What 689 says to New York Times on Day 23 Monday: . . . it was unacceptable to allow his successors to be chosen in open elections, in part because doing so would risk giving poorer residents a dominant voice in politics. . . . he argued that containing populist pressures was an important reason for resisting the protesters’ demands for fully open elections. . . . he backed Beijing’s position that all candidates to succeed him as chief executive, the top post in the city, must be screened by a “broadly representative” nominating committee appointed by Beijing. That screening, he said, would insulate candidates from popular pressure to create a welfare state, . . . .Mr. Leung’s blunt remarks reflect a widely held view among the Hong Kong elite that the general public cannot be trusted to govern the city well. Who can be qualified to be Hong Kong elite? The property oligarchy of course
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:14:35 +0000
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