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James Chan Kwok-keung, a [[Sha Tin District Council]]lor whose [[Hong Kong LegCo candidates' disqualification controversy|candidacy was disqualified]] in the 2016 Legislative Council election also announced his candidacy but did not join the pro-democracy primary.<ref>{{cite news|title=【立會補選】撐港獨區議員另行「去馬」宣佈參加新東補選|url=https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20171205/57543882|newspaper=蘋果日報|date=2017-12-05}}</ref> |
James Chan Kwok-keung, a [[Sha Tin District Council]]lor whose [[Hong Kong LegCo candidates' disqualification controversy|candidacy was disqualified]] in the 2016 Legislative Council election also announced his candidacy but did not join the pro-democracy primary.<ref>{{cite news|title=【立會補選】撐港獨區議員另行「去馬」宣佈參加新東補選|url=https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20171205/57543882|newspaper=蘋果日報|date=2017-12-05}}</ref> |
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Ventus Lau Wing-hong, spokesman of the localist [[Community Network Union]] and convenor of the [[Shatin Community Network]], also announced his candidacy, claiming that he has also gotten the endorsement from Sixtus Leung.<ref>{{cite news|title=Localist throws hat into ring for Hong Kong by-election – but has press conference venue cancelled on him at last minute|date=30 December 2017|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126262/localist-throws-hat-ring-hong-kong-election-has-press|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref> He ran as an independent localist. |
Ventus Lau Wing-hong, spokesman of the localist [[Community Network Union]] and convenor of the [[Shatin Community Network]], also announced his candidacy, claiming that he has also gotten the endorsement from Sixtus Leung.<ref>{{cite news|title=Localist throws hat into ring for Hong Kong by-election – but has press conference venue cancelled on him at last minute|date=30 December 2017|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126262/localist-throws-hat-ring-hong-kong-election-has-press|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref> He ran as an independent localist. His candidacy was disqualified by the Electoral Affairs Commission returning officer Amy Chan Yuen-man on the basis of his previous support for the idea of Hong Kong independence, even though Lau had earlier made a declaration suggesting he no longer supported the idea.<ref>{{cite news|title=Second Hong Kong opposition candidate banned from running in Legislative Council by-election|date=31 January 2018|newspaper=South China Morning Post|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131455/second-hong-kong-opposition-candidate-banned-running}}</ref> |
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Estella Chan Yuk-ngor, a pro-Beijing activist who stood in 2016 has submitted her candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|title=陳玉娥重出江湖 報名出戰新東補選|url=https://thestandnews.com/politics/%E9%99%B3%E7%8E%89%E5%A8%A5%E9%87%8D%E5%87%BA%E6%B1%9F%E6%B9%96-%E5%87%BA%E6%88%B0%E6%96%B0%E6%9D%B1%E8%A3%9C%E9%81%B8/|work=立場新聞|date=2018-01-16}}</ref> |
Estella Chan Yuk-ngor, a pro-Beijing activist who stood in 2016 has submitted her candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|title=陳玉娥重出江湖 報名出戰新東補選|url=https://thestandnews.com/politics/%E9%99%B3%E7%8E%89%E5%A8%A5%E9%87%8D%E5%87%BA%E6%B1%9F%E6%B9%96-%E5%87%BA%E6%88%B0%E6%96%B0%E6%9D%B1%E8%A3%9C%E9%81%B8/|work=立場新聞|date=2018-01-16}}</ref> |
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The 2018 New Territories East by-election is scheduled on 11 March 2018 after the incumbent Youngspiration Legislative Councillor Sixtus Leung of New Territories East disqualified from the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) over the oath-taking controversy resulted in the disqualifications of the six pro-democracy legislators. It will be held alongside the Hong Kong Island, Kowloon West and Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape by-elections.[1]
Background
In the 2016 Legislative Council election, the New Territories East returned nine members to the Legislative Council (LegCo). Sixtus "Baggio" Leung, convenor of the pro-independence Youngspiration who stood in the New Territories East at the last moment as a backup plan after Edward Leung of another pro-independence group Hong Kong Indigenous, who received a better-than-expected result in the 2016 by-election, was controversially disqualified by the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) over his pro-independence stance. Sixtus Leung won a seat with 37,997 votes, 6.6 per cent of the total vote share.
