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Legislative Council Elections|On the first day of registration, 18 lists will be accepted on Hong Kong Island and New Territories East

2020-07-18T11:56:43.109Z


The Legislative Council elections will be held on September 6, and applications will be accepted today (18th). The ROs of five geographical constituencies and 29 functional constituencies today received a total of 18 nomination forms. In the regional direct elections, New Territories West received a list of current members of the Legislative Council and chairman of the passionate citizen Zheng Songtai today. The Hong Kong Island Constituency received three lists for registration, including the team of Zhang Guojun of the DAB, the team of Zhuang Zhiyin and the brother of the four-eyed brother Zheng Jinman, and the Deng Weijun who claimed to be a chef. New Territories East also received three registrations, including Tai Po District Councillor Huang Zhaojian, a loyal citizen, Lin Kelin, nicknamed "Dragon Heart", and Chen Yu'e, "Sister E", who had participated in direct elections in the New Territories East. Li Anqiu, who reported that he was a professional salesperson, also participated in the Kowloon West Constituency in an independent capacity today. It is the only list in the district today. No one from Kowloon East has signed up for the election.


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Written by: Liu Jinhua

2020-07-18 18:13

Last update date: 2020-07-18 18:15

The Legislative Council elections will be held on September 6, and applications will be accepted today (18th). The ROs of five geographical constituencies and 29 functional constituencies today received a total of 18 nomination forms.

In the regional direct elections, New Territories West received a list of current members of the Legislative Council and chairman of the passionate citizen Zheng Songtai today. The Hong Kong Island Constituency received three lists for registration, including the team of Zhang Guojun of the DAB, the team of Zhuang Zhiyin and the brother of the four-eyed brother Zheng Jinman, and the Deng Weijun who claimed to be a chef. New Territories East also received three registrations, including Tai Po District Councillor Huang Zhaojian, a loyal citizen, Lin Kelin, nicknamed "Dragon Heart", and Chen Yu'e, "Sister E", who had participated in direct elections in the New Territories East. Li Anqiu, who reported that he was a professional salesperson, also participated in the Kowloon West Constituency in an independent capacity today. It is the only list in the district today. No one from Kowloon East has signed up for the election.

The vice chairman of the Education Association and the current MP Ye Jianyuan signed up today to compete for the education sector. His opponent, Deng Fei, vice chairman of the Education Association, also signed up on the same day. (Photo by Liao Yanxiong)

In terms of functional group elections, a total of 10 lists were received today to participate in 8 group elections. Zhang Yuren in the catering industry, He Junxian in the fishery and agriculture industry, and Liang Jichang in the accounting industry took the lead in signing up today. Xu Lian'an, Chairman of the Securities Industry Association, Yao Bailiang, Vice Chairman of China Travel Service, and Zhang Zhiwei, Vice President of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Society, all presented the nomination forms to compete for seats in the financial services, tourism and social welfare sectors. Deng Fei, the vice chairman of the Education Association, and Ye Jianyuan, the current vice chairman of the Education Association, signed up for the education sector on the same day. Lu Weiguo, the engineering world competing for re-election, faced the challenge of Cheng Mingda, who was reported to be an engineer.

The number of nomination forms received by each geographical constituency today (18th):

               Hong Kong Island                               3               
               Kowloon West               1               
               Kowloon East               0               
               New Territories West               1               
               New Territories East               3
                total               8

Number of nomination forms received by functional constituencies:

               Agriculture and Fisheries                              1
               Education               2               
               Accounting               1
               Engineering               2
            Social welfare               1
               Tourism               1
            Financial services               1
               Food industry               1
                total              10

Zheng Songtai once responded to media interviews that the primary election mechanism only allowed the different camps of the democratic camp to "spread the pie," and asked whether it could reflect the basic meaning of democracy. voter. The winner of the democratic primary election super district Wang Baiyu once rebuked Zheng Songtai in the super district primary election forum that he did not have a strong spirit of resistance from the locals, "making Hong Kong people very ashamed." Zheng refused to respond to the relevant comments, calling on "everyone to concentrate on his own return."

The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Zhang Guojun also signed up today to participate in the next direct election on Hong Kong Island. Zhang Guojun said that this election project is facing unprecedented challenges, and it is necessary to do the election project under the protection of public health. Zhang also mentioned that this election is a debate among the various sectors of the seats, which is related to the future and destiny of Hong Kong. He also criticized the democrats for only promoting speculation, and did not discuss social policies such as housing and medical care. Zhang Guojun said that the Democrats’ 35+ plan is not to improve government governance, but the rejection of major bills and budgets prevented the Hong Kong government from governing, emphasizing that not only the number of seats but the continuation of one country, two systems behind the election. Ye Guoqian, a former member of the DAB’s Legislative Council, criticized the democratic faction as turning a serious and serious parliament into a “place of bad actors, markets, and rogue performances”, and called on the public to support the DAB to return the parliament to normal and normal operation of Hong Kong.

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