Hong Kong's government disqualified prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s government disqualified prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong from upcoming district elections on Tuesday, a move likely to sow further discord in a city hit by five months of anti-government unrest.
However, the bespectacled Wong, now 23, holds a high profile internationally and described his disqualification - on the grounds that advocacy of Hong Kong’s self-determination violates electoral laws - as “political censorship”. Wong said he was the only person disqualified out of more than 1,100 candidates in district council elections set for November.
Wong has said he supported the idea of a non-binding referendum for people to have a say over Hong Kong’s future but that he is against independence, according to a post on his Facebook page on Saturday.Wong’s disqualification followed another weekend of protests that descended into chaotic clashes with police.
“Our current assessment is that the full year of 2019 will likely show negative growth, which means we won’t be able to achieve the already revised down positive growth of 0-1%,” Lam said. “The situation is very grim”. Beijing-backed Lam said the government would unveil new measures to boost the economy once the unrest died down, without giving any details.
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