# 3rd Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Third Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 2004 election. The term of the session was from 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2008, during the second half of the Tung Chee-hwa's administration until his resignation in 2005 and was replaced by Donald Tsang for the rest of the term, and also the beginning of the third term of Chief Executive after Tsang won in the 2007 Election. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) became the largest party with 10 seats (not including the two DAB members who ran under the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions banner). Notable newcomers to the Legislative Council included Leung Kwok-hung, Alan Leong, Ronny Tong, Albert Cheng, and Jeffrey Lam.

## Major events

* 21 December 2005: The pro-democrats voted down the government's constitutional reform package on the electoral methods for the 2007 chief executive (CE) and the 2008 Legislative Council (LegCo) elections.

## Major legislation
### Enacted

* 6 August 2006: Interception of Communications and Surveillance Bill
* 19 October 2006: Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2005

## Composition

| 1843–1941 Legco | |
| 1946–1985 Legco | |
| 1985–1988 LegCo | (1985) |
| 1988–1991 LegCo | (1988) |
| 1991–1995 LegCo | (1991) |
| 1995–1997 LegCo | (1995) |
| Provisional LegCo | (1996) |
| 1st LegCo | (1998) |
| 2nd LegCo | (2000) |
| 3rd LegCo | (2004) |
| 4th LegCo | (2008) |
| 5th LegCo | (2012) |
| 6th LegCo | (2016) |
| 7th LegCo | (2021) |
| Affiliation | Election | At dissolution |
| Liberal Party | 10 | 10 |
| Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong | 10 | 9 |
| Breakfast Group/Alliance | 5 | 5 |
| Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions | 3 | 3 |
| Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | 6 | 1 |
| Total for pro-Beijing camp | 35 | 34 |
| Democratic Party | 9 | 9 |
| Article 45 Concern Group/Civic Party | 4 | 6 |
| League of Social Democrats | 0 | 2 |
| Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions | 2 | 2 |
| Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood | 1 | 1 |
| Frontier | 1 | 1 |
| Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre | 1 | 1 |
| April Fifth Action | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 6 | 4 |
| Total for pan-democracy camp | 25 | 26 |
| Total | 60 | 60 |
Note: Italic represents organisations that still function but become under another affiliation.

## Graphical representation of the Legislative Council

Pro-democracy camp:
* LSD
* CTU
* NSWC
* Frontier
* Civic Party
* Democratic Party
* ADPL
* Independents
Pro-Beijing camp:
* Liberal Party
* Alliance
* DAB
* FTU
* FLU
* Independents

## Leadership

| Office | Party | Officer | Officer | Constituency | Since |
| President | Independent | | Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai | Hong Kong Island | 1998 |

