There was a sense of apathy towards the Legislative Council polls until recently, when the election was fired up by the national education controversy. The awareness of the new "one person, two...
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Legco elections 2012
The 2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election will be held on 9 September 2012 for the 5th Legislative Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
15 Nov 2012
It is almost an open secret in political circles that independent lawmaker Paul Tse Wai-chun won election to Legco in September with the blessing of the central government's liaison office in Hong...
14 Nov 2012
Spending a lot of money will not always guarantee victory in Legislative Council election.
During the election in September, one candidate spent as little as HK$35,000 and won a seat, while...
30 Sep 2012
Observers of the Legislative Council election earlier this month would have been disappointed if they had looked for a "game-changing" debate between the candidates from the pan-democrat and pro-...
24 Sep 2012
The saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" appears to be the guiding principle in our Legco elections. Since 1998, the proportional representation voting system has been hailed as a better...
Following the Legislative Council election, I wrote a commentary evaluating the outcome, calling it a manipulated affair.
At an age when many people are retiring, the labour rights advocate Chan Yuen-han is preparing to put in long hours in the Legislative Council for the next four years so workers can enjoy a...
The election is over and the results are in. But who really won, the pan-democrats or the pro-establishment camp? The answer is not clear.
The performance of the leading party in each block...
Former US president Bill Clinton said in his speech to the Democratic convention nominating Barack Obama for re-election that he always gave a one-word answer when people asked how he had managed...
Newly elected Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) legislator Chan Yuen-han yesterday accused Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying of misjudging the row over national education lessons.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?" Voters face this question in every "first past the post" election. But in a system of proportional representation, where every faction...
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