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Over 70 percent of Hong Kong voters interviewed in a recent survey said they believe that the upcoming LegCo election will elect competent lawmakers to better serve Hong Kong’s interests.
Hong Kong people's enthusiasm and expectations are running high for Sunday's Legislative Council election.
On Wednesday, the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region arrested four for suspicion of curbing the election. According to reports, the four were suspected of having spread articles online, which invoked others to refuse to vote or issue blank votes in the coming election for the Legislative Council.
The Office of the Commissioner of China's Foreign Affairs Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region urged foreign forces on Wednesday to stop smearing, disrupting and sabotaging Hong Kong's upcoming Legislative Council election.
Editor's Notes: Hong Kong will hold its first Legislative Council election under the improved electoral system on Sunday. China Daily talked to an array of representatives from Hong Kong's various sectors to weigh in on the upcoming election and Hong Kong's democracy. Henry Tang Ying-yen, chairman of the board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, said the principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong" allows widespread participation and will bring diversity into the new legislature.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government is fully prepared for Sunday's Legislative Council election, with many measures in place to promote and facilitate the voting, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuetngor said on Tuesday.
Editor's Notes: Hong Kong will hold its first legislative election under the improved electoral system on Sunday. China Daily talked to an array of representatives from Hong Kong's various sectors to weigh in on the upcoming election and Hong Kong's democracy. David Wong Yau-kar, chairman of the Education University of Hong Kong Council and Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress, said the revamped electoral system will give Hong Kong a vibrant democratic system.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said Tuesday the government is fully prepared for the upcoming Legislative Council Election on Dec 19.
Hong Kong's democracy under the revamped electoral system will better serve residents' interests, as more talented patriots committed to improving people's livelihoods are expected in the new Legislative Council, political heavyweights and representatives from various sectors said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Tuesday vowed to have a "fair and open" Legislative Council election, saying the ultimate goal of Hong Kong's democracy is to improve people's livelihood.
Hong Kong's new electoral system, which aims to maximally balance the interests of various sectors and broadly represent their voices, will open a new chapter of democratic development in the city, the nation's top official in charge of Hong Kong affairs said on Monday.
A Hong Kong magistrates' court ordered the arrest of former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung and former district councilor Yau Man-chun for inciting others to boycott the upcoming Legislative Council elections, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said on Monday.
A total of 111,000 Hong Kong residents living on the Chinese mainland will be able to cast their votes at polling stations to be set up at the Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau Spur Line and Heung Yuen Wai land ports for the legislative election on Dec 19, the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai said on Monday.
In Hong Kong's first-ever livestreamed election debate, 51 Hong Kong legislator hopefuls from the Election Committee Constituency on Friday engaged in a heated discussion on thorny issues the city is currently facing, including the much anticipated border reopening, labor rights, the land supply and the aging population.
A plan to allow Hong Kong residents on the Chinese mainland to cast their votes in the upcoming Legislative Council election at the city's closed checkpoints will be released this week, revealed Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Tuesday.
A total of 153 people running for Hong Kong's upcoming Legislative Council election were validly nominated, while one who holds a government post was disqualified, the city's committee tasked with reviewing election candidates' eligibility revealed on Friday.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Friday that the Chief Executive in Council, in accordance with the Legislative Council Ordinance, has specified Jan 1, 2022 as the commencement date of the seventh Legislative Council (LegCo) of the HKSAR.
The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee on Friday declared valid the nominations of 153 persons for Hong Kong's upcoming Legislative Council election, while disqualifying one hopeful vying for a seat in the medical and health service sector.
The government is mulling a plan to allow Hong Kong residents on the Chinese mainland to vote at the city's checkpoints for the upcoming Legislative Council election, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday.
