Hong Kong lawmaker defends electoral overhaul, claims legislature lacks 'rational debate'

  • 📰 CNBC
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 39 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 72%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

Michael Tien, a pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong, said he supports the planned overhaul to the semi-autonomous region's electoral system.

One Hong Kong lawmaker told CNBC he supports China's plan to overhaul the semi-autonomous region's electoral system, arguing that there's been a lack of "rational debate" in the legislature.

"Since 2014-2015, the quality of LegCo and the way it's functioning deteriorated rapidly," Michael Tien, a pro-Beijing lawmaker,on Thursday. LegCo is short for Legislative Council, which is Hong Kong's legislature. Tien, a Hong Kong deputy to China's parliament National People's Congress, said there's been a lack of "rational debate" in the legislature and the political divide in the chamber has hindered the government from passing bills.

"So that touches upon whether the system we have really the final objective of ensuring prosperity and stability of Hong Kong. And at the end, the central government decided that enough is enough — that's the message I received repeatedly," he added.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

There will be no debate after the so called “electoral” reform, everyone will vote for like in the NPC

You edited out 10 minutes and 18 seconds of the congressional hearing because it didn't fit your narrative.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 12. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Asian markets mixed as Baidu flops in Hong Kong debutAsian markets were mixed in early trading Tuesday, as stocks in Hong Kong and mainland China sank after posting early-session gains. Is it possible to find a good guy on Twitter?
Source: MarketWatch - 🏆 3. / 97 Read more »

Hong Kong suspends Pfizer vaccines, citing packaging defectsHong Kong has suspended vaccinations using BioNTech shots after defective packaging was found in one batch. The government says BioNTech and its distributor have not found any reason to believe the product itself is unsafe. And they wonder why people are “vaccine hesitant .” good Logistics is just as important as medical science or medical engineering: without a distribution network, science and engineering are the Gutenberg Press with the Tyndale Bible prior to deliverymen being available. In an evolving universe, these are near wasted efforts.Logistics
Source: AP - 🏆 728. / 51 Read more »

Fosun Pharma shares tumble more than 5% as Hong Kong suspends BioNTech Covid vaccinationsShares of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group in Hong Kong plunged more than 5% in Wednesday morning trade. This was obvious to ANY ONE PAYING ATTENTION! china doesnt want any outside drug to make their ppl think for themselves or worse think thoughts that Bejing didnt put in their heads. As such china has its own covid vaccine wobt share data and ppl MUST take it to enter the country. horrible
Source: CNBC - 🏆 12. / 72 Read more »

Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lidsHONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong suspended use of the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday after its Chinese distributor informed the city that one batch had defective bottle lids. The city's government said... nice Chinese people should be patriotic and only use a Chinese vaccine. The world has massive biowarfare resources too... A foolish CCP's China will be wiped out inside 24 hours if we retaliate by releasing our arsenal on them. An analysis frm the author of 'Operation al-Nagrib', a riveting spy thriller. Ordr yr copy from:
Source: AP - 🏆 728. / 51 Read more »

Chinese video platform Bilibili to raise $2.6 billion in Hong Kong listingBilibili said on Tuesday that it will price the 25 million shares it will issue at 808 Hong Kong dollars each. BiliBili thanks Google “TheGreatFireWall”
Source: CNBC - 🏆 12. / 72 Read more »

Hong Kong halts Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, investigates packagingHong Kong authorities halted on Wednesday the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech as a precaution due to defective packaging, which is likely to slow the Chinese territory's already sluggish inoculation drive. I am recently in your country, looking for new friends
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »