Community Sha Tin


Community Sha Tin is a local political group based in Sha Tin formed in 2017 by a group of pro-democracy Sha Tin District Councillors.

History

The group was formed in December 2017 by nine members of the Sha Tin District Council, including former Neo Democrats councillors Yau Man-chun, Billy Chan Shiu-yeung, Chiu Chu-pong and Hui Yui-yu, former Democratic Party councillor Chan Nok-hang, Democratic Party's Ting Tsz-yuen, Labour Party's Yip Wing and two post-Occupy "umbrella soldiers" Lai Tsz-yan and Wong Hok-lai, to consolidate the pro-democratic force in the council.
Amid the intra-party conflicts between Democratic Party Legislative Councillor Lam Cheuk-ting and the members who were both members of the party's New Territories East branch members and Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood, Ting Tsz-yuen, Community Sha Tin's convenor also quit the Democratic Party over the dual-membership allegation. Community Sha Tin later joined the CGPLTKO and some other former Democratic Party members to form the Community Alliance in May 2019.
The group had many candidates overlapping with Democratic Party's candidates in the 2019 District Council elections, including the newly created Di Yee, where Tse Kit-wing and Democratic Party's Liu Qing contested in the same constituency. Due to the clashes, some candidates of the group were not endorsed by Power for Democracy.

Performance in elections

Sha Tin District Council elections

Representatives

District Councils

The Community Sha Tin now holds eight seats in Sha Tin District Council :
DistrictConstituencyMember
Sha TinWong UkLai Tsz-yan
Sha TinPok HongChiu Chu-pong
Sha TinShui Chuen OLo Tak-ming
Sha TinLower Shing MunKen Wong Ho-fung
Sha TinKeng HauNg Kam-hung
Sha TinChung TinWong Hok-lai
Sha TinWu Kai ShaLi Wing-shing
Sha TinKam YingTing Tsz-yuen