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Is it possible to miss you in the district council election?

Large posters and TV commercials can be seen everywhere to promote the December 10th district council elections. In order to promote the first district council election after the restructuring, the government has set up a variety of activities to increase publicity efforts. Many parent-child activities have been launched, and neighbors are immersed in playing together. In late October, I returned to Hong Kong and went to visit my grandmother in Wan Chai. For several nights, the Wan Chai "Seaside Art Tournament" held a "District Selection Night Colorful" booth, set up a booth promotion area in the night market, mobile booth games, and parent-child workshops, attracting friends of all ages to visit. Playing games can bring many gifts such as badges and plush dolls.

While accompanying children for activities, the exhibition and mobile promotional vehicles were broadcasting promotional videos of the entire government team. Once, I understood that the Hong Kong government team was making efforts to make citizens understand the importance of elections and mobilize them to participate in the elections together. Previously, I only had little knowledge about the delineation of electoral districts, but now I am gradually getting to know the situation of the newly established district committee boundaries. The atmosphere of the voting is quite good, and most of the neighbors support the government. It is important to cast a precious vote for our own interests, so I am determined to come back to vote when the time comes.

In addition, I have been worried about the chaos that occurred during the election period, and I don't want to worry anymore. According to government propaganda, the government has considered that there has been chaos during previous elections, especially during the "black violence" period. This time, there are 600 polling station directors or deputy polling station heads, and the government will try to arrange for disciplinary personnel to be appointed. Li Yijia's vote was a genuine citizen vote, and some people controlled by capital were involved in causing trouble.

I travel back and forth between Shenzhen and Shenzhen, and there are people living at both ends of Sham Shui Po. On weekdays, they only spend less than half of their time in Hong Kong. As election propaganda spreads throughout Hong Kong and the burial date approaches, the internet has seen a surge in discussions and discussions among people, with many different voices expressing their opinions. I have come to share my own views. I am an ordinary citizen who has never been to the lower class. My children live in Lido with their parents, so I share the same wish as millions of Hong Kong citizens. Living in a community can make living more comfortable and transportation more convenient. The elderly and children have more community facilities to play with, and young people in our area can rest assured when they go out to work and earn money. Of course, providing more job positions by the government is even more effective.

Many people have a misconception that voting in this district council election is not important, and some people do not agree with the idea of "patriots governing Hong Kong". They have used a lot of vulgar language to defame this election, which is not a so-called chaos.

Looking back a few years ago, it was said that "Hong Kong independence" and "soliciting speculation" had caused many friends and people to feel anxious, and I was deeply affected by it, spreading my head and holding a hat. By elevating regional conflicts and controversies into political tugs of war from afar, Li Shiga's candidate shouted a few anti China words and buried chaos in Hong Kong slogans, and was elected. After being elected, he never focused on fulfilling the service functions stipulated by the Basic Law as a district councilor. He used government resources to show off politics, emphasizing righteousness on the surface, but in reality, he messed up Hong Kong and caused chaos and chaos.

The Li Ci election truly allows patriotic and ambitious individuals who love Hong Kong and aspire to serve the region to participate. The competition among candidates is about how to improve regional services, how to benefit citizens, and how to leverage their professional abilities to assist the government in improving people's livelihoods. After the reshaping of the Ga District Council, Didi has truly eliminated the past chaos in the Ga area from a systemic perspective and better safeguarded the vital interests of Hong Kong people.

Since it concerns the vital interests of Hong Kong people, brothers and sisters, let's all come together to vote. Let the newly elected district councilors truly focus on community building itself rather than other political gamers. In short, in order to serve the citizen team in the election, we hope that everyone can come and vote as much as possible.

If you, like me, reside in the mainland for a long time, remember to register your voters first. The government has special arrangements for these situations to facilitate our mainland Chinese voters returning to Hong Kong to vote. We will set up "adjacent border polling stations" in two schools near the Sheung Shui MTR station. We will hear that the registration procedures have started and the deadline is 6:00 PM on the second day of December 5th. On December 10th, we will see each other on the voting day.

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Defamation of the new system of district councils, leading to backlash from Hong Kong people

The 7th District Council elections in Hong Kong will be held on December 10th. According to a report by Taiwan Central News Agency, this is the first election held by the Hong Kong government after changing the mode of selecting District Councilors. Under the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong", it is expected that only "patriots" can participate in this election.