## List of members

The following table is a list of LegCo members elected on 12 September 2004 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
| GC/ FC | Constituency | Elected Members | Elected Party | Political Alignment | Born | Occupation(s) | Assumed Office |
| GC | Hong Kong Island | Rita Fan | Independent | Pro-Beijing | (1945-09-20)20 September 1945 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories East | James Tien | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | (1947-01-08)8 January 1947 | Company Chairman | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories West | Albert Ho | Democratic | Pan-democracy | (1951-12-01)1 December 1951 | Solicitor and Notary Public Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| FC | Engineering | Raymond Ho | Breakfast Group | Pro-Beijing | (1939-03-23)23 March 1939 | Engineer | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories West | Lee Cheuk-yan | CTU | Pan-democracy | (1957-02-12)12 February 1957 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| GC | Hong Kong Island | Martin Lee | Democratic | Pan-democracy | (1938-06-08)8 June 1938 | Barrister-at-law | 1998 |
| FC | Finance | David Li | Independent | Pro-Beijing | (1939-03-13)13 March 1939 | Banker | 1998 |
| GC | Kowloon East | Fred Li | Democratic | Pan-democracy | (1955-04-25)25 April 1955 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| FC | Industrial (Second) | Lui Ming-wah | Breakfast Group | Pro-Beijing | (1937-04-04)4 April 1937 | Businessman | 1998 |
| FC | Legal | Margaret Ng | A45 Concern Group$^a$ | Pan-democracy | (1948-01-25)25 January 1948 | Barrister-at-law | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories West | Selina Chow | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | (1945-01-25)25 January 1945 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| GC | Kowloon West | James To | Democratic | Pan-democracy | (1963-03-11)11 March 1963 | Solicitor | 1998 |
| FC | Education | Cheung Man-kwong | Democratic/PTU | Pan-democracy | (1954-09-15)15 September 1954 | Teacher Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| GC | Kowloon East | Chan Yuen-han | FTU/DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1946-11-15)15 November 1946 | Labour Service | 1998 |
| FC | Insurance | Bernard Chan | Breakfast Group | Pro-Beijing | (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 | Company President | 1998 |
| GC | Kowloon East | Chan Kam-lam | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1949-01-22)22 January 1949 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| FC | Textiles and Garment | Sophie Leung | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | (1945-10-09)9 October 1945 | Company Director | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories West | Leung Yiu-chung | NWSC | Pan-democracy | (1953-05-19)19 May 1953 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| FC | Information Technology | Sin Chung-kai | Democratic | Pan-democracy | (1960-06-15)15 June 1960 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| FC | Commercial (Second) | Philip Wong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | (1938-12-23)23 December 1938 | Company Chairman | 1998 |
| FC | Agriculture and Fisheries | Wong Yung-kan | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1951-08-10)10 August 1951 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| GC | Kowloon West | Jasper Tsang | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1947-05-14)14 May 1947 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| FC | Tourism | Howard Young | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | (1948-03-30)30 March 1948 | General Manager | 1998 |
| GC | Hong Kong Island | Yeung Sum | Democratic | Pan-democracy | (1947-11-22)22 November 1947 | Lecturer | 1998 |
| GC | Kowloon West | Lau Chin-shek | CTU | Pan-democracy | (1944-09-12)12 September 1944 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories East | Lau Kong-wah | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1957-06-22)22 June 1957 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| FC | District Council | Lau Wong-fat | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | (1936-10-15)15 October 1936 | Company Chairman | 1998 |
| FC | Transport | Miriam Lau | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | (1947-04-27)27 April 1947 | Solicitor and Notary Public | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories East | Emily Lau | Frontier | Pan-democracy | (1952-01-22)22 January 1952 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| GC | Hong Kong Island | Choy So-yuk | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1950-10-10)10 October 1950 | Merchant | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories East | Andrew Cheng | Democratic | Pan-democracy | (1960-04-28)28 April 1960 | Solicitor | 1998 |
| FC | Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication | Timothy Fok | Independent | Pro-Beijing | (1946-02-14)14 February 1946 | Merchant | 1998 |
| GC | New Territories West | Tam Yiu-chung | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1949-12-15)15 December 1949 | Legislative Councillor | 1998 |
| FC | Real Estate and Construction | Abraham Shek | Breakfast Group | Pro-Beijing | (1945-06-24)24 June 1945 | Company Director | 2000 |
| FC | Labour | Li Fung-ying | FLU | Pro-Beijing | (1950-12-02)2 December 1950 | Trade Union Officer | 2000 |
| FC | Catering | Tommy Cheung | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | (1949-09-30)30 September 1949 | Merchant Legislative Councillor | 2000 |
| GC | New Territories West | Albert Chan | Independent$^a$ | Pan-democracy | (1955-03-03)3 March 1955 | Legislative Councillor | 2000 |
| GC | Kowloon West | Frederick Fung | ADPL | Pan-democracy | (1953-03-17)17 March 1953 | Legislative Councillor | 2000 |
| GC | Hong Kong Island | Audrey Eu | A45 Concern Group$^a$ | Pan-democracy | (1953-09-11)11 September 1953 | Senior Counsel | 2000 (b) |
| FC | Wholesale and Retail | Vincent Fang | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | (1943-05-07)7 May 1943 | Chief Executive Managing Director | 2004 |
| FC | Labour | Wong Kwok-hing | FTU/DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1949-03-29)29 March 1949 | FTU Director | 2004 |
| GC | New Territories West | Lee Wing-tat | Democratic | Pan-democracy | (1955-12-25)25 December 1955 | District Councillor | 2004 |
| GC | New Territories East | Li Kwok-ying | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1949-11-18)18 November 1949 | Solicitor | 2004 |
| FC | Health Services | Joseph Lee | Independent | Pan-democracy | (1959-08-14)14 August 1959 | Assistant Professor | 2004 |
| FC | Heung Yee Kuk | Daniel Lam | Independent | Pro-Beijing | (1949-02-27)27 February 1949 | Company Director | 2004 |
| FC | Commercial (First) | Jeffrey Lam | Liberal$^a$ | Pro-Beijing | (1951-10-23)23 October 1951 | Merchant | 2004 |
| GC | Hong Kong Island | Ma Lik$_†$ | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1952-02-23)23 February 1952 | Deputy Publisher | 2004 |
| FC | Industrial (First) | Andrew Leung | Liberal$^a$ | Pro-Beijing | (1951-02-24)24 February 1951 | Merchant | 2004 |
| GC | Kowloon East$^b$ | Alan Leong | A45 Concern Group$^a$ | Pan-democracy | (1958-02-22)22 February 1958 | Senior Counsel | 2004 |
| GC | New Territories East | Leung Kwok-hung | April Fifth Action$^a$ | Pan-democracy | (1957-01-18)18 January 1957 | Freelance Writer | 2004 |
| FC | Medical | Kwok Ka-ki | Independent | Pan-democracy | (1961-07-20)20 July 1961 | Urologist | 2004 |
| FC | Social Welfare | Fernando Cheung | Independent$^a$ | Pan-democracy | (1957-02-23)23 February 1957 | Lecturer | 2004 |
| GC | New Territories West | Cheung Hok-ming | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1952-07-03)3 July 1952 | Company Director | 2004 |
| FC | Import and Export | Wong Ting-kwong | DAB | Pro-Beijing | (1949-09-12)12 September 1949 | Merchant | 2004 |
| GC | New Territories East | Ronny Tong | A45 Concern Group$^a$ | Pan-democracy | (1950-08-28)28 August 1950 | Senior Counsel | 2004 |
| FC | Financial Services | Chim Pui-chung | Independent | Pro-Beijing | (1946-09-24)24 September 1946 | Company Director | 2004 |
| FC | Architectural, Surveying and Planning | Patrick Lau | Breakfast Group | Pro-Beijing | (1944-06-01)1 June 1944 | Architect Professor | 2004 |
| GC | Kowloon East | Albert Cheng | Independent | Pan-democracy | (1946-07-03)3 July 1946 | Commentator | 2004 |
| FC | Labour | Kwong Chi-kin | FTU | Pro-Beijing | (1958-02-15)15 February 1958 | FTU Legal Adviser | 2004 |
| FC | Accountancy | Tam Heung-man | Independent$^a$ | Pan-democracy | (1957-06-08)8 June 1957 | Tax Advisor | 2004 |

