fact: i am not HK but canada, and based on the ties (neckties that is), people at the electorial meeting, and support received, and what they denied in their speeches, i would say that henry tang, front runner wearing blue tie is conservative and big business.... he had all the tycoons supporting him...; CY the winner, wearing red tie, denies support from china, but i think he is diverting the truth, and not 'crossing the rubicon' ... lol..... he is the china-man; and albert ho? the number three, was supposed to be the most honest, capable, good speaker, etc, etc... and was supposed to be the kingmaker and split the vote....
fact: the results, show that of the 1200 votes, 1130 were counted i think and CY had 689? a landslide...; and Henry Tang has 280 or so.... lost miserably for the front runner...; and albert had some 70 votes.. no kingmaker, but loser he was ... he was wearing the pink tie....
based on the voting and the turnout, i would say that china had a lot to say and the days of HK as an independent financial enclave are numbered....
as for the 2017 'universal suffrage vote', 'it all depends', .... right? like miklas said in his stats class...; on the wind blowing at the time... if the world is accepting of an end to HK as an independent quasi democracy... and as Deng put it... a special admin zone..., then it will return to china ... so who cares if there is universal suffer whatever....; if world sentiments are that china is not great or powerful enough, and pressure is placed at that time.... maybe 2017 will happen and then .... it'll be changed, law wise, when the wind changes after or nearer 2047? (50 yrs after handover)....
so.... who really cares.... i don't ... ; maybe you can tell us why you care? and the others (our china hands) might give you a better prognoses of the policies in place now and the parties involved in HK and china... the cross impacts... etc, and how this will affect 2017? those i think would be the tactical issues...; whereas i think i have at least one tranche of what the strategic issues are at this point... given my vast knowledge of canadiana and the political systems there.... lol.... vs HK.... of which i am a mere neophyte ......
caveat.... HK is vastly different to canada and north america, and diametrically opposite to the ottawa canadian political system... and the voting , well..... that was a joke ....
anyway, i am happy to discuss and hear what the others pundits have to say.... not that i am interested in 2017 or thereafter........lol.....
the way i look at it, Hong Kong had a british governor before 1997 and now we have a chinese governor till 2047....... and that is not taiwanese..... lol.....
