Simon N. M. Young and Richard Cullen
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028399
- eISBN:
- 9789882206908
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028399.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
In 2007, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held its first-ever contested election for Chief Executive, selected by 800 members of an Election Committee drawn from roughly 7% of the ...
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In 2007, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held its first-ever contested election for Chief Executive, selected by 800 members of an Election Committee drawn from roughly 7% of the population. The outcome was a foregone conclusion, but the process allowed a pro-democracy legislator to obtain enough nominations to contest the election. The office of Chief Executive is as unique as the system used to fill the office, distinct from colonial governors and other leaders of Chinese provinces and municipalities. The head of the HKSAR enjoys greater autonomous powers, such as powers to nominate principal officials for Chinese appointment, pardon offenders, and appoint judges. Despite its many anti-democratic features, the Election Committee has generated behavior typically associated with elections in leading capitalist democracies and has also gained prominence on the mainland as the vehicle for returning Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress. This book reviews the history and development of the Election Committee (and its predecessor), discusses its ties to legislative assemblies in Hong Kong and Mainland China, and reflects on the future of the system.Less
In 2007, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held its first-ever contested election for Chief Executive, selected by 800 members of an Election Committee drawn from roughly 7% of the population. The outcome was a foregone conclusion, but the process allowed a pro-democracy legislator to obtain enough nominations to contest the election. The office of Chief Executive is as unique as the system used to fill the office, distinct from colonial governors and other leaders of Chinese provinces and municipalities. The head of the HKSAR enjoys greater autonomous powers, such as powers to nominate principal officials for Chinese appointment, pardon offenders, and appoint judges. Despite its many anti-democratic features, the Election Committee has generated behavior typically associated with elections in leading capitalist democracies and has also gained prominence on the mainland as the vehicle for returning Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress. This book reviews the history and development of the Election Committee (and its predecessor), discusses its ties to legislative assemblies in Hong Kong and Mainland China, and reflects on the future of the system.
Simon N. M. Young and Richard Cullen
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028399
- eISBN:
- 9789882206908
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028399.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter outlines the history and development of Hong Kong's unique political structure. It traces the origins of the Election Committee (EC) and analyzes official justifications for its ...
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This chapter outlines the history and development of Hong Kong's unique political structure. It traces the origins of the Election Committee (EC) and analyzes official justifications for its inclusion in the political structure of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It reviews the operation and function of the pre-handover Selection Committee and the several ECs which were formed post-1997.Less
This chapter outlines the history and development of Hong Kong's unique political structure. It traces the origins of the Election Committee (EC) and analyzes official justifications for its inclusion in the political structure of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It reviews the operation and function of the pre-handover Selection Committee and the several ECs which were formed post-1997.
Simon N. M. Young and Richard Cullen
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028399
- eISBN:
- 9789882206908
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028399.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the constitutional and wider political significance of the Election Committee (EC) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It investigates the relationship ...
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This chapter examines the constitutional and wider political significance of the Election Committee (EC) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It investigates the relationship between the EC and the operation of the executive in Hong Kong and analyzes the association between the EC and the Legislative Council. The findings indicate that the EC system lacked real political legitimacy from the time of its inclusion in the Basic Law and that the EC system has done little to remedy its clear shortcomings.Less
This chapter examines the constitutional and wider political significance of the Election Committee (EC) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It investigates the relationship between the EC and the operation of the executive in Hong Kong and analyzes the association between the EC and the Legislative Council. The findings indicate that the EC system lacked real political legitimacy from the time of its inclusion in the Basic Law and that the EC system has done little to remedy its clear shortcomings.
Simon N. M. Young and Richard Cullen
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028399
- eISBN:
- 9789882206908
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028399.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the system of election of the 800 members of the Election Committee in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It explains that the Basic Law provides no more than ...
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This chapter examines the system of election of the 800 members of the Election Committee in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It explains that the Basic Law provides no more than general parameters and principles of design and that China left details of the electoral system to be worked out and implemented by the Hong Kong Government and Hong Kong people. It analyzes detailed empirical and historical data collected in respect of the voters, delineation of sectors and subsectors and members of the EC.Less
This chapter examines the system of election of the 800 members of the Election Committee in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It explains that the Basic Law provides no more than general parameters and principles of design and that China left details of the electoral system to be worked out and implemented by the Hong Kong Government and Hong Kong people. It analyzes detailed empirical and historical data collected in respect of the voters, delineation of sectors and subsectors and members of the EC.
