Several media recently reported cases of vote-rigging involving mental handicapped voters in Hong Kong. These cases provoke the intense discussion about Hong Kong mental handicapped people's legal suffrage among local mental handicapped people, social workers and other citizens.
Hong Kong legislative council on Thursday vetoed a motion of the proposed universal suffrage for selection of the region's next chief executive.
China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government on Wednesday officially moved a motion concerning the amendment to the method for the selection of the chief executive in 2017 to the Legislative Council (LegCo) for debate.
The decision adopted by China's top legislature on the selection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive by universal suffrage is of "great significance," top legislator Zhang Dejiang said Sunday.
Chinese top legislature's decision on the universal suffrage in the election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive is "unshakable," a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Senior Chinese officials explained at a meeting here Monday a legislative decision on electing Hong Kong's chief executive by universal suffrage, which has been heatedly debated in the Special Administrative Region.
The decision adopted by China's legislature on Hong Kong's electoral reform is a landmark in the region's democratic development and will bear no disturbance in its implementation.
Senior legislature official Li Fei has stressed patriotism, adherence to law and local prosperity as musts in practicing universal suffrage in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) by 2017.
The outcome of the Jan. 1 rally organized by pan-democratic parties of Hong Kong went below anticipation, according to the Police Force.
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