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Hong Kong Legislative Council election 2021: Opinion

Hong Kong Legislative Council election 2021: Opinion
The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election is scheduled to take place on December 19, 2021.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
An attendee walks past the stage for the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong, early on December 20. The newly elected legislators have a historic mission to rebuild Hong Kong under Beijing’s rules. Photo: Bloomberg
Hong Kong electoral changes

Opinion | Let Hong Kong chart its own course on democracy

US-led criticism of Hong Kong’s Legco election should not be taken seriously when the sustainability of American’s own democratic system is in question.

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Year in Review

Opinion | Look back at 2021: Post columnists’ picks

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Hong Kong electoral changes

Opinion | White paper underlines Hong Kong’s shift away from Western-style democracy

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Hong Kong Legco election 2021

Editorial | With ‘patriots’ at the helm, new Legco had better deliver for city on challenges ahead

After an uneventful election, marked by the embarrassingly low turnout for the geographical and trade-based polls, the eyes of the public will be on a revamped legislature that needs to come up with solutions

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Votes being counted at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong Legco election 2021

Opinion | Why I voted in the Legco election, flaws and all

It is understandable that people are sceptical and worried about how they will be governed. While the election was flawed, the promise of better political discourse and a sense of normalcy at least provide a silver lining.

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Hong Kong Legco election 2021

Opinion | In new Legco, Election Committee members’ politics will be crucial

After an election that saw the absence of the traditional opposition and an infusion of new faces, all eyes should be on the 40 lawmakers elected under the Election Committee constituency.

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Hong Kong Legco election 2021

Shades Off | Even with a lacklustre election, a huge to-do list awaits Legco winners

Regardless of public enthusiasm for the poll, in the absence of disruptions to Legco proceedings, newly elected lawmakers will be expected to solve some of Hong Kong’s most intractable problems, starting with housing.

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Volunteers for the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong hand out pamphlets in Causeway Bay on December 11. Photo: Martin Chan
Hong Kong Legco election 2021

Opinion | Contrary to Carrie Lam’s claim, voter turnout means a lot

Lam claims that a low voter turnout in the coming Legislative Council election could indicate high public satisfaction, but her low approval rating and the rise in number of people without adequate housing suggest otherwise.

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Hong Kong Legco election 2021

Opinion | Public disconnect over Legco election could spell trouble

Record low levels of voter enthusiasm should worry the Hong Kong and central governments, even if they won’t be fretting over the election results. The impression that it is a game for a small circle of elites is being cemented with the absence of public engagement.

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Hong Kong Legco election 2021

Opinion | Who’s standing for Legco? Too few women and too many old boys

With moderate old-timers on the comeback trail, awkward contests indicative of the stronghold of the old boys’ club and a dismal lack of women candidates, Beijing should read this as making a strong case for greater diversity.

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Banners for the Legislative Council general election nomination period are seen outside Hong Kong government headquarters in Tamar on November 9. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong

Opinion | As Legco polls draw near, a lesson from the lead-in-water scandal

While efforts to ensure competition in the upcoming election are welcome, a truly improved system would give lawmakers the political room to do the sort of work that exposed excessive levels of lead in water at a public estate in 2015.

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A boy fetches water from newly installed temporary pipes at Kai Ching Estate in August 2015 after investigations revealed excessive levels of lead in the piped water. Photo: May Tse
Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Opinion | Why Legco’s new-found ‘efficiency’ comes at a high price

Pro-establishment lawmakers and the government are celebrating a new, more productive era as the legislative session draws to a close. Claims of greater efficiency mean little, though, when the sources of discontent and distrust are as entrenched as ever.

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Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Opinion | Legco’s past and future: Hong Kong must examine what both camps got wrong

There is an effort now to blame the 2019 unrest on outsiders. How much better it might have been if the patriots had set the government right on the extradition bill. As for the pan-democrats, their failure to condemn the violence revealed a lack of leadership.

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Hong Kong Basic Law

Opinion | The sinister aspect of democrats’ ‘35-plus’ primaries strategy

The powers given to legislators under the Basic Law must be exercised in good faith. If the whole essence of their endeavours is to wreak havoc, and bring down the government, then they are using the Basic Law as a disguise for subversive activities.

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Voters wait in line during the “35-plus” primaries on July 11, 2020, held to select pro-democrat candidates for the since postponed Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA-EFE
Legislative Council elections 2020

Opinion | Legco term extension: why the opposition must stay and fight

If the opposition legislators who have been disqualified from the elections stay, they will be condemned by localists. But if the pro-democracy camp boycotts Legco, who will speak out against controversial government proposals?

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The Civic Party held a press conference on July 30, after four of its members, including incumbent lawmakers Kwok Ka-ki (third from left), Alvin Yeung (fourth) and Dennis Kwok (sixth), were disqualified from the Legco elections. Photo: AP
Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Opinion | Government has failed to make a case for delaying Legco election by a year

Postponing the election for a year is based on a false contention there is no other lawful way to cope with the Covid-19 threat. Officials have not explained why a shorter postponement is insufficient or why they cannot use existing legislative provisions to deal with the dilemma.

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