On 12 October 2016 the inaugural meeting of the LegCo, Leung and his party colleague Yau Wai-ching used the oath-taking ceremony as a platform to protest. They claimed that "as a member of the Legislative Council, I shall pay earnest efforts in keeping guard over the interests of the Hong Kong nation," displayed a "Hong Kong is not China" banner, and mispronounced "People’s Republic of China" as "people’s re-fucking of Chee-na".[2] Their oath were invalidated by the clerk and the controversy caused a huge backlash among the Hong Kong public.[3] Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying took an unprecedented move by launching a judicial review seeking the disqualification of the duo.
On 7 November, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) controversially interpreted Article 104 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong to "clarify" the requirements that the legislators need to swear allegiance to Hong Kong as part of China when they take office, stating that "who intentionally reads out words which do not accord with the wording of the oath prescribed by law, or takes the oath in a manner which is not sincere or not solemn" should be barred from taking their public office and cannot retake the oath. As a consequence, the High Court disqualified Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching on 15 November.[4]
The two seats left vacant as the duo launched appeal bid. On 25 August 2017, the Court of Final Appeal rejected a final bid by Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching.[5] On 14 September, the government announced the date of the by-election on 11 March, same day as the Kowloon West vacated after the disqualification of Yau Wai-ching and the Hong Kong Island and Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape by-elections.[1] Nevertheless, the by-elections of the another seat in Kowloon West and New Territories East after the disqualification of Lau Siu-lai and Leung Kwok-hung will not be held as the duo are seeking for appeal.
Candidates
Tang Ka-piu, Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) member, former Legislative Council member for Labour functional constituency and 2016 Legislative Council candidate for New Territories East, has joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) to represent the pro-Beijing camp under the DAB/FTU banner in the election.[6][7]
Gary Fan Kwok-wai, member of Neo Democrats and former Legislative Councillor from 2012 until he lost his 2016 re-election, stood in the pro-democracy primary against Kwok Wing-kin, chairman of the Labour Party and former Tai Po District Councillor, and Tommy Cheung Sau-yin, former spokesman of Scholarism, president of the Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Standing Committee member of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. He emerged as the pro-democracy representative after winning the primary in January 2018.
Kwok Wing-kin was supported by the Democratic Party and the Demosistō in the primary, while Tommy Cheung claimed to have received endorsement from the localists including the disqualified Sixtus Leung.[8][9][10][11] Both vowed to support Fan after their defeat in the primary.
James Chan Kwok-keung, a Sha Tin District Councillor whose candidacy was disqualified in the 2016 Legislative Council election also announced his candidacy but did not join the pro-democracy primary.[12]
Ventus Lau Wing-hong, spokesman of the localist Community Network Union and convenor of the Shatin Community Network, also announced his candidacy, claiming that he has also gotten the endorsement from Sixtus Leung.[13] He ran as an independent localist. His candidacy was disqualified by the Electoral Affairs Commission returning officer Amy Chan Yuen-man on the basis of his previous support for the idea of Hong Kong independence, even though Lau had earlier made a declaration suggesting he no longer supported the idea.[14]
Estella Chan Yuk-ngor, a pro-Beijing activist who stood in 2016 has submitted her candidacy.[15]
Christine Fong Kwok-shan, a Sai Kung District Councillor and 2016 by-election and general election candidate, ran under the banner of "Livelihood First".[16]
Joyce Chiu Pui-yuk, member of the Family School SODO (Sexual Orientation Discrimination Ordinance) Concern Group, also ran in the election.[17]
Other individuals who expressed interest but did not stand included Andrew Cheng Kar-foo, former Democratic Party member and Legislative Council member and Au chun-wah, a Democrat Tai Po District Councillor.[11]
Pro-democracy primary
The Power for Democracy which was responsible for co-ordinating the pro-democracy candidates in elections held a primary between Gary Fan, Tommy Cheung and Kwok Wing-kin from December 2017 to January 2018.[18]
The primary was conducted in three parts: telephone polls, a generic ballot vote on 14 January 2018 and voting by parties and civil groups that participated in the primary. The first two parts counted for 45 per cent each, and the last part counted for 10 per cent in the final result.[19]
On 8 January 2018, Tommy Cheung was reportedly assaulted in Tai Wai by two men that left him hospitalised. He said that he was punched, kicked and attacked with an umbrella.[20]
More than 26,000 registered voters cast their ballots in the 14 January primary, 13,699 of which turned out for at five polling stations in New Territories East.[21] Gary Fan received the most votes in the generic votes as well as the overall scores in the primary, becoming the pro-democracy representative in the by-election.