Simon N. M. Young and Richard Cullen
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028399
- eISBN:
- 9789882206908
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028399.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter provides a detailed discussion of the legal and operational dimensions of the prevailing system for electing the Chief Executive (CE) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ...
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This chapter provides a detailed discussion of the legal and operational dimensions of the prevailing system for electing the Chief Executive (CE) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It describes the synoptic profile of the 2006 Election Committee (EC) and explains the eligibility rules for the CE. It reviews the voting regime that applies in CE election itself and discusses the changes in the political landscape of the CE election since 1997.Less
This chapter provides a detailed discussion of the legal and operational dimensions of the prevailing system for electing the Chief Executive (CE) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It describes the synoptic profile of the 2006 Election Committee (EC) and explains the eligibility rules for the CE. It reviews the voting regime that applies in CE election itself and discusses the changes in the political landscape of the CE election since 1997.
Simon N. M. Young and Richard Cullen
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028399
- eISBN:
- 9789882206908
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028399.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the election of the chief executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It explains that the Election ...
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This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the election of the chief executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It explains that the Election Committee (EC) is the child in Hong Kong's political system and that its birth in 1998 was a milestone as it embodied a system that gave Hong Kong people, for the first time, the power to select the highest political office holder in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It suggests that this child is clearly in the process of growing up and that both nature and nurture will play a role in its future development.Less
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the election of the chief executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It explains that the Election Committee (EC) is the child in Hong Kong's political system and that its birth in 1998 was a milestone as it embodied a system that gave Hong Kong people, for the first time, the power to select the highest political office holder in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It suggests that this child is clearly in the process of growing up and that both nature and nurture will play a role in its future development.
Simon N. M. Young and Richard Cullen
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028399
- eISBN:
- 9789882206908
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028399.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the election of the Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). This book reviews the ...
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This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the election of the Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). This book reviews the history and development of both the Election Committee (EC) and its predecessor, the 1996 Selection Committee (SC), and discusses the significance of the EC in both Hong Kong and China. It describes the system of electing the CE and reflects upon the future of the EC system particularly in the context of universal suffrage.Less
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the election of the Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). This book reviews the history and development of both the Election Committee (EC) and its predecessor, the 1996 Selection Committee (SC), and discusses the significance of the EC in both Hong Kong and China. It describes the system of electing the CE and reflects upon the future of the EC system particularly in the context of universal suffrage.
Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner and Cheryl Reitan
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813140933
- eISBN:
- 9780813141374
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813140933.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Holmes County leaders participated in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Congressional Challenge in Washington, D.C. MFDP lawyers arrived in Holmes County to take depositions for the ...
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Holmes County leaders participated in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Congressional Challenge in Washington, D.C. MFDP lawyers arrived in Holmes County to take depositions for the U.S. House Committee on Election Procedures. Sue, Henry, and three local leaders were threatened with rifles in Vaiden, Mississippi for traveling in their racially mixed car. In early June, more than 500 Holmes County residents marched around the Courthouse in Lexington in peaceful protest for civil rights. In mid-June hundreds marched in Jackson and were arrested. Whites and prominent blacks landed in jail, the rest were held in the stock pens at the state fairgrounds. A visit to the home of local leader Alma Mitchell Carnegie is described.Less
Holmes County leaders participated in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Congressional Challenge in Washington, D.C. MFDP lawyers arrived in Holmes County to take depositions for the U.S. House Committee on Election Procedures. Sue, Henry, and three local leaders were threatened with rifles in Vaiden, Mississippi for traveling in their racially mixed car. In early June, more than 500 Holmes County residents marched around the Courthouse in Lexington in peaceful protest for civil rights. In mid-June hundreds marched in Jackson and were arrested. Whites and prominent blacks landed in jail, the rest were held in the stock pens at the state fairgrounds. A visit to the home of local leader Alma Mitchell Carnegie is described.
