Articles: HKSAR District Councils

AFRC fully supports the 2023 District Council Ordinary Election
Accounting & Financial Reporting Council, 25-Nov-2023
Comment: it's sad to see HK's accounting regulator being abused in this way. The DC election is way beyond their statutory functions and has nothing to do with accounting regulation. Chairman Kelvin Wong should know better.

MPFA urges MPF industry to vote in the District Council Election | Statutory functions
MPF Schemes Authority, 24-Nov-2023
Comment: disappointing that the MPFA is being abused in this way. Its statutory functions are defined by law. Regulating retirement schemes has nothing to do with promoting elections. It is perhaps a sign of desperation that the Government is leaning on statutory bodies to do this, but the MPFA board should know better.

Orgs
- Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority

Webb: HK must now address its 'democratic deficit'
CNBC, 25-Nov-2019
An excerpt from an interview this morning.

Does your candidate live where you do?
A knee-jerk amendment to the laws on nomination of DC and LegCo candidates goes too far by removing your right to know whether the candidate even lives in your constituency and/or District. We call on LegCo to amend the subsidiary legislation. (18-Oct-2019)