Hong Kong - Media: Government has decided to postpone the September Legislative Council elections for one year due to COVID-19 - July 28, 2020

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News: The government decided to postpone the election of the Legislative Council for 1 year



Market Finance 21:50 2020/07/28

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The Legislative Council election was postponed for one year. Due to the severe epidemic in Hong Kong, experts had predicted that it would take two and a half months to contain the epidemic, in order to reduce the risk of clustering and reduce the chance of infection in the election project. However, the news pointed out that after Chief Executive Carrie Lam held a special meeting with the Executive Council, it was originally planned to postpone the September Legislative Council election.

However, due to the exposure of the news or the existence of variables, the announcement will be delayed in early August, that is, the election nomination period (7 After the end of the month 31st, before the candidate draw number (August 4th). The latest news is that the government has decided to postpone the Legislative Council elections for one year.

Earlier, the "Economic Daily" quoted news that the government opened a special meeting of the guild, and announced today that the election of the Legislative Council on September 6 will be postponed as soon as possible; and members of the guild who participated in the election of the Legislative Council were not invited to attend. The election is expected to be delayed for a year and a half.


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