Nominations for Hong Kong’s powerful Election Committee will take place in October, with the vote for 982 seats of the 1,500-member body – which picks the city’s chief executive and some of the legislative candidates – taking place a month later. A government spokesman said Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu had specified November 22 as…
A Hong Kong man has been jailed for two months for sharing a social media post urging residents to shun last year’s Legislative Council election. Security guard Wong Wah-kwong, 63, pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday to inciting others to boycott the December poll – the second under a Beijing-imposed “patriots-only” election overhaul…
The New England Patriots (2-2) and Buffalo Bills (4-0) link up for an AFC East showdown on Sunday Night Football in Week 5. In Week 4, the Bills defeated the New Orleans Saints, 31-19. Meanwhile, the Patriots took down the Carolina Panthers, 42-13, last Sunday. Kickoff is set for 8:20 p.m. ET at Highmark Stadium….
Hong Kong will begin the nomination process for its next Legislative Council on October 24, with the current legislature standing prorogued on the same day, the government has announced. Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan Kwok-ki said on Wednesday that the date was set after taking the election date of December 7 into consideration. In…