The Second Legislative Council of Hong Kong () was the meeting of the legislative branch of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a Special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the List of ...
Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the
2000 election
The following elections occurred in the year 2000.
Africa
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. The term of the session was from 1 October 2000 to 30 September 2004, during the latter half of the
first term of the Tung Chee-hwa's administration and most of the
Tung's second term in office. The
pro-democratic Democratic Party remained the largest party with 13 seats. Notable newcomers to the Legislative Council included
Wong Sing-chi
Nelson Wong Sing-chi (born 11 October 1957) is a Hong Kong politician and social worker. He had been member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong between 2000–04 and 2008–12. He was the founding member of the Democratic Party before he ...
,
Michael Mak,
Li Fung-ying
Li Fung-ying () (born 2 December 1950 in Hong Kong) is a trades unionist in Hong Kong. She is the third vice-chairperson of the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions, the third largest trade union in Hong Kong. Until 2012, she was a ...
,
Lo Wing-lok
Lo Wing-lok, JP (; 13 September 1954 – 9 May 2015) was a Hong Kong doctor and politician. He was the Legislative Councillor for the Medical functional constituency from 2000 to 2004. He was the vice-chairman of the pro-democracy League o ...
,
Abraham Shek
Abraham Shek Lai-him GBS JP or Abraham Razack (; born Razack Ebrahim Abdul; 24 June 1945) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the real estate and construction industry in a functional constituency s ...
,
Tommy Cheung
Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, GBS, JP (, born 30 September 1949 in Hong Kong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), representing the Catering functional constituencies seats. He is a non-official member of the Executive Counc ...
and
Audrey Eu
Audrey Eu Yuet-mee is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician who represented Hong Kong Island in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 2000 to 2012. Eu was the founding leader of the Civic Party and was a member of the party's executive commit ...
who won the seat vacated by
Gary Cheng
Gary Cheng Kai Nam (, born 29 May 1950, in Hong Kong with family roots in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China) is a Hong Kong politician who served as vice-chairman for the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong party.
He was ed ...
in the
2000 Hong Kong Island by-election.
Major events
* September 2002 – July 2003: The government released its proposals for the anti-subversion law and sparked enormous criticisms from the society. The
Hong Kong 1 July marches Hong may refer to:
Places
*Høng, a town in Denmark
*Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China
*Hong, Nigeria
*Hong River in China and Vietnam
*Lake Hong in China
Surnames
*Hong (Chinese surname)
*Hong (Korean surname)
O ...
recorded more than five millions, the largest protest since the
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between t ...
.
Liberal Party
The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world.
The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...
's chairman
James Tien resigned from the
Executive Council and would have party members vote for a postponement. As a result, the government withdrew the bill in later July due to insufficient votes to pass the law.
Major legislation
Enacted
* 8 July 2004:
Education (Amendment) Ordinance 2004
Proposed
*
National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill
National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill () was a proposed bill which aimed to amend the Crimes Ordinance, the Official Secrets Ordinance, and the Societies Ordinance, pursuant to the obligation imposed by Article 23 of the Basic Law, an ...
National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill
In November 2002, the anti-subversion National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill to amend the Crimes Ordinance, the Official Secrets Ordinance and the Societies Ordinance pursuant to the obligation imposed by Article 23 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong was introduced to the Legislative Council. It is the cause of considerable controversy and division in Hong Kong. Protests against the bill resulted in a
massive demonstration on 1 July 2003. In the aftermath, the National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill was withdrawn after it became clear that it would not get the necessary support from the Legislative Council for it to be passed. The bill was then shelved indefinitely.
Composition
Graphical representation of the Legislative Council
Leadership
List of members
The following table is a list of LegCo members elected on 10 September 2000 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
:
d = did not take seat
By-elections
* 10 December 2000,
Audrey Eu
Audrey Eu Yuet-mee is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician who represented Hong Kong Island in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 2000 to 2012. Eu was the founding leader of the Civic Party and was a member of the party's executive commit ...
elected in the
Hong Kong Island by-election and replaced
Gary Cheng
Gary Cheng Kai Nam (, born 29 May 1950, in Hong Kong with family roots in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China) is a Hong Kong politician who served as vice-chairman for the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong party.
He was ed ...
who did not take the seat and was subsequently jailed for abuse of office.
* 16 September 2001,
Ma Fung-kwok
Ma Fung-kwok () is a member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong from for Election Committee constituency and Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication from 1997 to 2000 and 2012 to present. He h ...
replaced resigned
Ng Ching-fai
Ng Ching-fai, Order of the Bauhinia Star, GBS ( zh, s=吴清辉, t=吳清輝, p=Wú Qīnghuī, j=Ng4 Ching1 Fai1; born 20 November 1939 in Shanghai, China) is a professor of chemistry and the former president and vice-chancellor of Hong Kong Ba ...
in the
Election Committee
The Election Committee is the electoral college in Hong Kong that selects the Chief Executive (CE) and, since 2021, elects 40 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council. Established by Annex I of the Basic Law of Hong Kong which states ...
by-election.
Other changes
2002
*
Albert Chan
Albert Chan Wai-yip (born 3 March 1955, Hong Kong), also known by his nickname "Big Piece", is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories West constituency. He has served as a legislator from 199 ...
(
New Territories West
New Territories West (NTW) is the western part of Hong Kong's New Territories, covering Yuen Long District, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun District, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan District, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing District, Kwai Tsing and the Islands District.
History
...
) left the
Democratic Party on 1 August 2002, a day after the Party's leadership election.
2003
*
Audrey Eu
Audrey Eu Yuet-mee is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician who represented Hong Kong Island in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 2000 to 2012. Eu was the founding leader of the Civic Party and was a member of the party's executive commit ...
(
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island () is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of , . It is the second largest island in Hong Kon ...
) and
Margaret Ng
Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee (; born 25 January 1948) is a politician, barrister, writer and columnist in Hong Kong. She was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2012.
Biography
Before entering the legal profession, Margaret ...
(
Legal
Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a Socia ...
) launched the Basic Law Article 23 Concern Group to criticise the HKSAR Government's legislative proposals to implement the controversial
Article 23 of the Basic Law
Article 23 is an article of the Hong Kong Basic Law. It states that Hong Kong "shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People's Government, or theft of state secrets, to pr ...
and renamed it into
Article 45 Concern Group
Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group was a pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) . It was established on 14 November 2003 by legal practitioners and academics. It ha ...
on 14 November 2003.
Committees
See also
*
2000 Hong Kong legislative election
The 2000 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 10 September 2000 for members of the 2nd Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The election returned 24 m ...
*
2000 Hong Kong Island by-election
References
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