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Catering (constituency)

FieldValue
typeFunctional
nameCatering
飲食界
year2000
parl_nameLegislative Council of Hong Kong
memberJonathan Leung (Liberal)
region
elects_howmanyOne
electorate129
previousRegional Council and Urban Council

飲食界

The Catering functional constituency () 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.

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

Before 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.

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.

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 () 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. As a result, the registered voters declined sharply from 5,485 in 2016 to only 141 in 2021.

Return members

ElectionMemberParty
Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}"2000Tommy Cheung
Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}"2004
Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}"2008
Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}"2012
Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}"2016
Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}"2021
Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}"2025Jonathan Leung

Electoral results

2020s

|reg. electors = 129

|reg. electors = 141

2010s

|reg. electors = 5,485

|reg. electors = 7,797

2000s

|reg. electors = 8,149

|reg. electors = 7,786

|reg. electors = 6,963

References

References

  1. (2010). "Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executivei". Hong Kong University Press.
  2. (3 June 2015). "Corporate power: Hong Kong catering functional constituency gives undue weight to four big groups". South China Morning Post.
  3. "Cap. 542 Legislative Council Ordinance". E-Legislation.
  4. (November 2018). "2016 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk.
  5. (August 2017). "2008 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk.
  6. "2004 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk.
  7. "2000 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk.
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