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After being sworn in, the remaining 151 members of the district councillors were reduced from 80% to 40%, only 16 per 100 people survived

2021-10-21T12:47:49.374Z


All 18 district councillors in Hong Kong completed the oath. The finale of the New Territories West Oath was announced today (21st). A total of 49 people from Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories were sworn by the DQ. Together with Yuen Long Chen Meilian resigned after the oath of doubt, a total of 50 people took the oath.


All 18 district councillors in Hong Kong have completed the oath. The finale of the New Territories West Oath ruling was announced today (21st). A total of 49 people in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories were sworn by DQ. Together with Yuen Long Chen Meilian resigned after "sworn in doubt", a total of 50 people were required to take the oath. Leave office, all belong to the democratic camp.

There were 479 members of the district council in this session. After the swearing storm, the number of members has dropped by 68%. There are now only 151 people. The 328 people who have resigned are all from the democratic camp.


In the previous year, the district elections were against the background of the anti-amendment legislation, and the democratic camp won a big victory. After the election, they controlled 17 district councils, occupying about 390 seats.

However, as the government promoted the amendment at the beginning of this year to require district councilors to swear an oath, there was news that once the oath was invalidated, the district councillors would be charged for their salary since taking office, resulting in 260 resignations and 8 loss due to detention and other reasons. qualifications.

After the oath-taking ceremony, the democratic camp was further DQ or resigned because of their refusal to take the oath. There are only about 60 people left. For every 100 people, only 16 people "survived".


After this battle, the democrats lost the dominance of 10 district councils, 4 of which were not protected by the oath of DQ, and now only have a majority in 7 district councils.

Eight district councils were completely politically "discolored", and the number of them was increased to nine from the establishment, together with the outlying islands. Among them, the democratic camp in the Yuen Long District was completely "cleared".


As for the number of people DQ, Sha Tin topped the districts with 9 people. Yuen Long resigned due to Chen Meilian's resignation, followed by 8 people.

No one was DQ in the North District and Central and Western District, and all the sworn democrats passed.


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Rumors of salary catching started, 268 people left before the oath was taken

The government arranged for district councilors to take oaths. Since May, there has been a lot of news. Later, political circles reported that the oaths were not accepted and they would be demanded for salaries, often exceeding one million. This triggered the resignation of more than half of the district councillors in Hong Kong. During this period, the government refused to clarify.

It was not until last month that the Home Affairs Bureau officially arranged for the incumbent district councilors to swear oaths in batches by district, and the number of district councillors has dropped sharply to 211.

After a round of oaths and supplementary information by suspects, the authorities finally ruled that 49 people did not meet the statutory requirements for supporting the Basic Law and allegiance to the Special Administrative Region. Resign voluntarily).

Among them, 7 people from Hong Kong Island were ruled invalid, including the former chairman of Wan Chai District Council Yang Xueying, Southern District Peng Zhuoqi, Eastern District Su Yat-hang; 10 people in Kowloon District, including Democratic Party Vice Chairman Leung Yiting, former Member of the Party’s Legislative Council To Jinshen, Sham Shui Po Lau Wai Chung; New Territories The district boards in the east and west of the New Territories are the hardest-hit areas with 16 people each being DQ.

After the oath, the democratic camp loses the dominance of the 5 district councils again

After the wave of resignations in the middle of the year, many district boards have already "changed", including Wan Chai, Kwun Tong, Kowloon City, Yuen Long and North District. The establishment has regained a larger proportion of seats.

After being "certified" by the oath, another six districts were affected, including the 5 districts losing the seat of the democratic party, and the 2 district losing the chairmanship.

Among them, the "dying blue" in Sai Kung, Kwai Tsing and Southern Districts are in the majority by the establishment; in the Eastern District and Tsuen Wan, the establishment and democratic camps have equal seats.

In addition to adjustments to the camp layout, there are also district councils that have been affected by the chairman's DQ, or only individual members, and have even suspended operations.

The Kwai Tsing District Council's democratic camp has lost its numerical advantage. Chairman Leung Kam-wai was also imprisoned in the stake case and was not given an oath. It is expected that he will also lose his chairmanship.

Although the Wan Chai District Council had returned to the control of the organizational system before the oath, after the former chairman of the district Yang Xueying was taken by the DQ, only Gu Guohui was left in the democratic camp, which is the weakest district in the democratic camp after Yuen Long.

Wong Tai Sin has only two district councillors and four district councils facing suspension

It is worth noting that the Eastern District, Central and Western District, Southern District, and Wong Tai Sin will be suspended. The chairmanship of these four district councils will be vacant. The Eastern District and Wong Tai Sin will not even have a vice chairman.

There are only two district councillors left in Wong Tai Sin; only three in the Central and Western District and three in the Southern District; and the Democratic Organization in the Eastern District divides the world equally, with three each.

The drastic reduction in the number of people not only made it impossible to hold meetings due to insufficient numbers, but also made it difficult to re-elect the chairman and vice-chairmen. It was like a "stop".

According to the "District Councils Ordinance", if the chairman and deputy chairpersons are vacant, the by-election must be nominated and seconded by 3 different members. Self-nomination is not allowed, that is, at least 4 district members are required to get the job done.

After taking the oath, Li Zhihong, the former chairman of the Shatin District Council, said that he had long expected to be DQ.

(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)

Sha Tin, Yuen Long, topped by DQ population in all districts

Among the district boards, the Yuen Long and Sha Tin district boards were the hardest hit areas of DQ. 8 and 9 people were DQ for taking oaths.

Zhang Xiuxian, who originally applied for an extension of the oath due to illness, also announced his resignation today, which means that all the democrats in the district have exhausted their efforts.

In Sha Tin, the establishment was originally 2 to 17 members of the democratic camp. After 9 people were sworn by the DQ, and the Civic Party Chen Peiming resigned before the oath, the remaining 7 democrats, but only 2 of the establishment, the district has no power. Great reversal.

District Councillors Swearing | 17 District Councillors from New Territories West have not approved the DQ, including Kwong Chun-yu District Councillors sworn | New East 16 Panmins were sworn by DQ, including the primary election of Sha Tin Li Zhihong, Sai Kung Ko Yaolin New West District Councillors 10.8 Swearing Kwai Tsing Guo Zijian refused to attend the total 3 people It is expected to be sworn by DQ District Councillors today. New Territories East completed the oath. Li Zhihong is expected to be taken by DQ: Participating in serving 10 pan-inhabited district councillors in Kowloon and was immediately resigned by DQ including Tu Jinshen, Leung Yiting, and Lau Wai Chong

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Source: hk1

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