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Vacancies in District Councils
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     ​The Government declared by notices in the Gazette today (July 23) the existence of one vacant elected seat each in the Tuen Mun District Council Fu Sun Constituency, the Eastern District Council Nam Fung Constituency, the Sha Tin District Council Fo Tan Constituency and Tin Sum Constituency, the Yuen Long District Council Fung Nin Constituency, and the Tsuen Wan District Council Allway Constituency.
      
     Mr Lee Ka Wai, an elected member of the Tuen Mun District Council Fu Sun Constituency, had been consecutively absent from all the meetings of the Council since March 16, 2021, without obtaining the consent of the Council before the end of the disqualifying period. Pursuant to section 24(5) of the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547) (the Ordinance), Mr Lee has been disqualified from holding office since July 17, 2021. His office has become vacant since that day under section 26(c) of the Ordinance.
 
     Moreover, following the resignation of elected members set out in the table below, pursuant to section 26(b) of the Ordinance, their offices have become vacant from the dates specified in the table below. 
 
Member Office has become vacant from
Mr Cheung Kwok Cheong (Eastern District Council Nam Fung Constituency) July 15, 2021
Mr Lui Kai Wing (Sha Tin District Council Fo Tan Constituency) July 15, 2021
Mr Tsang Kit (Sha Tin District Council Tin Sum Constituency) July 15, 2021
Mr Chan King Lun Kisslan (Yuen Long District Council Fung Nin Constituency) July 15, 2021
Mr Chiu Yan Loy (Tsuen Wan District Council Allway Constituency) July 18, 2021

 
Ends/Friday, July 23, 2021
Issued at HKT 11:00
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