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2nd Legislative Council of
Hong Kong
2nd Legislative Council of ; Hong Kong
Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Council
Jurisdiction	Hong Kong
Meeting place	Legislative Council Building
Term	1 October 2000 – 30 September 2004
Website	legco.gov.hk/
Members	60 members
President	Rita Fan (Independent)
Party control	Pro-Beijing camp

The Second Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港第二屆立法會) was the meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 2000 election. 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, Michael Mak, Li Fung-ying, Lo Wing-lok, Abraham Shek, Tommy Cheung and Audrey Eu who won the seat vacated by Gary Cheng 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 recorded more than five millions, the largest protest since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Liberal Party'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^[1]

Proposed

National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill^[2]

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 In the aftermath, the National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill was withdrawn after it became clear that it would not get the necessary support from the Legislative Council for it to be passed.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

Affiliation	Election	At dissolution
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong	11	10
Liberal Party	8	8
Breakfast Group	7	7
Hong Kong Progressive Alliance	4	4
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	1	1
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions	1	1
New Century Forum	1	1
Independent	6	6
Total for Pro-Beijing camp	39	38
Democratic Party	12	11
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions	2	2
The Frontier	2	2
Article 45 Concern Group	0	2
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	1	1
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre	1	1
Independent	3	3
Total for Pro-democracy camp	21	22
Total	60	60

Graphical representation of the Legislative Council

Pro-democracy camp:

Pro-Beijing camp:

Leadership

Office	Party	Officer		Constituency	Since
President	Independent		Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai	Election Committee	1998

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

Selection Method	Constituency	Elected Members		Political Alignment	Born	Occupation(s)	Assumed Office
EC	Election Committee	Rita Fan	Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1945-09-20)20 September 1945	Legislative Councillor	1998
FC	Industrial (First)	Kenneth Ting	Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1942-08-21)21 August 1942	Company Chairman	1998
FC	Commercial (First)	James Tien	Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1947-01-08)8 January 1947	Company Chairman	1998
EC	Election Committee	David Chu	Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1943-03-05)5 March 1943	Company Chairman Company Director	1998
GC	Hong Kong Island	Cyd Ho	Frontier	Pro-democracy	(1954-07-24)24 July 1954	Social Activist	1998
GC	New Territories West	Albert Ho	Democratic	Pro-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	Pro-democracy	(1957-02-12)12 February 1957	Legislative Councillor	1998
GC	Hong Kong Island	Martin Lee	Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1938-06-08)8 June 1938	Barrister-at-law	1998
FC	Accountancy	Eric Li	Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	(1953-05-23)23 May 1953	Accountant	1998
FC	Finance	David Li	Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1939-03-13)13 March 1939	Banker	1998
GC	Kowloon East	Fred Li	Democratic	Pro-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
EC	Election Committee	Ng Leung-sing	Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	(1949-07-11)11 July 1949	Banker	1998
EC	Election Committee^b	Ng Ching-fai	New Forum	Pro-Beijing	(1939-11-20)20 November 1939	Dean and Chair Professor	1998
FC	Legal	Margaret Ng	Independent^a	Pro-democracy	(1948-01-25)25 January 1948	Barrister-at-law	1998
GC	Wholesale and Retail	Selina Chow	Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1945-01-25)25 January 1945	Legislative Councillor	1998
GC	Kowloon West	James To	Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1963-03-11)11 March 1963	Solicitor	1998
FC	Education	Cheung Man-kwong	Democratic/PTU	Pro-democracy	(1954-09-15)15 September 1954	Teacher Legislative Councillor	1998
FC	Import and Export	Hui Cheung-ching	Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1942-09-04)4 September 1942	Company Director	1998
FC	Labour	Chan Kwok-keung	DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1946-01-17)17 January 1946	Associate Director	1998
GC	Kowloon East	Chan Yuen-han	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	Pro-democracy	(1953-05-19)19 May 1953	Legislative Councillor	1998
GC	Hong Kong Island^b	Gary Cheng^d	DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1950-05-29)29 May 1950	Public Relations Consultant	1998
FC	Information Technology	Sin Chung-kai	Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1960-06-15)15 June 1960	Legislative Councillor	1998
GC	New Territories East	Andrew Wong	Independent	Pro-democracy	(1943-12-11)11 December 1943	Professor	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	Pro-democracy	(1947-11-22)22 November 1947	Lecturer	1998
EC	Election Committee	Yeung Yiu-chung	DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1951-11-07)7 November 1951	School Principal	1998
GC	Kowloon West	Lau Chin-shek	CTU	Pro-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	Heung Yee Kuk	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
EC	Election Committee	Ambrose Lau	Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1947-07-16)16 July 1947	Solicitor and Notary Public	1998
GC	New Territories East	Emily Lau	Frontier	Pro-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	Pro-democracy	(1960-04-28)28 April 1960	Solicitor	1998
GC	Kowloon East	Szeto Wah	Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1931-02-28)28 February 1931	Legislative Councillor	1998
FC	Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication	Timothy Fok	Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1946-02-14)14 February 1946	Merchant	1998
FC	Social Welfare	Law Chi-kwong	Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1953-11-01)1 November 1953	Social Work Teacher	1998
GC	New Territories West	Tam Yiu-chung	DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1949-12-15)15 December 1949	Legislative Councillor	1998
GC	New Territories West	Tang Siu-tong	Progressive Alliance	Pro-Beijing	(1942-09-26)26 September 1942	Medical Practitioner	1998 (b)
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	Financial Services	Henry Wu	Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1951-08-23)23 August 1951	Merchant Executive Director	2000
FC	Catering	Tommy Cheung	Liberal	Pro-Beijing	(1949-09-30)30 September 1949	Merchant Legislative Councillor	2000
FC	Health Services	Michael Mak	Independent	Pro-democracy	(1955-08-23)23 August 1955	Legislative Councillor	2000
GC	New Territories West	Albert Chan	Democratic^a	Pro-democracy	(1955-03-03)3 March 1955	Legislative Councillor	2000
FC	Labour	Leung Fu-wah	FTU	Pro-Beijing	(1951-10-21)21 October 1951	Unionist	2000
FC	Medical	Lo Wing-lok	Breakfast Group	Pro-Beijing	(1954-09-13)13 September 1954	Medical Practitioner	2000
GC	New Territories East	Wong Sing-chi	Democratic	Pro-democracy	(1957-10-11)11 October 1957	Social Worker	2000
GC	Kowloon West	Frederick Fung	ADPL	Pro-democracy	(1953-03-17)17 March 1953	Legislative Councillor	2000
FC	District Council	Ip Kwok-him	DAB	Pro-Beijing	(1951-11-08)8 November 1951	Executive Secretary	2000
FC	Architectural, Surveying and Planning	Lau Ping-cheung	Independent	Pro-Beijing	(1951-10-03)3 October 1951	Surveyor	2000

