Hong Kong just elected a new chief executive for the city-states, Leung Chun-ying. This new leader is under an invesitgation for a conflict of interest case in which he was involved in a construction project while holding a position in the office. While this a problem that he might not be the most honest politician an even bigger problem exists. There are many students and activist groups protesting that they don't have the right to vote for the chief executive. In the article it says, "Hong Kong's population of seven million people isn't asked to vote for the chief executive. The decision is made by the 1,200 members of the Election Committee, a group of people selected from pro-business and pro-establishment circles." I think it should be interesting to see if these protests will cause any changes to be made.
Sarah Bilton
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/25/world/asia/hong-kong-election/index.html?npt=NP1
I read about this too! I hope he'll be a good one
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting because the appointment of a new, dishonest leader has triggered a reaction from the people. This makes sense because any movement generally is initiated by an event that causes people to act.
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