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Newly-elected lawmakers and authorities in Hong Kong have highlighted the significance of the election in getting rid of past political quagmire and fast-tracking solutions to Hong Kong s deep-seated problems.
Newly-elected lawmakers and authorities in Hong Kong have highlighted the significance of the election in getting rid of past political quagmire and fast-tracking solutions to Hong Kong s deep-seated problems.
China s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Monday unveiled its new lawmaker lineup after successfully holding its first legislative election under an improved electoral system.
World powers on Monday condemned Hong’s Kong tightly vetted Legislative Council election, saying rules imposed by Beijing that reduced directly elected seats and controlled who could stand had eroded democracy in the territory.
Figures showed just 30 percent of the electorate cast ballots, the lowest rate both of the period since the territory’s 1997 handover to China and the British colonial era.
Turnout at the last legislature polls in 2016 was 58 percent, while the 2019 district council elections, when democracy advocates won a landslide, saw a record 71 percent.
The foreign ministers of the G7 expressed “grave concern over the erosion of
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