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Letters | Hong Kong democracy with Chinese characteristics: city awaits explainer, again

  • It is hoped Carrie Lam will do a better job of explaining the electoral reform to Hongkongers than she did with the extradition bill

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Delegates applaud near a screen showing number of votes for support of the plan to give a pro-Beijing committee power to appoint more of Hong Kong’s lawmakers, during the closing session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, on March 11. Photo: AP
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Our chief executive pledges a drive to explain the electoral overhaul to residents. It appears Mrs Lam is mirroring former chief executive Leung Chun-ying’s optimistic view that the overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system could create the right conditions to open up the system and even pave the way for universal suffrage. 

The official message is obviously that we should all rest assured.

We must hope that Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is able to do a better job in explaining this new democracy with Chinese characteristics to Hongkongers than she did explaining the extradition bill. Obviously the “nearly 2 million” people that took to the streets on June 16, 2019, will remain sceptical and be wary of an uppercut.

Charlie Chan, Mid-Levels

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