Districts of Hong Kong - Composition of District Councils

Composition of District Councils

The second-term district councils, comprising 529 members (400 elected, 102 appointed by the Chief Executive and 27 ex officio who are chairmen of the rural committees in the New Territories), commenced on 1 January 2004.

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