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Electorate
  
8,123

Number of members
  
1

Founded
  
1994

University (constituency)

Region
  
Central and Western District

Created
  
Hong Kong local elections, 1994

University (Chinese: 大學) is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central & Western District of Hong Kong. It has been represented since 1994 by Stephen Chan Chit-kwai in the Central & Western District Council.

Contents

The constituency is loosely based on the area around its namesake University of Hong Kong's Main Campus in Mid-Levels, with an estimated population of 18,535.

Boundaries

University constituency is roughly based on the western portion of the Mid-levels, bounded on the north by Bonham Road and on the west by Pok Fu Lam Road, except for a small section of the latter outside HKU's Jockey Club Student Village.

The constituency covers the whole of the University of Hong Kong's Main Campus as well as the student accommodations of St. John's College and Jockey Club Student Village.

Bordering University are the constituencies of Kwun Lung, Belcher, Water Street, Centre Street, Tung Wah, Castle Road and Peak, as well as the Pok Fu Lam constituency of Southern District.

Councillors represented

Since its creation in 1994, the constituency's seat in the District Council has been held by Stephen CHAN Chit-kwai, whose occupation is hall manager at the University of Hong Kong.

References

University (constituency) Wikipedia