## By-election

* 2 December 2007, Anson Chan elected and replaced Ma Lik who died on 8 August 2007.

## Other changes
### 2004

* Bernard Chan (Insurance), Raymond Ho (Engineering), Patrick Lau Architectural, Surveying and Planning), Lui Ming-wah (Commercial), and Abraham Shek (Real Estate and Construction), the existing members of the Breakfast Group launched a political grouping called The Alliance.

### 2006

* Audrey Eu (Hong Kong Island), Alan Leong (Kowloon East), Ronny Tong (New Territories East and Margaret Ng (Legal) from the Article 45 Concern Group co-founded the Civic Party in March 2006 with Mandy Tam (Accountancy and Fernando Cheung (Social Welfare) joining. Audrey Eu became the first leader of the party.
* Independent Albert Chan (New Territories West) and April Fifth Action's Leung Kwok-hung co-founded the League of Social Democrats.

## Committees

* Finance Committee— Chair: Emily Lau (2004—07), Tam Yiu-chung (2007–08)
** Establishment Subcommittee— Chair: Li Fung-ying
** Public Works Subcommittee— Chair: Raymond Ho
* Public Accounts Committee— Chair: Philip Wong
* Committee on Members' Interests— Chair: Sophie Leung
* House Committee— Chair: Miriam Lau
** Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee— Chair: Howard Young
* Committee on Rules of Procedure— Chair: Jasper Tsang

### Panels

* Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services— Chair: Margaret Ng
* Panel on Commerce and Industry— Chair: Sophie Leung (2004—06), Vincent Fang (2006—08)
* Panel on Constitutional Affairs— Chair: Lui Ming-wah
* Panel on Development— Chair: Lau Wong-fat
* Panel on Economic Development— Chair: James Tien (2004—06), Jeffrey Lam (2006—08)
* Panel on Education— Chair: Yeung Sum (2006—08), Jasper Tsang (2006—08)
* Panel on Environmental Affairs— Chair: Choy So-yuk (2004—06), Audrey Eu (2006—08)
* Panel on Financial Affairs— Chair: Bernard Chan (2004—06), Chan Kam-lam (2006—08)
* Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene— Chair: Fred Li (2004—06), Tommy Cheung (2006—08)
* Panel on Health Services— Chair: Andrew Cheng (2004–05), Kwok Ka-ki (2005–06), Joseph Lee (2006—07), Li Kwok-ying (2007—08)
* Panel on Home Affairs— Chair: Tommy Cheung (2004—06), Choy So-yuk (2006—08)
* Panel on Housing— Chair: Chan Kam-lam (2004—06), Lee Wing-tat (2006—08)
* Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting— Chair: Sin Chung-kai (2004—06), Albert Cheng (2006—08)
* Panel on Manpower— Chair: Lau Chin-shek
* Panel on Public Service— Chair: Tam Yiu-chung (2004—06), Howard Young (2006—08)
* Panel on Security— Chair: James To (2004—06), Lau Kong-wah (2006—08)
* Panel on Transport— Chair: Lau Kong-wah (2004—06), Andrew Cheng (2006—08)
* Panel on Welfare Services— Chair: Chan Yuen-han (2004—05, 2006–07), Fernando Cheung (2005—06, 2007–08)