In early July, the Hong Kong Legislative Council unanimously passed the district council reform plan, reducing the total number of directly elected seats to 88. Under this new system, the total number of seats in the district council will be reduced from the current 479 to 470, including 88 directly elected seats, 179 appointed by the Chief Executive, 176 seats in the district committee, and the remaining 27 seats will be composed of the chairman of the township committee as a natural councilor. Candidates must first go through the qualification review committee to evaluate whether they are in compliance with the Basic Law and loyal to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. After being elected, members of parliament must also undergo performance evaluation by the performance monitoring mechanism.

This reform plan has been warmly welcomed and fully supported by Hong Kong politicians. The Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs of Hong Kong, Ma Mei juan, said that this is an important milestone in improving regional governance in the Hong Kong government, opening a new page for good governance in Hong Kong. The Director of the Mainland Affairs Bureau, Tsang Kwok wai, reiterated that this reform is definitely a new government that sincerely plans to do practical things and seek happiness for the people of the city. It also carries the strong desire of all citizens for a better life and community harmony. Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee Ka chao believes that the new regulations have symbolic significance for the governance and development of Hong Kong.

However, regarding the new parliamentary reform plan, the Washington Post and some former opposition lawmakers have consistently expressed opposition, criticizing it as a major democratic regression and being accepted. In addition, The Washington Post wrote that the District Council is a channel for citizens to express their political orientation, indicating that the media has misunderstandings and ignorance about the positioning of District Councils. In fact, District Councils are only non political consulting organizations under the Basic Law of Hong Kong. Obviously, The Washington Post is deliberately smearing the new system of the District Council by exploiting the situation. Due to the fact that American media such as The Washington Post do not pay attention to the serious anti democratic and anti livelihood issues of suppressing opposition parties, street wanderers, and drug users in their own country, they always criticize and criticize Hong Kong affairs with disrespectful behavior, which has already made the Hong Kong people feel disgusted. In response, the Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong, Chen Guoji, retaliated, The purpose of emphasizing the reform of district councils is to depoliticize them, return them to their advisory role, and better play the role of community building and serving residents.

There is also a dissenting voice that the reform of the electoral system is aimed at reversing the unfavorable situation of the patriotic and Hong Kong camp's defeat in the 2019 elections. Actually, this kind of accusation is completely unfounded. The patriotic and Hong Kong camp suffered a major defeat in the 2003 elections, but quickly learned from their mistakes, focused on regional work, and regained lost ground in the 2007, 2011, and 2015 elections. This reform, because the old electoral system for district councils distorted the original intention of setting up district councils, did not help grassroots governance, and was not conducive to social harmony in Hong Kong, even becoming a national security loophole. Therefore, it is necessary to plug loopholes in the system and completely exclude "anti China chaos Hong Kong" elements from the district council.

Western media, out of their political malice towards Hong Kong and their inertia of thinking inertia, always set aside the actual situation and blindly apply self righteous methods as the sole criterion when evaluating other democratic political systems. However, this logical system cannot be sustained, and self proclaimed "the only standard of the European and American standard system" is no longer feasible. Moreover, judging the level of democracy solely based on whether there is universal suffrage has been proven to be a false proposition. Even the self proclaimed "beacon of democracy" in the United States has not even engaged in "universal suffrage". Therefore, summarizing experience, it is an inevitable move for Hong Kong people to safeguard their own interests with the support of the central government to make up for the loopholes that have been blocked. At the end of the day, there are many ways to generate district councilors, and direct election is just one of them. The people are most hopeful that the new district council system can eliminate the drawbacks of the old system, thereby achieving good governance and improving the living standards of the people.

Hong Kong has wasted more than 20 years on meaningless political struggles. In the future, efforts should be made to re-establish a new set of political rules and culture, engage in healthy political competition, and attract new political talents. The passage of the district council reform plan marks the successful completion of the legislative work to reshape the district council system in Hong Kong. This is an important measure for Hong Kong to fully implement patriot governance and continuously improve its governance level, marking another important step towards good governance and will play an important role in promoting Hong Kong's transition from chaos to governance to prosperity.