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
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.