In 2021, Hong Kong amended its electoral laws for its legislature, drastically reducing the public’s ability to vote and increasing the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers making decisions for the city.

Hong Kong lawmakers on Thursday passed an amendment to a law to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies chosen by the ...

The district council election system was the latest to be changed in May 2023. Hong Kong’s chief executive John Lee, who took office last year and has overseen Hong Kong’s transformation ...

Also, under the amended bill, the total number of members in district councils will be slightly reduced from 479 to 470. The bill also introduces a new eligibility review mechanism, which will ensure ...

Hong Kong’s “patriot-only” District Council elections hit a record-low voting rate, even as the government spent hundreds of millions on boosting voter turnout and extending the voting hours to ...

Hong Kong's government will gazette a bill later this week that will require community level district councils to pledge an oath of allegiance to the Chinese-ruled city's mini-constitution ...

HONG KONG, July 6 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's legislature unanimously voted on Thursday to overhaul district-level elections by drastically reducing the number of directly elected seats, which critics ...

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 is … Election workers empty a ballot box to count ...