Non-official convenor of the Executive Council Bernard Chan is followed by other Exco members as they meet the media at the government’s headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty, on July 22, after a night of violence around Hong Kong on July 21. Photo: Nora Tam Non-official convenor of the Executive Council Bernard Chan is followed by other Exco members as they meet the media at the government’s headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty, on July 22, after a night of violence around Hong Kong on July 21. Photo: Nora Tam
Non-official convenor of the Executive Council Bernard Chan is followed by other Exco members as they meet the media at the government’s headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty, on July 22, after a night of violence around Hong Kong on July 21. Photo: Nora Tam
Alice Wu
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Alice Wu

Political reform in Hong Kong could begin with a revamp of the ‘peripheral’ Executive Council

  • An Exco member’s revelation that the chief executive turned down their offer to resign en masse, on the grounds that the council merely gives advice, raises questions about its function, membership and whether meetings need to be confidential

Alice Wu
Alice Wu

Updated: 9:10am, 13 Jan, 2020

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Non-official convenor of the Executive Council Bernard Chan is followed by other Exco members as they meet the media at the government’s headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty, on July 22, after a night of violence around Hong Kong on July 21. Photo: Nora Tam Non-official convenor of the Executive Council Bernard Chan is followed by other Exco members as they meet the media at the government’s headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty, on July 22, after a night of violence around Hong Kong on July 21. Photo: Nora Tam
Non-official convenor of the Executive Council Bernard Chan is followed by other Exco members as they meet the media at the government’s headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty, on July 22, after a night of violence around Hong Kong on July 21. Photo: Nora Tam
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Alice Wu

Alice Wu

Alice Wu fell down the rabbit hole of politics aged 12, when she ran her first election campaign. She has been writing about local politics and current affairs for the Post since 2008. Alice's daily needs include her journals, books, a multi-coloured pen and several lattes.