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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (54077)	8/25/2009 4:09:37 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 220208

maurice is the sort who holds on to hope in games where the underlying premise had long shifted away from original intent in the full mq believes that a small bunch of unquestionably astute and dedicated landed gentry casting ballots for the greatest of the great enough good way back when is somehow improved when participated in by any tom dick harry riff and raff in enormous numbers all voting for all the goods in countering against electorate mediocrity, hong kong does so en.wikipedia.org , a clearly superior system that keeps the pecking order ordered as should be, until such time mediocrity revolts if and when they finally figure out how and the hk system stands firm against the sort of two-but-really-the-same-party convolution of usa as well as the really-only-one-party schema of japan. in many ways the mainland china system is more honest: one party, no choice, and no casting ballots Elections in Hong Kong Elections are held in Hong Kong when certain offices in the government need to be filled. Every four years, the unicameral Legislative Council of Hong Kong's sixty seats are filled by the electorate. Hong Kong has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has the chance of gaining power alone. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is nonpartisan, but has to work with several parties to form (de facto) coalition governments. ... Legislative Elections The Legislative Council has 60 members, of whom 30 are elected by popular vote in geographical constituencies, and 30 elected from functional constituencies (businessmen and professionals). ... The 30 geographical seats of the Legislative Council are returned by proportional representation using the largest remainder method in each of five constituencies. This system encourages and sustains multiple political parties. There are 28 functional constituencies. Each is to return one Member with the first past the post method, with the following exceptions: The Labour functional constituency has three seats and electors are to choose up to 3 candidates. The three candidates getting the most votes win. Four other functional constituencies use the preferential elimination system, or instant-runoff voting. ... Chief Executive elections According to Article 46 of the constitution (Hong Kong Basic Law), elections for the Chief Executive are held every five years. An 800-member electoral college called the Election Committee is elected by businessmen and professionals (those eligible for functional constituencies, with less than 180 000 eligible voters) [edit by tj: resients in hk number 7 mil], and some other sectors of the society, with each of the twenty-eight sectors of the economy receiving a set number of electoral votes. The eligible voters in each sector vote directly for the electors, who in turn cast ballots for Chief Executive.