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 became the largest party with 10 seats. 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 and the 2008 Legislative Council elections.
Major legislation
Enacted
- 6 August 2006: Interception of Communications and Surveillance Bill
- 19 October 2006: Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2005
Composition
| 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 | ||
| 6 | 4 | - | ||
| Total for pan-democracy camp | 25 | 26 | ||
| Total | 60 | 60 |
Note: Italic represents organisations that still function but become under another affiliation.
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:
By-election
- 2 December 2007, Anson Chan elected and replaced Ma Lik who died on 8 August 2007.
Other changes
2004
- Bernard Chan, Raymond Ho, Lui Ming-wah, and Abraham Shek, the existing members of the Breakfast Group launched a political grouping called The Alliance.
2006
- Audrey Eu, Alan Leong, Ronny Tong from the Article 45 Concern Group co-founded the Civic Party in March 2006 with Mandy Tam joining. Audrey Eu became the first leader of the party.
- Independent Albert Chan and April Fifth Action's Leung Kwok-hung co-founded the League of Social Democrats.
Committees
- Finance Committee— Chair: Emily Lau, Tam Yiu-chung
- * 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, Vincent Fang
- Panel on Constitutional Affairs— Chair: Lui Ming-wah
- Panel on Development— Chair: Lau Wong-fat
- Panel on Economic Development— Chair: James Tien, Jeffrey Lam
- Panel on Education— Chair: Yeung Sum, Jasper Tsang
- Panel on Environmental Affairs— Chair: Choy So-yuk, Audrey Eu
- Panel on Financial Affairs— Chair: Bernard Chan, Chan Kam-lam
- Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene— Chair: Fred Li, Tommy Cheung
- Panel on Health Services— Chair: Andrew Cheng, Kwok Ka-ki, Joseph Lee, Li Kwok-ying
- Panel on Home Affairs— Chair: Tommy Cheung, Choy So-yuk
- Panel on Housing— Chair: Chan Kam-lam, Lee Wing-tat
- Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting— Chair: Sin Chung-kai, Albert Cheng
- Panel on Manpower— Chair: Lau Chin-shek
- Panel on Public Service— Chair: Tam Yiu-chung, Howard Young
- Panel on Security— Chair: James To, Lau Kong-wah
- Panel on Transport— Chair: Lau Kong-wah, Andrew Cheng
- Panel on Welfare Services— Chair: Chan Yuen-han, Fernando Cheung