". RTHK. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  9. Lai, Ying-kit (13 May 2013). "Legco president Jasper Tsang orders end to budget bill filibuster". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  10. LegCo Reporter Council Meeting 2012–2013 Issue No. 28 (21 May 2013)
  11. The LegCo Reporter – Council Meetings 2013–2014 – Issue No. 1 (11 October 2013)
  12. LegCo Reporter Council Meeting 2013–2014 Issue No. 2 (17 October 2013)
  13. LegCo Reporter Council Meeting 2013–2014 Issue No. 6 (8 November 2013)
  14. The LegCo Reporter Council Meetings 2013–2014 Issue No. 20 (21 March 2014)
  15. Cheng, Kris (11 March 2016). "Chaotic scenes at LegCo as additional funds for Express Rail Link approved in sudden vote". Hong Kong Free Press.
  16. Lam, Hang-chi (18 June 2015). "And so, we stagger into an even more uncertain future". ejinsight.
  17. "Why Did Pro-Beijing Lawmakers Walk Out of the Hong Kong Vote?". The Wall Street Journal. 18 June 2015.
  18. Cheung, Tony; Lai, Ying-kit; Lam, Jeffie (20 June 2015). "Bickering escalates in pro-Beijing camp over bungled Legco vote on Hong Kong political reform". South China Morning Post.
  19. "2016 Legislative Council Geographical Constituency New Territories By-election – Election Result". Electoral Affairs Commission. 29 February 2016.
  20. But, Joshua (20 May 2013). "Lawmaker Wong Yuk-man quits People Power". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  21. Cheung, Gary; Lam, Jeffie; Ng, Kang-chung (22 June 2015). "Tearful Ronny Tong quits as legislator hours after resigning from Civic Party amid rift in Hong Kong's pan-democratic camp". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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