Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executive
In 2007, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held its first-ever contested election for Chief Executive, selected by 800 members of an Election Committee drawn from roughly 7% of the population. The outcome was a foregone conclusion, but the process allowed a pro-democracy legislator to obtain enough nominations to contest the election. The office of Chief Executive is as unique as the system used to fill the office, distinct from colonial governors and other leaders of Chinese provinces and municipalities. The head of the HKSAR enjoys greater autonomous powers, such as powers to nominate principal officials for Chinese appointment, pardon offenders and appoint judges. Despite its many anti-democratic features, the Election Committee has generated behavior typically associated with elections in leading capitalist democracies and has also gained prominence on the mainland as the vehicle for returning Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress. This book reviews the history and development of the Election Committee (and its predecessor), discusses its ties to legislative assemblies in Hong Kong and Mainland China, and reflects on the future of the system.
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Contents
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Introduction
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1 |
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History and Development of the Election Committee
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9 |
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Significance of the Election Committee in Hong Kong
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31 |
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System for Electing Election Committee Members
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51 |
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System for Electing the Chief Executive
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77 |
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Conclusions and Reflections
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103 |
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Number of SelectionElection Committee Seats 19962006
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113 |
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Number of Registered Election Commitee Individual
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123 |
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Members of the 1998 Election Committee
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151 |
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Members of the 2000 Election Committee
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175 |
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Members of the 2006 Election Committee
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203 |
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Gender Age of 2006 Election Committee Members by Subsector
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223 |
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Political Affiliation of 2006 Election Committee Members by Sector
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225 |
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Party Affiliation of 2000 and 2006 Election Committee Members
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227 |
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Details of Election Committee Subsector Elections ByElections 20002006
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229 |
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Details of 2000 and 2006 Election Committee Subsector Elections by Sector
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235 |
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Individual Corporate Mixed Voting in the 2006 Election
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129 |
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Proportion of Subsectors With Corporate Individual Mixed Voting in 2006 Election Committee Sectors
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131 |
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Seats and Electorate Share by Subsector 2006
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133 |
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Members of the 1996 Selection Committee
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135 |
Common terms and phrases
Alan Leong Annex Association Basic Law Beijing by-election candidates CEEO Chairman Cheung Chief Executive Election China Chinese medicine practitioner Ching Choi Chuen Chun Civic Exchange Civic Party Constitutional contested elections Councillor CPPCC democratic deputies District Councils Donald Tsang EC members EC Subsector EC system Election Committee Executive Director Federation of Hong first Fourth Sector functional constituency Fung Group Heung Yee Kuk HKPA HKSAR Government Hong Kong Affairs Hung Keung Kong’s Kwan Kwok Kwong LegCo LegCo election LegCo members Legislative Council Leung Managing Director Merchant Ming National People’s Congress nomination NPCSC Officer Officials Ping political affiliation President principles Professor registered seats Second Sector Shing significant Social worker Solicitor Special Administrative Region Sub-subsector Subsector Elections Third Sector Tsang Tung uncontested universal suffrage University of Hong vote voter turnout voter turnout rate Wing Wong Yeung Ying Yuen