Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. She formerly worked at South China Morning Post Young Post, where she specialised in reporting on issues related to Hong Kong youth. The 2018 Legislative Council By-election will be held on March 11. According to local media, the commission said Leung and Yau submitted their defence in 2018, but did not respond to the commission’s request to provide further information. In October 2018, Returning Officer Franco Kwok Wai-fun Lau had hoped to salvage her seat in the legislature, after being During the High Court hearing last Thursday, Lau’s counsel Paul Shieh argued that a person’s political standpoint was subject to change, but the returning officer never enquired as to whether Lau’s stance had evolved. She has a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong, with a second major in Politics and Public Administration.HKFP is only answerable only to readers, not shareholders, media tycoons or corporate umbrella groups. Data News of the Week: Hong Kong Legislative By-Election 2018 The hope for pro-democracy camp to regain its veto power in the legislature vanished as Edward Yiu Chung Yim failed to beat his rival Vincent Cheng Wing-shun in last week’s by-election. As widely feared the Chinese dictatorship has begun blocking pro-democracy candidates from standing in upcoming by-elections in Hong Kong to fill four of the seats left empty after the ousting of six opposition legislators last year. Ousted Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Lau Siu-lai challenged an electoral officer’s decision to bar her from running in the 2018 Legislative Council Kowloon West by-election last Thursday. Hong Kong news – Independent &, non-profit Ousted Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Lau Siu-lai challenged an electoral officer’s decision to bar her from running in the 2018 Legislative Council Kowloon West by-election last Thursday. Last year, the commission asked to combine Leung and Yau’s cases but the duo did not attend the hearing. Submit free Events and Venues to the Coconuts Directory.On this registration page you can sign up to become a free Coconuts User, which does not grant you unlimited access to Coconuts content.To read unlimited Coconuts content and get other great benefits, please sign up to become a COCO+ Member Read more about the difference between Users and Members He did not, however, challenge the underlying authority of election officers to rule on a candidate’s eligibility for office.Chow was running on an explicitly anti-Beijing platform, running a dramatic campaign ad that vowed to In a press conference today, Chow called the decision a “bitter victory,” in that it overturned her disqualification, but left in place election officials’ broad powers to determine which candidates are eligible to run.“The result this time is not a complete victory because the judgment reaffirmed the power of the returning officer to decide the candidate’s political stance, and to disqualify their basic right to get involved in the election,” she said, adding that she had won only because of “procedural justice.”“The judgement only said this time that any person who gets involved in the election should be given the opportunity to explain his or her political stance… but the returning officer still has the power to disqualify anyone based on their political stance,” she continued. After On 29 May 2018, Lau decided to retract her appeal against her disqualification due to the costly legal fees and time.On 12 October, Lau Siu-lai's candidacy was invalidated by Returning Officer Franco Kwok Wai-fun as he claimed that Lau did not accept China’s sovereignty over Hong Kong.