Hong Kong's leader has unveiled plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies chosen by the public.
FILE - Election workers empty a ballot box to count votes for a district council election at a polling station in Hong Kong, Nov. 24, 2019. Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, stepped up a campaign to shut down democratic challenges by unveiling plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies mostly chosen by the public.
Chief Executive John Lee said the proposed overhaul will reduce the proportion of directly elected seats in the municipal-level organization to about 20% — from some 90% currently. That is even lower than the level when these bodies were first set up in the 1980s, when Hong Kong was ruled by Britain.
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