Page 2 - Lilian Cheng News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

HK Government Introduces Even More Measures to Ensure Preferred Election Outcomes

HK Government Introduces Even More Measures to Ensure Preferred Election Outcomes Posted by John Chan | Apr 13, 2021 The Hong Kong government has announced an umbrella bill to implement sweeping changes to the city’s electoral system, two weeks after the changes were approved by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) in Beijing. The measures will more than halve the number of democratically elected seats in the city’s legislature, while expanding the body and altering its selection mechanism to grant more influence to pro-Beijing figures. The NPCSC’s plan all but guarantees that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition will never gain more than a handful of seats, still less the majority towards which they had been working. Nevertheless, the city’s government has now gone even further in its bid to control future election outcomes, announcing on Tuesday that it would make it illegal for anyone to encourage voters to cast blank ballots or boycott future el

Hong kongUniversity of hong kongHong kong generalWang chenNatalie wongErick tsangMary huiMinxin peiJustice teresa cheng yeuk wahMatthew brookerJack maChris lauSelina chengLilian chengCharmaine mokAlex lam

Hong Kong Electoral Downgrade Slashes Elected Share of Legislature, Puts Candidate Vetting Above Law

Hong Kong Electoral Downgrade Slashes Elected Share of Legislature, Puts Candidate Vetting Above Law
chinadigitaltimes.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chinadigitaltimes.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

Hong kongHong kong special administrative regionHong kong generalNatalie wongPeter lewisGary cheungLuo huiningJiang zeminPres kellyXinqi suHong kong moneytalkMa ngokCarrie lamSelina chengLilian chengBar association

HK Announces Oath Requirement for Elected Officials, Paving Way for More Opposition Disqualifications

HK Announces Oath Requirement for Elected Officials, Paving Way for More Opposition Disqualifications Posted by John Chan | Feb 23, 2021 The Hong Kong government has introduced a bill that will grant it the power to disqualify elected officials for failing to pledge loyalty, as the authorities define it, to the HKSAR or for betraying their oath of office. The proposal paves the way for the removal of pro-democracy District Councillors, local representatives who were elected to office in landslide victories in the fall of 2019. The changes came one day after Xia Baolong, Beijing’s director of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, declared in a strongly worded speech that Hong Kong must be ruled by “patriots,” echoing words from Xi Jinping earlier this month. Xia’s speech signalled that even more electoral reforms were to be expected, with media reports suggesting possible changes to the composition of the 1,200 person Chief Executive Election Committee.

Hong kongNew yorkUnited statesUniversity of hong kongHong kong generalUnited kingdomXia baolongCalvin lumCathy yauGuardian helen davidsonLester shumMartin leeElgar teoShibani mahtaniElaine yuErick tsang