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Growing number of ex-officials enter race for Hong Kong Election Committee seats

South China Morning Post
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Growing number of ex-officials enter race for Hong Kong Election Committee seats
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A growing number of former senior government officials have joined the race for seats on Hong Kong’s Election Committee, a trend observers say will enhance the prestige and legitimacy of the body tasked with choosing the city’s next leader.
As the two-week nomination period draws to a close next Tuesday, the Registration and Electoral Office had received 1,115 nominations for 982 elected seats on the Election Committee as of Friday.
The poll will be held on November 22 and the elected members...

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