New Territories East refers to the eastern part of New Territories

New Territories

New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...

 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It includes Sha Tin District

Sha Tin District

Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. One of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen and Ma Liu Shui . The district has the highest population...

, Tai Po District

Tai Po District

Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It covers the areas of Tai Po, Tai Po Kau, Ting Kok, Plover Cove and the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula on both shores of Tolo Channel. It is located in the New Territories...

, North District

North District, Hong Kong

North District is the northernmost district of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the northwestern part of the New Territories. The new town of Fanling-Sheung Shui is within this district. It had a population of 298,657 in 2001. The district has the second lowest population density.It...

 and Sai Kung District

Sai Kung District

Sai Kung District is the second largest district in Hong Kong in terms of area. It comprises the southern half of Sai Kung Peninsula and Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories plus a strip to the east of Kowloon. The administrative centre is Sai Kung Town but the district's population is...

. It is the second largest geographical constituency in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.-History:The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule...

. Although New Territories East is not an official administrative name (it is officially part of the 'New Territories'), many government departments use it as a major administrative division.

Members representing this area include:

1998 members

• Cyd Ho
  Cyd Ho
  Cyd Ho Sau-lan is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Island constituency.Cyd Ho is a founding member of The Frontier, a pro-democracy political group, and since 2006, founding councillor of the World Future Council....
  
  
• Lau Kong-wah, JP
• Andrew Cheng
  Andrew Cheng
  Andrew Cheng Kar Foo BA, MA, MEd, PCLL is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency. He was a founder member of the Democratic Party, a member of Southern District Council between 1994 to 1999...
  
  
• Emily Lau
  Emily Lau
  Emily Lau Wai-hing JP is one of two vice-chairmen of Democratic Party.She was the convenor of The Frontier...
  
  
• Andrew Wong

2000 members

• Lau Kong-wah, JP
• Andrew Cheng
  Andrew Cheng
  Andrew Cheng Kar Foo BA, MA, MEd, PCLL is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency. He was a founder member of the Democratic Party, a member of Southern District Council between 1994 to 1999...
  
  
• Emily Lau
  Emily Lau
  Emily Lau Wai-hing JP is one of two vice-chairmen of Democratic Party.She was the convenor of The Frontier...
  
  
• Andrew Wong
• Wong Sing Chi
  Wong Sing Chi
  Nelson Wong Sing-chi is a member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories East constituency, as well as a member of North District, Hong Kong Council. He is a member of the Hong Kong Democratic Party.Wong was first elected to LegCo in 2000, was defeated in 2004 due to...
  
  

2004 members

• Lau Kong-wah, JP
• Andrew Cheng
  Andrew Cheng
  Andrew Cheng Kar Foo BA, MA, MEd, PCLL is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency. He was a founder member of the Democratic Party, a member of Southern District Council between 1994 to 1999...
  
  
• Emily Lau
  Emily Lau
  Emily Lau Wai-hing JP is one of two vice-chairmen of Democratic Party.She was the convenor of The Frontier...
  
  
• James Tien GBS JP
• Ronny Tong
  Ronny Tong
  Ronny Tong Ka-wah QC, SC is a Senior Counsel and current member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong , representing the New Territories East constituency. He is also a member of the Civic Party Executive Committee....
  
  
• Leung Kwok-hung
  Leung Kwok-hung
  Leung Kwok-hung , also known as Long Hair , is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong , a founding member of the League of Social Democrats and a democratic political activist.-Biography:Leung is a self-proclaimed Trotskyist and a member of April Fifth Action, a radical socialist...
  
  
• Li Kwok Ying
  Li Kwok Ying
  Li Kwok Ying MH was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing New Territories East and a member of Tai Po District Council. He is a Punti of New Territories...
  
   MH

2008 members

• Lau Kong-wah, JP
• Andrew Cheng
  Andrew Cheng
  Andrew Cheng Kar Foo BA, MA, MEd, PCLL is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency. He was a founder member of the Democratic Party, a member of Southern District Council between 1994 to 1999...
  
  
• Emily Lau
  Emily Lau
  Emily Lau Wai-hing JP is one of two vice-chairmen of Democratic Party.She was the convenor of The Frontier...
  
  
• Wong Sing Chi
  Wong Sing Chi
  Nelson Wong Sing-chi is a member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories East constituency, as well as a member of North District, Hong Kong Council. He is a member of the Hong Kong Democratic Party.Wong was first elected to LegCo in 2000, was defeated in 2004 due to...
  
  
• Ronny Tong
  Ronny Tong
  Ronny Tong Ka-wah QC, SC is a Senior Counsel and current member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong , representing the New Territories East constituency. He is also a member of the Civic Party Executive Committee....
  
  
• Leung Kwok-hung
  Leung Kwok-hung
  Leung Kwok-hung , also known as Long Hair , is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong , a founding member of the League of Social Democrats and a democratic political activist.-Biography:Leung is a self-proclaimed Trotskyist and a member of April Fifth Action, a radical socialist...
  
   (resigned 27 January 2010)
• Gary Chan
  Gary Chan
  Gary Chan Hak-kan is currently the youngest member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He represents the New Territories East constituency...