Anson Chan faces the press
Posted by Rebecca on October 3, 2007
Hong Kong’s most famous and influential English-language blogger, Roland Soong, has taken an interest in our coverage of the District Council elections. He writes: “District Council election can be very interesting because one can bring in demographic data, history, personalities and local party politics.” This week he posted a series of translations of blog posts on district council elections written by “a former political insider.” You can click here to read the whole thing.
A blog post from March 12, 2007 discusses the the by-election for the district council representative in the Kam Ying Constituency of the Sha Tin District Council:
Commentators at the blog pointed out that the pro-Beijing elements have apparently adopted a strategy — in middle-class districts (such as Kam Ying), they will run professionals or local powerhouses as candidates without any apparent political affiliation (only to be revealed after winning the election); in their traditional strongholds, they will obviously raise their banners high. Tong Po Chun may be the first test case of a “submerged professional.” Have we reached an age in which party affiliation is a political liability?
On May 21 there was another by-election, this time for the Kai Yip district Kwun Tong. The result? “On this day, it would seem that both sides got all the votes out that they could. But the DAB happened to have more votes.”
On June 21 there is a discussion in this post by Derek Greyhound of why the pan-democrats have not done well against the DAB in DC by-elections after 2003.