By-elections

10 December 2000, Audrey Eu elected in the Hong Kong Island by-election and replaced Gary Cheng who did not take the seat and was subsequently jailed for abuse of office.^[3]
16 September 2001, Ma Fung-kwok replaced resigned Ng Ching-fai in the Election Committee by-election.

Other changes

2002

Albert Chan (New Territories West) left the Democratic Party on 1 August 2002, a day after the Party's leadership election.^[4]

2003

Audrey Eu (Hong Kong Island) and Margaret Ng (Legal) 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 and renamed it into Article 45 Concern Group on 14 November 2003.

Committees

Committee
Committee	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Committees
Finance Committee Establishment Subcommittee Public Works Subcommittee	Philip Wong (Independent)				Ng Leung-sing (Breakfast)
	Chan Kwok-keung (DAB)				Ng Leung-sing (Breakfast)
	Raymond Ho (Breakfast)				Albert Chan (Democratic→Independent)
Public Accounts Committee	Eric Li (Breakfast)				Emily Lau (Frontier)
Committee on Members' Interests	David Chu (PA)				Sin Chung-kai (Democratic)
House Committee Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee	Selina Chow (Liberal)			Miriam Lau (Liberal)	Fred Li (Democratic)
House Committee Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee	Lui Ming-wah (Breakfast)				Emily Lau (Frontier)
Committee on Rules of Procedure	Jasper Tsang (DAB)				Margaret Ng (Independent→A45CG)
Panels
Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services	Margaret Ng (Independent)				Jasper Tsang (DAB)
Panel on Commerce and Industry	Kenneth Ting (Liberal)				Hui Cheung-ching (PA)
Panel on Constitutional Affairs	Andrew Wong (Independent)				Emily Lau (Frontier)
Panel on Economic Services	James Tien (Liberal)				Lui Ming-wah (Breakfast)
Panel on Education	Yeung Sum (Democratic)	Yeung Yiu-chung (DAB)	Yeung Sum (Democratic)	Yeung Yiu-chung (DAB)	Yeung Yiu-chung (DAB)	Yeung Sum (Democratic)	Yeung Yiu-chung (DAB)	Yeung Sum (Democratic)
Panel on Environmental Affairs	Ng Ching-fai (NCF)	Choy So-yuk (DAB)			Cyd Ho (Frontier)
Panel on Financial Affairs	Ambrose Lau (PA)				Henry Wu (Independent)
Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene	Fred Li (Democratic)				Tommy Cheung (Liberal)
Panel on Health Services	Sophie Leung (Liberal)		Lo Wing-lok (Breakfast)	Michael Mak (Independent)	Lo Wing-lok (Breakfast)		Michael Mak (Independent)	Lo Wing-lok (Breakfast)
Panel on Home Affairs	Andrew Cheng (Democratic)	Ip Kwok-him (DAB)	Andrew Cheng (Democratic)	Ip Kwok-him (DAB)	Choy So-yuk (DAB)	Andrew Cheng (Democratic)	Choy So-yuk (DAB)	Andrew Cheng (Democratic)
Panel on Housing	Chan Kam-lam (DAB)	Albert Ho (Democratic)	Chan Kam-lam (DAB)	Albert Ho (Democratic)	Albert Ho (Democratic)	Chan Kam-lam (DAB)	Albert Ho (Democratic)	Chan Kam-lam (DAB)
Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting	Sin Chung-kai (Democratic)				Howard Young (Liberal)
Panel on Manpower	Lau Chin-shek (CTU)				Chan Kwok-keung (DAB)
Panel on Planning, Lands and Works	Tang Siu-tong (PA)				Lau Ping-cheung (Independent)
Panel on Public Service	Tam Yiu-chung (DAB)				Li Fung-ying (FLU)
Panel on Security	Lau Kong-wah (DAB)	James To (Democratic)	Lau Kong-wah (DAB)	James To (Democratic)	James To (Democratic)	Lau Kong-wah (DAB)	James To (Democratic)	Lau Kong-wah (DAB)
Panel on Transport	Miriam Lau (Liberal)			Lau Kong-wah (DAB)	Abraham Shek (Breakfast)			Andrew Cheng (Democratic)
Panel on Welfare Services	Law Chi-kwong (Democratic)	Chan Yuen-han (DAB)	Law Chi-kwong (Democratic)	Chan Yuen-han (DAB)	Chan Yuen-han (DAB)	Law Chi-kwong (Democratic)	Chan Yuen-han (DAB)	Law Chi-kwong (Democratic)