The Catering functional constituency (Chinese: 飲食界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong created for the 2000 Legislative Council election to replace the Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies. The constituency is composed of bodies of several catering associations. It is also corresponding to the Catering Subsector in the Election Committee. Since its creation, it has been held by Liberal Party's Tommy Cheung.
| Catering 飲食界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Electorate | 141 (2021)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2000 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Tommy Cheung (Liberal) |
| Created from | Regional Council and Urban Council |
A similar Hotels and Catering functional constituency was created for the 1995 election by the then governor Chris Patten with a much larger electorate base composed of almost 70,000 voters.
Composition
editBefore the major electoral overhaul in 2021, the Catering constituency contained both corporate and individual members who held food licenses and/or are members of associations such as the Association for the Hong Kong Catering Services Management Limited, the Hong Kong Catering Industry Association Limited and the Association of Restaurant Managers Limited.[2]
The constituency was criticised for favouring big business. It was revealed that around one in 10 corporate voters have links to four major conglomerates in Hong Kong, more than 100 of the 1,004 corporate voters registered give addresses connected with the Tao Heung Group, Cafe de Coral Group, Fulum Group and Victoria Harbour Restaurant Group.[3]
After the electoral change in 2021, the eligible voters constituency were further limited to the bodies who are holders of food business licences under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) that are entitled to vote at the Board of The Association for Hong Kong Catering Services Management Limited, the Association of Restaurant Managers Limited or the Hong Kong Catering Industry Association Limited.[4] As a result, the registered voters declined sharply from 5,485 in 2016 to only 141 in 2021.
Return members
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tommy Cheung | Liberal | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
Electoral results
edit2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | 101 | 78.91 | −0.12 | |
| Independent | Rayman Chui Man-wai | 27 | 21.09 | ||
| Majority | 74 | 57.82 | −0.24 | ||
| Total valid votes | 128 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 128 | 90.78 | +32.09 | ||
| Registered electors | 141 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | 2,438 | 79.03 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Ng Wing-tak | 647 | 20.97 | ||
| Majority | 1,791 | 58.06 | |||
| Total valid votes | 3,085 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 134 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,219 | 58.69 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,485 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 7,797 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 8,149 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | 2,488 | 63.75 | +10.16 | |
| Democratic | Josephine Chan Shu-ying | 849 | 21.75 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Wong Sin-ying | 566 | 14.50 | ||
| Majority | 1,639 | 42.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 3,903 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 186 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,089 | 52.52 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,786 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan | 1,478 | 53.59 | ||
| Independent | Leung Kwong-cheong | 720 | 26.11 | ||
| DAB | Ng Tak-leung | 560 | 20.3 | ||
| Majority | 758 | 27.48 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,758 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 114 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,872 | 41.25 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,963 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ Young, Simon N.M.; Cullen, Richard (2010). Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executivei. Hong Kong University Press. p. 117.
- ^ Lam, Jeffie; Fung, Owen (3 June 2015). "Corporate power: Hong Kong catering functional constituency gives undue weight to four big groups". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "Cap. 542 Legislative Council Ordinance". E-Legislation.
- ^ "2016 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2004 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "2000 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2012-11-17.