2007 Pan-democracy camp primary election
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The Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007 Pro-democracy primary was a
Scope of Pan-democrats
The pro-democracy parties and organisations participating in the coordination were
Selection mechanism
The selection mechanism for the Democrat candidate consisted of a public debate, an
- a debate was held at the University of Hong Kong on 24 September.
- after the debate, the 25 pro-democracy Legislative Councilors, the 28 pro-democracy Hong Kong Island District Councillors and 300 delegates (30 each from the 10 organisations) participated in a primary election.
- an opinion poll of at least 1000 eligible voters was carried out by HKU POP between 25 and 29 September.
The debate format is based on those held for the 2007 Chief Executive election. University professors Ma Ngok (馬嶽), Chan Kin-man (陳健民) and Benny Tai (戴耀廷) questioned the candidates while culture critic Leung Man-tao (梁文道) acted as moderator. One hundred members of the public participated and asked questions.[3] The debate was broadcast live on television and radio. Rev. Chu Yiu-ming (朱耀明) acted as the returning officer for the voting.
The selection mechanism cost an estimated HK$140,000, with the result announced on 30 September.[1]
Chan won the primary by a clear margin, with 77.3 points compared with Lo's 22.7 points.
References
- ^ a b Mingpao image reference 1. Retrieved 11-29-2007 Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback MachineMingpao image reference 2. Retrieved 11-29-2007 Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback MachineMingpao 初選月底舉行陳太參加. Retrieved 11-29-2007 Archived 2007-06-24 at archive.todayMingpao. 陳方安生擬定四個範疇政綱 備戰泛民初選. Retrieved 11-29-2007 Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mingpao 09-04-2007, Ming Pao, 4 September 2007 (in Chinese)
- ^ Legislative Council HK island by-election primary election of democrats. Archived 2011-07-07 at archive.today