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Katherine and I have finally decided what to do for our advancer article.

For our advancer article, as the idea is to give the reader background information on our topic of pro-democratic parties prior to the elections, we have decided to explain the contenders in this category and we will also focus on the cooperation/conflict between different pro-democratic parties.

What is highlighted?

1.In 2003 District Council Election, “pro-democracy” parties gained satisfactory result. It is believed that more people voted for candidates from “pro-democracy” parties as a result of 7-1 demonstration. 4 years have passed, people’s anger toward the government seems reduced due to the economy advancement of Hong Kong. It is the fact that he number of people participating in 7-1 demonstration is decreasing every year. Does it suggest that “pro-democracy” parties will have a less satisfactory result in this term of DC election? (However, we all know that the criteria of how people choose a candidate is not solely depend on their political view. How the candidate’s ability to serve the district, what their election strategy are also the key issues to “win”).

2.We will also refer to the issue of some voters being against parties that are actually anti-Beijing because of the view that Hong Kong may become destabilised and also that it is ‘unpatriotic’.

3. Among the parties, Democratic Party have the largest number of nominees. The two young political parties, Civic Party and League of Social Democrats have some conflicts for arranging their members. It shows that although the political views of “pan-democracy” party or “pro-democracy” parties are similar, there are also conflicts and self interests underneath. We can focus on the cooperation/conflict between different pro-democratic parties.

Event and interview:

1.The “pan-democracy” party will have a conference on 9th November near Hong Kong Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui. We will see the candidates and their supporting crews there.

2. We intend to interview at least one of the well known contenders of a democratic party. We intend to contact Mr Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung who is running for the Yau Tsim Mong District - he is running for the League of Social Democrats alongside ‘Long Hair’, Leung Kwok-hung. We hope to take some pictures at a party rally if one is scheduled for this week and hopefully get an interview.

Photograph:

We will take the photograph of the conference and interview.

Types of media to use:

We will probably be using static text with links for more background information. We may do a table of list of similarities and differences between what the parties support. Once we have taken some photographs, we could do an active slide show of pictures of the main contenders for each party. With audio, if we can interview one of the popular contenders we could have a non-looping sound bite. I suppose that the article can have two-way communication in that the reader can post a comment on the site?

In any case we need to start getting organised in order to secure interviews and take photos and audio.

Additional information:

Hong Kong “pro-democracy” parties include Democratic Party, The Frontier, League of Social Democrats, April Fifth Action, Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood and Civic Party. Their common goal is gaining universal suffrage for the Hong Kong Chief Executive election and Legislative Council election as soon as possible. Human right, equality and justice are their core values. Many individuals having the same political view and value have joined the “pro-democracy” camp, and they as a whole are being called “pan-democracy” party. As they are always seen as the opposite force against the central government, some people like to call them the “opposition parties”.

The “pan-democracy” party will have a conference on 9th November near Hong Kong Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui. We will see the candidates and their supporting crews there. Among the parties, Democratic Party have the largest number of nominees. The two young political parties, Civic Party and League of Social Democrats have some conflicts for arranging their members. It shows that although the political views of “pan-democracy” party or “pro-democracy” parties are similar, there are also conflicts and self interests underneath.