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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (second right) looks on as Electoral Affairs Commission members empty a ballot box in the counting station for the district council election at Queen’s College in Causeway Bay on December 11, 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Opinion | Hong Kong is ready to have one person, one vote for chief executive

One way to help Hong Kong endure and thrive in this era of uncertainty is to further reform elections and have universal suffrage in voting for chief executive. Doing so would give the government broader representation, a stronger mandate and the ability to enact measures hindered by entrenched interest groups.

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Editorial | Hong Kong public expects better city, as promised in district poll revamp

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Hong Kong watchdog suggests reduced voting hours for city’s elections

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‘National security elements’ taken into account for Hong Kong arts body poll

Change will bring the Arts Development Council poll in line with others held under Beijing’s ‘patriots-only’ electoral shake-up, the Home Affairs Bureau says.

Posters and reflections at the Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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Hong Kong chief executive hopeful calls finance industry double-edged weapon

Candidate John Lee calls financial system ‘sharp tool’ to be used by or against city during meeting with Election Committee members.

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John Lee formally applies to run in HK leadership race

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John Lee on track for Hong Kong’s top job after securing 786 nominations

Among nominators are some of city’s most powerful businessmen, including CK Asset Holdings chairman Victor Li and Henderson Land co-chairman Martin Lee.

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John Lee (right) submits nominations he received for the chief executive election with campaign chief Tam Yiu-chung at the Electoral Affairs Commission office at City Gallery on Wednesday. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
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Hong Kong business leaders cautiously optimistic on John Lee taking top job

Many see Beijing’s backing of Lee as a sign that national security would take top priority.

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John Lee resigns to be ‘only Hong Kong leadership option with Beijing’s blessing’

In a statement, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she had received Chief Secretary John Lee’s resignation and submitted it to the central government.

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Next month’s leadership race ‘will go ahead as planned’ despite Covid surge

City leader Carrie Lam explained her decision to push ahead with the poll, saying it would be ‘far easier to put in place disease-control measures’ for the relatively small-scale vote.

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that next month’s leadership election would go ahead as planned. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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Hong Kong chief executive hopeful Checkley Sin says he has no Beijing connections

In his first public speech at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Checkley Sin admits ‘I have no connections or relations to get a blessing’.

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Chief executive hopeful Checkley Sin Kwok-lam speaks at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club. Photo: Nora Tam
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Technocrats make up better part of Hong Kong’s elite new Legco constituency

Constituency member Lai Tung-kwok, the security minister between 2009 and 2012, says lawmakers with expertise are a ‘very important part of the legislature’.

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Why this Legco election is different

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Hong Kong quarantine ‘more politics than science’: Legco poll hopeful

Mike Rowse, former director general of InvestHK and self-proclaimed ‘unusual candidate’, makes comments in Post video, one of three throwing spotlight on election aspirants.

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Alice Mak and Mike Rowse, both candidates for the coming Legco election, air their views on a three-part video series by the Post. Photo: Martin Chan
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Beijing loyalists face off in televised debate ahead of Hong Kong’s Legco poll

The forum, organised by the Hong Kong Coalition, draws all 51 candidates running in the Election Committee constituency.

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The Friday forum lasted four hours. Photo: Winson Wong
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Who are Hong Kong’s new political elites, and will they displace pro-Beijing veterans?

Emerging business figures mostly from mainland firms set to flex muscle at coming poll, with record number of them signing up in race for seats in legislature.

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Hong Kong Legco election 2021

Letters | Legco polls: time for future leaders to hear from Hongkongers

Candidates and Election Committee members should start reaching out through, for example, platforms and seminars, and be given a chance for live broadcast dialogues with government officials.

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Only 15 hopefuls file papers on first day of nominations for Hong Kong election

The December Legislative Council poll will be the first since Beijing ordered a revamp of the city’s electoral system.

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FTU president Stanley Ng waves to supporters on his way to submit his application. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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Streamline procedures for coming polls, Hong Kong watchdog says

Electoral Affairs Commission says prolonged counting time for Election Committee race in September was ‘far beyond expectations’, suggests 8 measures to improve efficiency.

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Vote debacle sparks questions over judges ‘living in clouds’ overseeing polls

Top government adviser suggests handing responsibility for overseeing polls to those with administrative backgrounds, rather than jurists.

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The race is on to be Hong Kong’s new kingmaker

Former city leaders Tung, Leung among likely candidates for chief convenor of powerful committee, as pro-establishment parties go all out to get members elected lawmakers via Election Committee route.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
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Opinion | Hong Kong’s Election Committee embarrassment shows that execution matters

The government might have all the political backing, technology and strategies to succeed, but that means nothing if it drops the ball. All the opportunities in the Greater Bay Area and capitalising on Hong Kong’s unique role are just empty talk unless the border reopens.

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Government officers count ballots for the Election Committee poll on September 20. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Hong Kong gains just 419 new voters, compared with 334,000 last year

Latest data from the Registration and Electoral Office shows sharp decline in new sign-ups, while number of voters aged 20 or younger drops by 22 per cent.

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Carrie Lam ‘sorry’ for voting chaos, pledges fix before Legco poll

Chief executive promises to get to bottom of 14-hour delay that left Election Committee candidates and staff waiting overnight for results in which only 4,380 votes were cast.

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Editorial | Election Committee members now bear an even heavier burden

Sunday’s poll went off without a hitch – except for the 14 hours it took to count just 4,000 odd votes – but the real test is still to come as the public looks to the winners to discharge their duties conscientiously.

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Announcement on vote counting Result of the Subsector in Technology and Innovation of 2021 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections at HKCEC, Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang
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How to win Hong Kong elections: patriotism first, professional standing second

Patriotism was voters’ main consideration when picking winners in Election Committee race, followed by backing ‘brand names’, according to analysts.

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High-profile names from the pro-establishment camp fared best in the Election Committee poll. Photo: Sam Tsang
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How it all went wrong in counting votes for key Hong Kong poll

It took 9 hours for authorities to announce results for first of 13 Election Committee subsectors, one that involved just 55 votes.

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‘Patriots’ now in charge but ‘lazy’ candidates need to shape up, Beijing adviser says

Winners who did not even bother to include their platforms in their nomination paperwork have ‘undermined the legitimacy of the revamped electoral system’, says Beijing adviser Tian Feilong.

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