District councillors prepare for oath-taking ceremony in a first for Hong Kong
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Sep 09 2021 at 11:00 PM GMT
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- District councillors will on Friday morning be required to swear their allegiance to Hong Kong in the first oath-taking ceremony for the directly elected municipal leaders.
- A total of 25 members, including at least 13 from the opposition camp serving on four Hong Kong Island district councils, will be the first to fulfil the new legal requirement.
- If authorities feel they did not do it properly, they could lose their seats.
- The obligation was previously limited to mostly senior officials, judges….
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- Published Sep 9, 2021 11:00 PM GMT