1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong explained

1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country:	Hong Kong
Term:	1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000
Website:	legco.gov.hk/
Membership1:	60 members
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President
Chamber1 Leader1:	Rita Fan (Independent)

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.

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

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				Independent	Pro-Beijing	1945 9, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Industrial (First)				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1942 8, df=yes	Company Chairman
FC	Commercial (First)				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1947 1, df=yes	Company Chairman
EC	Election Committee				Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	1943 3, df=yes	Company Chairman Company Director
EC	Election Committee				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1937 6, df=yes	Director and General Manager
GC	New Territories East				Frontier	Pro-democracy	1954 7, df=yes	Social Activist
FC	Architectural, Surveying and Planning				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1938 12, df=yes	Managing Director
GC	New Territories West					Pro-democracy	1951 12, df=yes	Solicitor and Notary Public Legislative Councillor
FC	Health Services				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1955 11, df=yes	Registered Nurse
FC	Engineering				Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	1939 3, df=yes	Engineer
GC	New Territories West				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1955 12, df=yes	Lecturer
GC	New Territories West				Frontier^a	Pro-democracy	1957 2, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
GC	Hong Kong Island				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1938 6, df=yes	Barrister-at-law
FC	Accountancy				Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	1953 5, df=yes	Accountant
FC	Labour				FLU	Pro-Beijing	1937 10, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Finance				Independent	Pro-Beijing	1939 3, df=yes	Banker
GC	Kowloon East				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1955 4, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Industrial (Second)				Independent	Pro-Beijing	1937 4, df=yes	Businessman
EC	Election Committee				Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	1949 7, df=yes	Banker
EC	Election Committee				Independent^a	Pro-Beijing	1939 11, df=yes	Dean and Chair Professor
FC	Legal				Independent	Pro-democracy	1948 1, df=yes	Barrister-at-law
FC	Wholesale and Retail				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1945 1, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Real Estate and Construction				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1939 1, df=yes	Solicitor
EC	Election Committee				Independent^a	Pro-Beijing	1955 7, df=yes	Managing Director
GC	Kowloon West				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1963 3, df=yes	Solicitor
FC	Education				Democratic/PTU	Pro-democracy	1954 9, df=yes	Teacher Legislative Councillor
FC	Urban Council		^c		Independent	Pro-Beijing	1951 1, df=yes	Lawyer Company Director
FC	Import and Export				Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	1942 9, df=yes	Company Director
GC	Hong Kong Island				Citizens	Pro-democracy	1956 2, df=yes	Politician
FC	Labour				FTU^a	Pro-Beijing	1946 1, df=yes	Associate Director
GC	Kowloon East				DAB	Pro-Beijing	1946 11, df=yes	Labour Service
FC	Insurance				Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	1965 1, df=yes	Company President
FC	Labour				DAB	Pro-Beijing	1935 7, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
GC	Kowloon East				DAB	Pro-Beijing	1949 1, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Medical				Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	1939 4, df=yes	Medical Doctor
FC	Textiles and Garment				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1945 10, df=yes	Company Director
GC	New Territories West				NWSC	Pro-democracy	1953 5, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
GC	Hong Kong Island				DAB	Pro-Beijing	1950 5, df=yes	Public Relations Consultant
FC	Information Technology				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1960 6, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
GC	New Territories East				Independent	Pro-democracy	1943 12, df=yes	Professor
FC	Commercial (Second)				Independent	Pro-Beijing	1938 12, df=yes	Company Chairman
FC	Agriculture and Fisheries				DAB	Pro-Beijing	1951 8, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
GC	Kowloon West			width=5px bgcolor=""		DAB	Pro-Beijing	1947 5, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Tourism				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1948 3, df=yes	General Manager
GC	Hong Kong Island				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1947 11, df=yes	Lecturer
EC	Election Committee				DAB	Pro-Beijing	1951 11, df=yes	School Principal
FC	Financial Services^b				Independent	Pro-Beijing	1946 9, df=yes	Company Director
GC	Kowloon West				Democratic^a	Pro-democracy	1944 9, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
GC	New Territories East				DAB	Pro-Beijing	1957 6, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Heung Yee Kuk				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1936 10, df=yes	Company Chairman
FC	Transport				Liberal	Pro-Beijing	1947 4, df=yes	Solicitor and Notary Public
EC	Election Committee				Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	1947 7, df=yes	Solicitor and Notary Public
GC	New Territories East				Frontier	Pro-democracy	1952 1, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Regional Council^b				Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	1942 9, df=yes	Medical Practitioner
EC	Election Committee				Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	1950 10, df=yes	Merchant
GC	New Territories East				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1960 4, df=yes	Solicitor
GC	Kowloon East				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1931 2, df=yes	Legislative Councillor
FC	Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication				Independent	Pro-Beijing	1946 2, df=yes	Merchant
FC	Social Welfare				Democratic	Pro-democracy	1953 11, df=yes	Social Work Teacher
GC	New Territories West				DAB	Pro-Beijing	1949 12, df=yes	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bills Committee on Provision of Municipal Services (Reorganization) Bill. 11 May 2013.
2. http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_body.jsp?DIS=3934 Hong Kong/SAR Court of Appeal
3. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2d334a63cc536310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=News Long Hair impeachment bid rests on Civic Party
4. News: Democrats suspend unionist Lau over dual membership. South China Morning Post. 1 May 2012. Lam. Rhonda.