Update | Anson Chan's think tank suggests easing 'majority support' rule in Hong Kong's chief executive race

Let's permit chief executive hopefuls who fall way short of the bar Beijing sets to enter public vote anyhow, former chief secretary's organisation says

Anson Chan urged pan-democrats to try to find a way forward. Photo: May Tse

A think tank led by former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang is trying to break a stalemate over electoral reform by proposing to let candidates who fail to get past a nominating committee move on to the citywide vote nonetheless.

Hong Kong 2020 is one of very few groups among pro-democracy forces to submit reform proposals to the government during the ongoing second round of public consultation, after pan-democratic lawmakers vowed to boycott the exercise to protest at Beijing's stricter-than-expected framework for reform in August.

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