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    A NEW DAWN FOR DEMOCRACY

    Dec 30, 2021 5 minutes
    By Liang Xiao
    Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) concluded its seventh election of the Legislative Council (LegCo) on December 20. Ninety elected lawmakers from a total of 153 candidates, with different backgrounds and across the political spectrum, make up the first legislature established since the region’s electoral system was improved in March. The election is considered momentous in the development of democracy with Hong Kong characteristics.

    Under the Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR, the main functions of the LegCo are to enact laws, examine and approve budgets, taxation and public expenditure, and monitor the work of the government. It also has the power to endorse the appointment and removal of the judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the

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