Cheung Pui-kong – Charm

New faces win nearly half of 90 Legco seats as Hong Kong turns to post-fire reforms

3 months ago02 mins

New, younger faces have won nearly half of the 90 seats in Hong Kong’s second “patriots-only” Legislative Council, and their immediate task will be to tackle the aftermath of the deadly Tai Po fire and implement systemic reforms. The Sunday poll drew a 31.9 per cent turnout rate, with Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu declaring…

4 incumbents lose re-election as Hong Kong’s Legco sees 43.8% turnover

3 months ago02 mins

Nearly 44 per cent of the Hong Kong Legislative Council’s seats have been reshuffled after four incumbent lawmakers lost their re-election bids and 35 others bowed out of the race. Those four who failed to secure another term in Sunday’s poll are Kwok Wai-keung and Michael Luk Chung-hung of the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU),…