Electronic Voting

Democrats fret over ignorance on super seats

8 Aug 2012

The Democratic Party yesterday urged the government to raise awareness of the election for five new legislative 'super seats' next month after a party survey revealed a 'worrying' lack of...

11:11PM

West wing project should benefit people, not developer

20 Jun 2012

Chairman of the Antiquities Advisory Board Bernard Chan resigned on Monday amid accusations that he colluded with officials over the heritage grading of Government Hill.

5:56PM

Heritage adviser branded 'unfit' in west wing row

18 Jun 2012

A senior counsel from a leading conservation group has weighed into the row over a vote last week that might have saved the west wing of the government's former headquarters from demolition.

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5:51PM

Pair held over hacking of mock poll

26 Mar 2012

Police last night questioned a man and a youth arrested over an attack by hackers on a computer system being used in a mock election for the chief executive.

11:14AM

Thousands queue to vote in mock election

24 Mar 2012

Thousands stood in long queues to cast ballots in yesterday's mock election for the city's new leader.

11:03AM

Simulated ballot gives everyone a say

21 Mar 2012

Every adult permanent resident will have the chance to cast a vote for chief executive this Friday, in an attempt to influence the 1,193 people who will choose the city's next leader.

10:42AM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

3:55AM

Wukan holds first free election

More than 6,000 people in restive Wukan - a Guangdong fishing community where villagers have been in a stand-off with authorities for months over dodgy land grabs - cast ballots yesterday for a...

6:27AM

Have a 'say' on chief

Hongkongers may have a say in the forthcoming chief executive election through a simulated vote.

4:06AM

Simulated voting not new to Hong Kong

Simulated voting may sound like a novel idea to many, but it has been tried with some success in Hong Kong before.

In 1993, Dr Robert Chung Ting-yiu from the University of Hong Kong...

4:01AM

Queensland surprised it has key vote

The Queensland government office in Hong Kong expressed surprise at news that it can help choose the committee that picks the next chief executive, with a spokeswoman saying the office 'has no...

2:50AM

Out of step

At first they brushed it off as sour grapes. Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen didn't even bother to mince words. Sore losers whining - that was essentially what he said.

2:34AM

City to choose pan-democrat contender

The pan-democrats will stage a primary election to choose a candidate from their camp to run in the chief executive race.

2:28AM