Audrey Eu
The Civic Party says the government "miscalculated" the impact of the Legislative Council voting down its political reform package. Civic Party chairwoman, Audrey Eu, said Chief Executive CY Leung expected people to "turn against the pan-democrats" after the package was rejected, but that did not happen.
The party won ten seats in the District Council elections, three more than it did in the last poll in 2011.
"He has underestimated Hong Kong people’s determination to fight for real democracy. It’s burning as passionately as ever. The district council election results and also the high voter turnout rate is a testimony to that," she said.
However, the Labour Party’s chairman, Lee Cheuk-yan, said he's disappointed to see that only three out of the party’s 12 candidates had secured seats.
He said last year's Occupy protests had motivated more young people to run in the elections, as well as more young voters. But he said their pro-establishment opponents remained strong.
He added that the pan-democratic parties need to work harder in dealing with livelihood issues at the district level in order to secure seats in next year's Legislative Council election.
The party won ten seats in the District Council elections, three more than it did in the last poll in 2011.
"He has underestimated Hong Kong people’s determination to fight for real democracy. It’s burning as passionately as ever. The district council election results and also the high voter turnout rate is a testimony to that," she said.
However, the Labour Party’s chairman, Lee Cheuk-yan, said he's disappointed to see that only three out of the party’s 12 candidates had secured seats.
He said last year's Occupy protests had motivated more young people to run in the elections, as well as more young voters. But he said their pro-establishment opponents remained strong.
He added that the pan-democratic parties need to work harder in dealing with livelihood issues at the district level in order to secure seats in next year's Legislative Council election.
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