Pan-democrat candidates (left to right) Edward Yiu, Gary Fan, Au Nok-hin and Paul Zimmerman wait for the results of the Legislative Council by-election at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on March 12. Photo: Sam Tsang
Pan-democrat candidates (left to right) Edward Yiu, Gary Fan, Au Nok-hin and Paul Zimmerman wait for the results of the Legislative Council by-election at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on March 12. Photo: Sam Tsang
Legislative Council by-election 2018
Comment /  Opinion

Hong Kong’s pan-democrats might find their missing by-election voters among indifferent young people

John Chan says behind the low voter turnout that cost the pan-democrats dearly in Sunday’s Legislative Council by-election are young people who were too indifferent to the poll to vote

John Chan
John Chan

Updated: 6:33pm, 15 Mar, 2018

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Pan-democrat candidates (left to right) Edward Yiu, Gary Fan, Au Nok-hin and Paul Zimmerman wait for the results of the Legislative Council by-election at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on March 12. Photo: Sam Tsang
Pan-democrat candidates (left to right) Edward Yiu, Gary Fan, Au Nok-hin and Paul Zimmerman wait for the results of the Legislative Council by-election at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on March 12. Photo: Sam Tsang
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