HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - The US and key allies Australia and the UK voiced new concern about Hong Kong's upcoming elections, amid a flurry of local media reports that the government was considering postponing the vote for as long as a year.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - The US and key allies Australia and the UK voiced new concern about Hong Kong's upcoming elections, amid a flurry of local media reports that the government was considering postponing the vote for as long as a year.
The statements come after media reports Tuesday that Hong Kong authorities were considering a delay to the Legislative Council election due to a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases. While Chief Executive Carrie Lam has power to postpone the election due to riots, extreme weather or public health emergencies, city guidelines say that the election must be held within 14 days - and can't be delayed more than once.
Suggestions of an election delay have prompted criticism from Hong Kong democracy advocates, who had been hoping to ride the momentum of an unprecedented landslide victory in local elections late last year to an historic majority in the legislature. Meanwhile, prominent protest organiser Benny Tai was fired Tuesday from his associate professor position at the University of Hong Kong over his conviction stemming from the 2014 Occupy demonstrations.
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