Textiles and Garment (constituency)

The Textiles and Garment functional constituency (Chinese: 紡織及製衣界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the electoral reform, carried out by the then Governor Chris Patten in which the electorate consisted of total 60,568 eligible voters related to the textile and garment industry. It was abolished by the colonial Legislative Council and dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997.

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Textiles and Garment 紡織及製衣界
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	348 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1995
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Sunny Tan (BPA)

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The constituency was recreated for the 1998 Legislative Council election unless its electorate base has been narrowed which is composed of textiles and garment associations and traders only. After a major electoral overhaul in 2021, the registered voters are restricted from 1,607 in 2016 to 348 corporate voters of the designated associations.^[2]

The Textiles and Garment functional constituency is composed of—

• corporate members of the Textile Council of Hong Kong Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the council; and
• corporate members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body—
  • The Federation of Hong Kong Cotton Weavers;
  • The Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers;
  • Hong Kong Chinese Textile Mills Association;
  • The Hongkong Cotton Spinners Association;
  • Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association Ltd.;
  • Hongkong Knitwear Exporters & Manufacturers Association Limited; (Amended 11 of 2019 s. 5)
  • Hong Kong Woollen & Synthetic Knitting Manufacturers’ Association Ltd.;
  • The Hong Kong Association of Textile Bleachers, Dyers, Printers and Finishers Limited;
  • The Hong Kong Weaving Mills Association;
  • The Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles Limited.^[2]