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Hong Kong needs full universal suffrage to unlock full potential

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

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

Candidates running for Hong Kong arts body will need to get nominations from powerful Election Committee to ensure ‘national security elements’ addressed

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Hong Kong elections: why the next chief executive may no longer be known by 3 digits, such as ‘689’ for CY Leung, or Carrie Lam’s ‘777’

Illustration: Perry Tse

The ballot papers are on the table in the counting hall. Candidates Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Woo Kwok-hing and an officer of John Tsang Chun-wah's campaign office are monitor of the counting process at The Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre in Wan Chai. 26MAR17 SCMP / Sam Tsang

Tam Yiu-chung, a Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress; at DAB’s office, North Point. 24MAR21 SCMP / K. Y. Cheng

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor celebrates on stage after winning the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election at The HK Exhibition and Convention Centre in Wan Chai. 26MAR17 SCMP / Robert Ng

District Councillors of Yau Tsim Mong District Council elect own Chairpersons and deputies at the Mong Kok Government Offices. 07JAN20 SCMP / Winson Wong

Governmentâs banner hang outside Maple Street Playground at Sham Shui Po to promote the Elections Reform. 30MAR21 SCMP / K. Y. Cheng

Hong Kong localist lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai meets the media outside Legco chamber, Tamar, after he was unseated as a Legislative Council member with immediate effect. 26AUG21 SCMP / Nora Tam

Legislative Council Meeting - the Second Reading debate on the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021 resume, at LegCo Chamber in Tamar. 26MAY21. SCMP / May Tse

Figures representing votes won in leadership race may increase under a system shake-up that starts with Sunday’s Election Committee polls.


Hong Kong elections: is Macau a harbinger of city’s political future? Only 2 opposition faces in local polls for 1,500-strong Election Committee

Tik Chi-yuen, Third Side chairman, attends DAB Forum on "One Country, Two Systems" in North Point. 10MAY16 SCMP/Sam Tsang

The Fifth Sector of the Election Committee comprising HKSAR deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC deputies) and HKSAR members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC members) hold a press conference at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Wan Chai. 09SEP21 SCMP / Nora Tam

Sulu Sou Ka-hou (centre) celebrates after winning the Macau Legislative Assembly election in Macau. 18SEP17 SCMP /  Dickson Lee

Participants, including Albert Ho Chun-yan and Lee Cheuk-yan from Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, raise candles at the June 4th Candle Light Vigil, marking the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, in Victoria Park, Causeway Bay. 04JUN19 SCMP / Felix Wong

Lo Kin-hei, newly elected Chairman of Democratic Party attend a press conference after Democratic Party's election of new chairman. 06DEC20 SCMP / Winson Wong

In this photo provided by Macao Government Information Bureau, Macao citizens queue up outside a polling station before voting at the southern Chinese territory of Macao, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Macao goes to the polls Sunday for a four-yearly election of its Legislative Assembly. (Macao Government Information Bureau via AP)

Lawmaker Paul Tse Wai-chun attends the Legislative Council House Committee to discuss the motion to censure lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung (NOT in picture) after Hui snatched a civil servant's mobile phone. 04MAY18 SCMP / Edward Wong

(191206) -- MACAO, Dec. 6, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Nov. 3, 2019 shows the Macao Tower in south China's Macao. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Analysts have noted that under a Beijing overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system, the political landscapes of both cities look more similar than ever.


Hong Kong elections: why did Beijing order the city’s tycoons and ultra loyalists to take to the streets?

Illustration: SCMP

Adam Kwok Kai-fai, Executive Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, at a booth for Election Committee election outside Ngau Chi Wan Market. HANDOUT PHOTO

Victor Li, son of Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing, speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong on March 16, 2018. Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing announced on March 16 he was stepping down as chairman of his flagship company CK Hutchison, marking the end of an era for one of the world's most storied tycoons. Li added he would serve as the company's "senior advisor" and will hand over the reins to his eldest son Victor. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE

Chairman of Sino Land Robert Ng Chee-siong attends Sino Land Company Limited AGM in Tsim Sha Tsui. 23OCT13

The Fifth Sector of the Election Committee comprising HKSAR deputies to the National Peopleâs Congress (NPC deputies) and HKSAR members of the National Committee of the Chinese Peopleâs Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC members) hold a press conference at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Wan Chai. 09SEP21 SCMP / Nora Tam

(L to R) Tsang Chi-ming; Tam Yiu-chung; Henry Tang Ying-yen and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen pose for a picture at a booth for Election Committee election outside Tai Yau shopping mall in Wan Chai. 11SEP21 SCMP / Edmond So

Observers say directive was to boost engagement in Sunday’s Election Committee polls, and to better connect the powerful with the public.


In a series leading up to Hong Kong's Election Committee polls, the Post looks at how revamped rules imposed by the central government will affect the results, among other stories. 


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Spotlight on Hong Kong Election Committee polls

In a series leading up to Hong Kong's Election Committee polls, the Post looks at how revamped rules imposed by the central government will affect the results, among other stories.

Beijing exerts its hand in Hong Kong’s elections

Figures representing votes won in leadership race may increase under a system shake-up that starts with Sunday’s Election Committee polls.

Only 2 opposition faces in elections – will Hong Kong politics mirror Macau’s?

Analysts have noted that under a Beijing overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system, the political landscapes of both cities look more similar than ever.

‘Big Brother is watching’: why Beijing ordered Hong Kong tycoons onto streets

Observers say directive was to boost engagement in Sunday’s Election Committee polls, and to better connect the powerful with the public.