HK front group loses half its members
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Almost half its constituent political groups revoked their membership in Hong Kong s Civil Human Rights Front after media reports showed the city government had started to investigate the mass protest organizer.
Sing Tao Daily, a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong, reported on Sunday according to an anonymous source, 21 groups would leave the front, which used to have 43 members.
The Professional Teachers Union, Hong Kong s largest teacher organization, announced on Sunday its decision to withdraw from the front. Others cutting ties recently included the Civic Party, according to the South China Morning Post.
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China s top legislature adopted on Thursday a decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region－another major step to improve the region s legal and political systems.
There was prolonged applause in the Great Hall of the People as the decision was approved by an overwhelming majority of national legislators at the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 13th National People s Congress in Beijing.
Premier Li Keqiang said at a news conference on Thursday after the closing meeting that the adoption of the decision had the clear purpose of improving the one country, two systems institutional arrangement.
China's top legislature adopted on Thursday a decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region－another major step to improve the region's legal and political systems.