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12 Sep 2012

Re-elected legislators and academics are calling for a review of the proportional representation system, which critics say has encouraged a vocal minority and confused voters.

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Poll finds only a third of Hongkongers understand they can vote for 'super seats'

15 Aug 2012

Only a third of Hongkongers realise they have a vote in the new "super seats" in next month's Legislative Council election, a survey has found.

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Academic says proposal could abet assassinations

7 Jun 2011

Filling midterm vacancies in legislatures with the next-in-line candidate from the former representative's party in countries which use proportional representation system can prevent political...

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Baffled by an empty seat

7 Jun 2011

The government's controversial proposal to fill midterm vacancies in the Legislative Council by installing the next-best-placed candidate would serve the intended purpose: preventing lawmakers...

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By-elections given a no-vote

18 May 2011

The government has a plan to stop lawmakers using by-elections to stage 'referendums' - by scrapping by-elections in geographical constituencies.

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Real democracy? It's all about a sense of proportion

27 Dec 2010

You can always rely on the Americans to do the right thing, Winston Churchill was famously quoted as saying, once they have exhausted every other possibility.

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

China keeping its edge despite grim talk

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Howard Winn

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New elements of the government proposal

The government will take an 'open and constructive' attitude towards giving up its right to appoint some 100 district councillors

Elections to fill the six seats proposed for Legco...

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Camp could claim 4 of 10 new seats

The pan-democrat camp might grab four of 10 seats the government has proposed adding to the legislature in 2012, political scientists said yesterday.

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A bigger pie

After four meetings and one workshop, the Commission on Strategic Development's task group on constitutional development has wound up without reaching any definitive conclusions.

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Minority voices drowned by first-past-the-post

As a new member of the Democratic Party, I am very disappointed at comments made by prominent members of the pro-democracy group after the Legco election. They are all firing at the wrong targets...

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Don't blame the system

For bad losers, the most convenient target is the system. In the Legislative Council election, the Democratic Party suffered quite a setback, and has been demoted from being the biggest party in...

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How the formula works

Under the proportional representation system, voters choose from lists of candidates instead of voting for a particular candidate.

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