01 News│Legislative Council Direct Election 10 District Distribution Exposure, "235" Plan Merger of Outlying Islands and Hong Kong Island

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Written by: Chen Xiaoyu and Zheng Baosheng

2021-04-01 07:00

Last update date: 2021-04-01 07:00

The first draft of the distribution of the 10 districts directly elected by the Legislative Council is revealed

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress recently passed a resolution to amend Hong Kong’s electoral system. Among them, direct elections to the Legislative Council have been "slashed" from the current 5 constituencies with 35 seats to 10 constituencies with 20 seats. The division of constituencies is left to the Hong Kong government. Fencing.

It is understood that the authorities tend to adopt the "235" plan, namely, Hong Kong Island 2, Kowloon, and New Territories 5.

In addition, in order to meet the requirement of one seat for approximately 700,000 people, the authorities intend to incorporate outlying islands into Hong Kong Island.

Proportion is consistent with the latest demographics

In the future, there will be only 10 constituencies in direct regional elections, and the dual-seat single-vote system will be adopted, that is, each constituency will elect two seats.

According to sources, the authorities' draft is the "235" plan. The New Territories with the most residents occupy 5 districts with a total of 10 seats, and Kowloon occupies 3 districts with a total of 6 seats.

What is more surprising is that Hong Kong Island and the outlying islands will be merged into one district, with a total of 4 constituencies in 2 constituencies.

Such a division is more in line with a reasonable ratio of population to seats.

According to the 2020 Population and Household Statistics by District Council District issued by the Census and Statistics Department, there are approximately 7,305,900 people in Hong Kong. Based on a total of 20 seats in 10 districts directly elected, that is, every 365,000 residents can get one seat. In other words, about 730,000 people delineated a constituency.

The New Territories has a population of 3,726,500, so it can be divided into 5 districts. Kowloon has a population of 2,276,600, which happens to be divided into 3 districts. However, Hong Kong Island has a population of 1,208,000, which is not enough for the two districts. Therefore, it needs to be merged into an outlying island with a population of 184,000, which is just enough. ".

Kowloon is divided into east, west, and central districts, "Greater Hong Kong Island District", which is also divided into east and west

According to sources, the government is currently studying the delimitation of constituencies. Kowloon will be divided into Kowloon West, Kowloon Central and Kowloon East; the "Greater Hong Kong Island District" that merges with the outlying islands is also estimated to be divided into the east and west.

Compared with the 2016 Legislative Council elections, this plan will be greatly changed.

In 2016, the Legislative Council was directly elected into 5 districts with a total of 35 seats, of which Hong Kong Island accounted for 6 seats, Kowloon West accounted for 6 seats, Kowloon East accounted for 5 seats, New Territories West and New Territories East each accounted for 9 seats.

According to the news, the government plans to rezone the New Territories into five constituencies, Kowloon into three constituencies, and outlying islands and Hong Kong islands to merge to occupy two constituencies.

(Government Geographic Information Map)

Lam Cheng revealed that the geographical and demographic constituency may change

However, as Kowloon borders the New Territories, when 10 electoral districts are re-divided in the future, some areas may be "cross-district". This can be seen from the remarks made by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor yesterday.

She said that the initial plan is to rezone the 400-odd district councils into 10 districts. The most important thing is that they are geographically reasonable and the population is evenly distributed. This means that some districts may change according to population, and the government's consideration is very likely to be The district council area is calculated as a unit.

For example, the Lai Wah District from Lai Yan Court to Jiu Hua Keng currently belongs to the Kwai Tsing District Council in the New Territories, but is not far from Mei Foo, which belongs to Kowloon, geographically. If the Lai Wah District is rezoned, it may change from the New Territories to Kowloon.

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