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Comment/ Opinion

On political reform, Hong Kong people's views of what is acceptable should count more than democrats'

Frank Ching says officials should pay more attention to winning over the people with their political reform package, rather than pan-democrats

The pan-democrats making their stance clear. Photo: Felix Wong

The second round of public consultation has now ended. The question is, will it influence the way the government drafts the political reform package to be presented to the Legislative Council?

Indications are that the government hasn't been paying much attention to the five million people who will potentially benefit when universal suffrage is introduced. Instead, officials have zeroed in on the handful of pan-democratic legislators whose votes are needed for a two-thirds majority.