The Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007 Pro-democracy primary was a

primary election Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...

held to select a single candidate to represent all the Pan-democrat parties, also referred to as the "pro-democracy camp", in the

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...

by-election, 2007.

Scope of Pan-democrats

The pro-democracy parties and organisations participating in the coordination were

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, Civic Party, League of Social Democrats, The Frontier, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre, Civic Act-up, Civil Human Rights Front, Women's Alliance (婦盟) and the

Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy social-liberal political party catering to grassroots interest with a strong basis in Sham Shui Po. Established on 26 October 1986, it was one o ...

. The selection mechanism was organized by Frederick Fung, Emily Lau, Ronny Tong and Joseph Lee (李國麟).

Selection mechanism

The selection mechanism for the Democrat candidate consisted of a public debate, an opinion poll and primary elections. The weightings were: 50% from the opinion poll, 30% from the 300 delegates, 10% from Legislative Councillors and 10% from

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. *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 Ngok Ma () is a Hong Kong political scientist. Education Ma was educated at the Wah Yan College, Kowloon and graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with bachelor degrees in Journalism and later master in Politics. He obtained ...

(馬嶽),

Chan Kin-man Chan Kin-man (, born 9 March 1959) is a former associate professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is one of the founders of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace campaign that strove for universal suffrage for the Hong ...

(陳健民) and Benny Tai (戴耀廷) questioned the candidates while culture critic

Leung Man-tao Leung Man-tao (;, born 26 December 1970) is a Hong Kong writer, critic and host. Life Leung was born in a Catholic family in Hong Kong on December 26, 1970, with his ancestral home in Shunde, Guangdong. Leung was raised primarily in Taiwan, retu ...

( 梁文道) acted as moderator. One hundred members of the public participated and asked questions.Legislative Council HK island by-election primary election of democrats.
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.Mingpao image reference 1. Retrieved 11-29-2007Mingpao image reference 2. Retrieved 11-29-2007
ttp://www.singtaonet.com:82/hongkong/200709/t20070915_618956.html Mingpao. 陳方安生擬定四個範疇政綱備戰泛民初選. Retrieved 11-29-2007 Chan won the primary by a clear margin, with 77.3 points compared with Lo's 22.7 points.

References

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