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After the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region implemented the electoral system reform, the Election Committee election on Sept 19, has become the focus of attention. The revamped Election Committee will assume some new responsibilities in the next two elections to the Legislative Council and the chief executive's election.
A newly established eligibility committee will ensure that extreme anti-China candidates are not allowed to contest the Hong Kong Election Committee polls, which start on Sunday, experts said.
In the early days after Hong Kong returned to the motherland, the central authorities in Beijing adopted a "positive noninterference", or hands-off, approach in the governance of the special administrative region, even though Beijing holds overall jurisdiction over the city by virtue of the resumption of exercising sovereignty over the region.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration John Lee Ka-chiu said the reviewing work of the eligibility of candidates for the upcoming Election Committee is progressing well, adding that it will take consideration of the candidates words and deeds to decide whether they are "genuine patriots".