Due to the democratisation reform under the governorship of Chris Patten, all the appointed seats since the creations of the Councils were replaced by members of direct elections.

Dozens of long-serving Urban and Regional Councillors decided not to stand in the first full-scale municipal-level elections.

Elsie Tu, the second most senior Councillor was challenged and defeated by the Democratic Party heavyweight Szeto Wah for the Kwun Tong North seat.

[1] As a result, 21 Urban Councillors left in 1995 taking with them a total of 210 years of experience.

[2] After the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa decided to streamline and centralise municipal services as part of his government's policy reforms by dissolving the two Councils.