No public consultation exercise for proposal to allow voting in mainland China, sources say


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Proposal will go directly to Legislative Council ‘to give officials time to prepare for polls next year’ Government expected to unveil proposals before Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s policy address Proposal will go directly to Legislative Council ‘to give officials time to prepare for polls next year’, but government risks incurring public wrath by skipping consultation, warn opposition, scholars. Hong Kong authorities plan to do away with public consultation and unveil proposals to expand voting for Hongkongers on mainland China before the city’s leader delivers her annual policy address, the Post has learned. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that top...