36 HK NPC deputies elected

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-26-2008 13:23

Thirty-six people from different sectors of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have been elected as deputies to the 11th National People's Congress, or NPC, China's top legislature. They will formally take office after they pass a detailed audit by a panel under the Standing Committee of the 10th NPC.

Thirty-six people from different sectors of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have been elected as deputies to the 11th NPC.

The top three are Rita Fan, President of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She topped the ballot by winning 1,118 votes from 1,169 members. Laura Cha, a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong SAR, garnered the second most votes in the contest of 50 candidates. Fanny Law, former commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, who had the largest number of nominations, also won in the election at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

Editor:Xiong Qu