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Written by: Chen Jialuo and Peng Zhuowei
2021-04-13 13:52
Last update date: 2021-04-13 13:57
The Legislative Council will first read the bill to amend the electoral system tomorrow (14). According to the news, the Executive Council approved the content of the draft today (13). Among them, the Legislative Council is divided into 10 districts and Hong Kong Island is divided into "Hong Kong Island East" and "Hong Kong Island East". Hong Kong Island South" two districts, outlying islands will be merged with Central and Western District into "Hong Kong Island South"; Kowloon will be divided into 3 districts of East, Central and West; and the New Territories will be divided into 5 districts, each occupying two seats.
As for the Candidate Qualification Review Committee, the source said that the Chief Executive appoints a chairperson and 2 to 4 members, who are appointed by principal officials, but the draft does not mention which positions will be held; the National Security Council’s decision is made by the National Security Council. , No litigation.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said earlier that the Hebei bill could be passed through the third reading at the end of May.
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According to news, direct elections in the Legislative Council will be reclassified into 10 districts with two seats in each district.
Among them, Hong Kong Island will be divided into two districts, namely Hong Kong Island East (Eastern District and Wan Chai) and Hong Kong Island South (Central and Western District, Southern District and Outlying Islands District).
The three districts of Kowloon are Kowloon East (Kwun Tong and part of Wong Tai Sin), Kowloon Central (Kowloon City and part of Wong Tai Sin) and Kowloon West (Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po).
As for the five districts of the New Territories, they are New Territories North (North District and Yuen Long Northwest), New Territories Northeast (Tai Po and Sha Tin West), New Territories Southeast (Sai Kung and Sha Tin East), New Territories Northwest (Tuen Mun and Yuen Long Southeast) and New Territories Southwest ( Kwai Tsing and Tsuen Wan).
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The draft bill covers amendments to the five main laws and related subsidiary laws of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance, the Legislative Council Ordinance, the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance, the District Councils Ordinance, and the Election (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance. Amend the "Emergency (General Election Date) (Seventh Legislative Council) Regulation passed last year to change the date of the General Election of the Legislative Council.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said earlier that the bill will be read through the third reading at the end of May, voter registration will be conducted in June, election committee subsector elections will be held in September, the seventh legislative council election will be held in December, and the chief executive will be held in March next year. election.
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