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RTHK English newsroom previews a number of hotly contested functional constituencies and all five geographical constituencies in the 2008 Legislative Council election. Due to the large number of candidates competiting, some of the geographical constituencies will be split into two to three features.
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Hong Kong Island Geographical Constituency (2nd of a two part series)
Voters in the upcoming Hong
Kong Island Legco race will
have 10 lists of candidates to
chose from -- but none of them
includes incumbent Anson Chan,
who's decided not to stand.
Based on prior election
results, the Democrats, Civic
Part...
We now continue our series on
New Territories West
geographical constituency -
where fourteen lists are
competing for eight seats.
Five tickets are up against
well-established incumbent
legislators. They know they're
facing an uphill b...
New Territories West Geographical Constituency (part 2 of a three part series)
We now turn to New Territories
West - the largest of the five
geographical constituencies.
As many as fourteen tickets
are vying for eight seats on
offer. Ten incumbent lawmakers
are taking part -- including
two who have moved from
fun...
In the last of our three-part
series on the Kowloon West
constituency, Janice Wong looks at how some young candidates are
trying to make a break into
local politics. She'll also
look at how the extra seat in
this constituency has given
n...
We continue with our preview
of the Legco race in
Kowloon West geographical
constituency. With the number
of seats rising from four to
five, it has attracted a
couple of political newcomers.
Unlike the incumbent lawmakers, who have built...
We now look at the
fiercest battle in the Legislative Council elections -- the
Kowloon West geographical
constituency, where 13 tickets
are battling for 5 seats in
the district. That's one more
seat than in the last
election. In the fir...
Six party lists are competing
for four seats in Kowloon East - one fewer than in the previous poll. And
the two major camps are both
hoping they can win three
seats. Last time,
pan-democrats won three out of
five seats on offer. Janice
...
We continue with our look at
the New Territories East
constituency in September's
Legislative Council election.
Ten slates of candidates are
competing for seven seats on
offer. In part one of his two part series, Simon Lee examined
the f...
We take a look at the
battle in New Territories East
geographical constituency. A
total of ten tickets are
competing for seven seats on
offer. Half are from the
pan-democratic camp, which has
abandoned the united-front
strategy it adop...
The contest for the seat
representing the Hong Kong
General Chamber of Commerce is
normally a formality, but this
time an environmentalist is
challenging the incumbent -
the Liberal Party's Jeffrey
Lam. Damon Pang reports on the
race.
In this year's Legco race for
the legal constituency, there
are two candidates -- one a
newcomer, the other
well-known. Making his first
bid for office is Junius Ho, a
solicitor and senior partner
in the firm K. C. Ho and Fong.
An independent, ...
The race for tourism functional constituency is
wide open after the incumbent,
the Liberal Party's Howard
Young, decided to step down
after seventeen years
representing the
sector. Four candidates are
vying for the tourism seat.
They ...
Four
candidates are battling it out
to represent the medical
functional constituency. The
incumbent, pan-democrat Kwok
ka-ki, is facing a tough
challenge from a former
supporter and two high-profile
public hospital doctors. Betsy
May...
The accountancy
functional constituency
features once again one of the
most competitive races, with
five candidates vying for the
votes of 22,000 accountants.
Damon Pang examines the race.
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