#F9B924 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F7941E;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Hong Kong)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" || Party | Candidate | Telephone polls | Generic ballots | Group votes | Total scores | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results | % | Scores | Results | % | Scores | Results | % | Scores | ||||
| Neo Democrats | Gary Fan Kwok-wai | 923 | 60.92 | 27.40 | 8,089 | 59.45 | 26.75 | 34 | 29.57 | 2.96 | 57.11 | |
| Labour | Kwok Wing-kin | 287 | 18.94 | 8.53 | 3,058 | 22.47 | 10.11 | 56 | 48.70 | 4.87 | 23.51 | |
| Independent | Tommy Cheung Sau-yin | 305 | 20.13 | 9.06 | 2,460 | 18.08 | 8.14 | 25 | 21.74 | 2.17 | 19.37 | |
| Rejected | 241 | 92 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 1,756 | 100 | 45 | 13,699 | 100 | 45 | 115 | 100 | 10 | 100 | ||
Opinion polling
| Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample size | class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width:60px;"| Fong | class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Neo Democrats/meta/color; width:60px;"| Fan | class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width:60px;"| J Chan | class="unsortable" style="background:Template:HKFTU/meta/color; width:60px;"| Tang | class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Labour Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color; width:60px;"| Kwok | class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width:60px;"| Cheung | Others | None of above/ Undecided |
Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec–6 Jan | HKRA | 2,503 | 11% | 17% | 1% | 18% | 12% | 14% | 6% | 21% | style="background:Template:HKFTU/meta/color; color:white;"| 1% over Fan |
See also
References
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- ^ "Declaration of war as Hong Kong's newly elected lawmakers plunge opening session into chaos". South China Morning Post. 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Hong Kong localist pair set to make U-turn over their Legislative Council oaths". South China Morning Post. 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Hong Kong court rules localist lawmakers must vacate Legco seats". South China Morning Post. 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Ousted Hong Kong lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching lose final bid to reinstate seats". South China Morning Post. 25 August 2017.
- ^ "工聯會鄧家彪「入籍」民建聯 擬統合建制票源戰新東補選". HK01. 2017-07-26.
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- ^ "【立會補選】泛民初選論壇前夕 香港眾志表態撐姚松炎郭永健". HK01. 2017-12-09.
- ^ "【民主派初選】游蕙禎拒做死亡之吻 向前乳鴿仔摸底食檸檬？". 蘋果日報. 2017-12-03.
- ^ a b "鄭家富棄戰新東補選 非建制三人競爭 范國威或佔優". 蘋果日報. 2017-11-07.
- ^ "【立會補選】撐港獨區議員另行「去馬」宣佈參加新東補選". 蘋果日報. 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Localist throws hat into ring for Hong Kong by-election – but has press conference venue cancelled on him at last minute". South China Morning Post. 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Second Hong Kong opposition candidate banned from running in Legislative Council by-election". South China Morning Post. 31 January 2018.
- ^ "陳玉娥重出江湖 報名出戰新東補選". 立場新聞. 2018-01-16.
- ^ "2018 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY-ELECTION NOMINATIONS FOR NEW TERRITORIES EAST GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCY (NOMINATION PERIOD: 16-29 JANUARY 2018)". Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ^ "民主黨同意由袁海文任姚松炎的後備方案 下周一報名". 立場新聞. 2018-01-25.
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- ^ "Pro-democracy camp primary for legislative by-elections to be conducted via polls, general ballot vote". Hong Kong Free Press. 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Pro-democracy election hopeful Tommy Cheung says he was punched, kicked and attacked with umbrella". Hong Kong Free Press. 9 January 2018.
- ^ "More than 26,000 voters turn out for Hong Kong pro-democracy camp primary to choose candidates for Legco by-elections". South China Morning Post. 14 January 2018.