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The 2016 New Territories East by-election will be triggered around February 2016 as the incumbent Legislative Councillor Ronny Tong Ka-wah of New Territories East has announced his resignation from the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) which will be effective on 1 October 2016.
Background
On 22 June 2015, few days after the legislative vote on the 2015 Hong Kong electoral reform over the electoral method of the 2017 Chief Executive election, moderate democrat Ronny Tong Ka-wah, who had campaigned for his mid-way reform proposal, announced that he would quit the Civic party that he co-founded and would also resign from the Legislative Council as he said it was inappropriate for him to retain his seat in the legislature because he stood for election as a Civic Party member.[1]
Candidates
Potential candidates
Pan-democracy camp
- Audrey Eu Yuet-mee, Chairman of the Civic Party[2]
- Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu, Chairman of the New Territoreis East Branch of the Civic Party[3]
Pro-Beijing camp
- Christine Fong Kwok-shan, Sai Kung District Councillor[4]
See also
References
- ^ Cheung, Gary; Lam, Jeffie; Ng, Kang-chung (2015-06-22). "Tearful Ronny Tong quits as legislator hours after resigning from Civic Party amid rift in Hong Kong's pan-democratic camp". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
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