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The Hong Kong government is to announce as early as on July 28 the plans for delaying the Sept 6 Legislative Council Election
After the third wave of Wuhan pneumonia outbreak in Hong Kong, a number of pro-Beijing figures have demanded to delay the Legislative Council election.
The Hong Kong Economic Times reported that the Executive Council (ExCo) held a special meeting on July 28, in which they agreed to delay the election on the grounds of "lowering the risks of gathering". The election is said to likely be delayed "by a year or so".
Another newspaper Ming Pao Daily reported that the ExCo meeting was not attended by members who are running for, or are related to the upcoming election. Sources say that the issue was also raised at the ExCo meeting last week, but the government declined discussing it due to it being a "sensitive" topic.
The nomination process for the LegCo election has already begun; it was to end on July 31, 2020, with the election being held on Sept 6, 2020. A number of pro-democracy candidates have not yet received confirmation of their nomination, but instead, they received letters from the election's returning officer requiring them to to answer extra questions.
Jasper Tsang, ex-chairperson of LegCo and founding chairperson of pro-Beijing DAB, had earlier suggested to delay the election by at least a year, pushing the election date to September 2021, with the next term of the council beginning in the following October, almost a year later than scheduled. He also suggested that the Chief Executive can instruct the LegCo to hold special meetings, with the existing members carrying out their duties in the meantime. The PRC's NPCSC member Tam Yiu Chung, who is also a member of thd pro-Beijing DAB, said that "many Hong Kong citizens" may be unable to vote because they have moved to live and work in the Greater Bay Area, and thus have no place of residence in Hong Kong.
Source: Stand News #Jul28
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The Hong Kong government is to announce as early as on July 28 the plans for delaying the Sept 6 Legislative Council Election
After the third wave of Wuhan pneumonia outbreak in Hong Kong, a number of pro-Beijing figures have demanded to delay the Legislative Council election.
The Hong Kong Economic Times reported that the Executive Council (ExCo) held a special meeting on July 28, in which they agreed to delay the election on the grounds of "lowering the risks of gathering". The election is said to likely be delayed "by a year or so".
Another newspaper Ming Pao Daily reported that the ExCo meeting was not attended by members who are running for, or are related to the upcoming election. Sources say that the issue was also raised at the ExCo meeting last week, but the government declined discussing it due to it being a "sensitive" topic.
The nomination process for the LegCo election has already begun; it was to end on July 31, 2020, with the election being held on Sept 6, 2020. A number of pro-democracy candidates have not yet received confirmation of their nomination, but instead, they received letters from the election's returning officer requiring them to to answer extra questions.
Jasper Tsang, ex-chairperson of LegCo and founding chairperson of pro-Beijing DAB, had earlier suggested to delay the election by at least a year, pushing the election date to September 2021, with the next term of the council beginning in the following October, almost a year later than scheduled. He also suggested that the Chief Executive can instruct the LegCo to hold special meetings, with the existing members carrying out their duties in the meantime. The PRC's NPCSC member Tam Yiu Chung, who is also a member of thd pro-Beijing DAB, said that "many Hong Kong citizens" may be unable to vote because they have moved to live and work in the Greater Bay Area, and thus have no place of residence in Hong Kong.
Source: Stand News #Jul28
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