The Legislative Council election after the "improvement of the electoral system" was held today (19th). This year's election is unprecedented and there is competition from all sectors, including several functional constituencies that were automatically elected in the past.
The political environment has changed drastically, and the battles of functional constituencies are also completely different. In some sectors that were dominated by democrats in the past, such as the education and legal sectors, even though individual votes are still reserved for this session, there are no more democrats to run for the election. Institutional infighting; there are also functional constituencies where there was little competition in the past, and there are institutional competitors this year. This article will take stock of the focus of functional constituency elections.
Legal circles-pan-democratic monopoly no longer re-enacts the internal struggle of the establishment
The legal profession has always been the "bridgehead" of the democratic faction. Since the reunification, it has been monopolized by the democrats. The legal profession maintains individual votes in this election, but no democrats can participate in the election. The former president of the Law Society Lin Xinqiang and the secretary of the Hong Kong Law Exchange Foundation The leader Chen Xiaofeng and the two establishment factions shook each other.
Lin Xinqiang has qualifications in the industry and has received support from many former presidents of the Lawyers Association such as Su Shaocong, Xiong Yunxin and He Junyao.
In 2014, Lin Xinqiang, then president of the Law Society, stepped down because he publicly stated that "The Communist Party is so great." He was regarded as a hot figure in the legal profession. On the other hand, Chen Xiaofeng is a legal scholar with no practice experience in Hong Kong. In the election under the banner of "unchanged", he declared that he hoped to safeguard the rule of law and judicial traditions in Hong Kong.
One of the focal points of the current institutional struggle is the desire to vote of voters in the legal profession. The last elected Civic Party, Guo Rongkeng, won nearly 70% of the votes. Can the two establishment parties attract the support of pro-panci legal professionals, or will they The emergence of an extremely low turnout rate in the legal profession deserves everyone's attention.
Educational circles-5 institutional melee after the dissolution of the Educational Association
In the past, the education sector was also the democratic party, and representatives of the Education Association have been elected.
After the Education Association was disbanded in September, there were no representatives of the democrats in this election, but there were still five people competing, which is the functional constituency with the most people participating in the election.
Among them, the most politically charged is Zhu Guoqiang, the vice chairman of the Federation of Education, which is the largest trade union in the establishment education sector and holds a large number of iron votes.
The retired principal Lin Rifeng also received public support from 9 of the 13 education election committees in the organizational camp.
The principal of Mass Education School, Lin Yongshi, received the support of the Hong Kong Institute of School Managers; the principal of elementary school, Wen Shiyong, told the media that he received the support of the former director of the Association of Education.
Ding Jianhua, director of educational institutions, is the only candidate who has never served as a principal. He emphasized that being unburdened made him more dare to speak and look at the policy more broadly.
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Accounting field-Candidates rarely receive support from former Pan-Democrats
There are 4 candidates in the accounting sector who retain individual votes. There is no democrat among them. However, Weng Jian, who was reported to be a "centrist" and who was a candidate for Chen Maobo's election to the Legislative Council in 2008, was rarely elected by this sector. Send former legislator Liang Jichang platform to support.
Liang Jichang was elected with more than 60% of the votes in the last Legislative Council election. He is the only member of the sixth democratic legislative council who publicly supports the current candidate. He emphasized that the other party is his own student. In addition to political ideology, I agree that Weng has the ability, vision, and ideas, and believes that he can maintain the professional value of the industry.
Other candidates include Wen Siyi who is nicknamed "Accountant Girl", Wan Chai District Council Chairman Huang Hongtai and the DAB Huang Junshuo.
In the last two sessions of the accounting profession, which were won by the democrats, it is yet to be revealed who will win.
Textile and clothing industry-Chen Zuheng "revenge on behalf of brother" Zhong Guobin presents hidden worries
In the textile and clothing industry that has cancelled individual votes this year, Chen Zuheng, the vice chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and the executive vice president of Luen Thai Holdings, will challenge the current MP Zhong Guobin, the leader of the Liberal Party.
This sector has been in the possession of the Liberal Party since 1998, but some analysts believe that the major change in the voter base this year will affect Zhong Guobin, who is the main source of votes for small, medium and micro enterprises, and become his biggest concern in the election.
This sector is actually staged a "brothers' revenge war." Chen Zuheng's elder brother is the Hong Kong National People's Congress representative Chen Henry, who lost to Zhong Guobin in the 2008 Legislative Council election. Chen Henry only lost more than 200 votes. The two brothers The industry network should not be underestimated, and Chen Zuheng has also won the support of the Fujian Gang.
Real estate and construction sector-for the first time in 17 years, Shi Liqian is in competition to support Longhan's standard but not to support "apprentice"
For the first time in 17 years, there has been competition for seats in the real estate and construction industry. The son of wealthy businessman Zhao Shizeng and the executive director of Zhuoneng Group, Zhao Shihao, competed against Long Hanbiao, secretary general of the Real Estate Construction Association.
Long Hanbiao was nominated by six major real estate developers, including SHKP Chairman Guo Binglian, Sino Group Chairman Huang Zhixiang, Hopewell Holdings Chairman Hu Yingxiang, etc., while Zhao Shihao’s nominees were concentrated in the construction industry.
Shi Liqian, who served as a member of the real estate and construction industry for five terms and gave up reelection this time, once called Zhao Shihao his "apprentice", but he was the Longhan standard platform.
Not to be outdone, Zhao Shihao violently attacked his opponents unwilling to attend the election forum, and at the same time opened up the source of voters in the construction sector.
For the list of candidates from all sectors in the Legislative Council election,
please click here to refer to the "Hong Kong 01" election website.
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