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Post by Rose Tinted Lane on May 31, 2015 23:17:46 GMT
The Hong Kong District Council (local) Elections are due later this year and are the first elections since what has come to be known as the 'Umbrella Movement' held their pro-democracy protests last year. These elections are being seen by some as a referendum on those protests and the democratic reforms which are still being debated on the election system to be used in the 2016 LegCo elections and the 2017 Chief Executive election. I will write a bit more on the 2015 District Council Elections, and the changes from the 2011 Elections, in the near future.
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Post by Rose Tinted Lane on Sept 12, 2016 14:11:29 GMT
I'll admit, I haven't been keeping this thread as up to date as I would have liked. The District elections last year saw a lot of noise, but no real change, except even greater fragmentation among the pan-Democrats, with leading lights of the Democratic and Civic Parties losing their seats, thereby removing their entitlement to stand in the HK-wide 'District' functional constituencies in this year's LegCo elections.
This year's LegCo elections were quite similar in that there was a lot of noise, but not much change on the surface although the pan-Democrats did increase their seats from 27 to 30 of 70. This betrays a much bigger change in the internal composition of the pan-Democrat group, with 'Umbrella movement' and radical left candidates winning some seats at the expense of more moderate pan-Democrats. Previously, some semblance of compromise has been reached with the pro-Beijing group, but the Chinese leadership has issued a pretty serious warning to the new Legislative Councillors that anyone advocating Hong Kong independence is in breach of the Basic Law and liable to be both imprisoned and lose their seat.
The Chief Executive election is next year, which is the real source of power. The current arrangement is a stitch up, with no candidates allowed who havent been vetted and approved by Beijing.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Sept 23, 2021 14:57:22 GMT
There was an election-type event in Macau last week: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Macanese_legislative_electionI didn't notice the news because mysteriously the TVB English News on YouTube is no longer updated. The Macau elections had so many candidates disqualified by Beijing that some party lists were subsequently also disqualified for having too few candidates. |
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Post by johng on Sept 23, 2021 15:23:45 GMT
There was an election-type event in Macau last week: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Macanese_legislative_electionI didn't notice the news because mysteriously the TVB English News on YouTube is no longer updated. The Macau elections had so many candidates disqualified by Beijing that some party lists were subsequently also disqualified for having too few candidates.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Sept 23, 2021 17:26:24 GMT
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Post by J.G.Harston on Dec 19, 2021 11:48:07 GMT
There is another election-type event occuring on Hong Kong today as the LegCo elections take place, postponed from last year. All candidates have to be vetted by Beijing, resulting in only four declared 'pro-democracy' candidates, elected seats have been reduced from 50% to 22%, 45% of seats are now filled directly by the Beijing-appointed Election Committee, and even elected candidates need to be nominated by the Election Committee.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Dec 21, 2021 0:09:29 GMT
The election results:
Pro-Beijing Group: 89
Pro-HongKong Group: 1
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Post by greenhert on Dec 21, 2021 12:59:08 GMT
A rigged election if ever I saw one.
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Post by AdminSTB on Dec 21, 2021 13:19:51 GMT
A rigged election if ever I saw one. Or as folks like to say around these parts: "An electoral type event" |
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 21, 2021 13:29:28 GMT
The election results: Pro-Beijing Group: 89 Pro-HongKong Group: 1So how were they allowed to slip through the net? |
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Post by greenhert on Dec 21, 2021 13:45:04 GMT
The election results: Pro-Beijing Group: 89 Pro-HongKong Group: 1So how were they allowed to slip through the net? It happens. After all, independent candidates can be elected in Vietnam even though the only legal permitted grouping is the communist-dominated Vietnamese Fatherland Front. |
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Post by maxque on Dec 21, 2021 15:33:05 GMT
The election results: Pro-Beijing Group: 89 Pro-HongKong Group: 1 More like Pro-Winnie the Pooh. |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Dec 22, 2021 1:29:41 GMT
The election results: Pro-Beijing Group: 89 Pro-HongKong Group: 1So how were they allowed to slip through the net? Realiter it is 1 "Independent", whose party is called - nomen est omen - "Third Side". |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Dec 22, 2021 1:32:18 GMT
Despite the exclusion of westernized Liberals it is not without interest, how which of the proBeijing-factions performed where well.
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Dec 22, 2021 1:36:59 GMT
I used to really pay attention to HK, but I can't anymore. Seeing it die is painful. I dread the day they tear down the goddess of democracy statue at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, we all know it's going to happen one day.
I'll just leave this here. My thoughts are with Hong Kongers at this time.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Dec 22, 2021 2:56:05 GMT
Elec.res. of the 10 Geographical Constituencies (electing 2 MPs each):  |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Dec 22, 2021 12:58:56 GMT
Despite the exclusion of westernized Liberals it is not without interest, how which of the proBeijing-factions performed where well. The results breakdown and a finger-in-the-wind approximation of their positions. DAB (Pro-Beijing) 19 up 6 from 13 essentially the TUC
FTU (Pro-Beijing) 8 up 4 from 4 essentially the Communist Party HK
BPA (Pro-Beijing) 7 down 1 from 8 essentially the CBI
NPP (Pro-Beijing) 5 up 3 from 2 essentially UNISON
Liberal (Pro-Beijing) 4 n/c from 4 essentially the Conservative Party
FEW (Pro-Beijing) 2 essentially the NUT, splitters from DAB
FLU (Pro-Beijing) 2 up 1 from 1 more splitters from DAB
Round Table (Pro-Beijing) 1 up 1 from new splitters from NPP
PP (Pro-Beijing) 1 splitters from Liberal, appear to be SDP
KWND (Pro-Beijing) 1 Ratepayers' Association
New Prospect (Pro-Beijing) 1 Mainlanders In Hong Kong
New Forum (Pro-Beijing) 1 Middle-class Tarquins & Jocastas
Independent Pro-Beijing 37
Third Side (Pro-Hong Kong) 1 George Galloway, expelled from Democrats
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Post by Khunanup on Dec 23, 2021 3:04:33 GMT
I used to really pay attention to HK, but I can't anymore. Seeing it die is painful. I dread the day they tear down the goddess of democracy statue at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, we all know it's going to happen one day. I'll just leave this here. My thoughts are with Hong Kongers at this time. The Tiananmen memorial has just been removed from Hong Kong University... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-59764029 |
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Post by seanryanj on Dec 23, 2021 4:42:50 GMT
Well we can see what would happen to Taiwan. So awful for Hong Kong, the bully boys of China are just making it their own.
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Dec 23, 2021 9:34:12 GMT
I used to really pay attention to HK, but I can't anymore. Seeing it die is painful. I dread the day they tear down the goddess of democracy statue at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, we all know it's going to happen one day. I'll just leave this here. My thoughts are with Hong Kongers at this time. The Tiananmen memorial has just been removed from Hong Kong University... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-59764029Yes, it's truly shameful. |
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