The Pulse：Pan-dem's strategies for CE race & restrictions on online media

Kung Hey Fat Choy! Hello and welcome to The Pulse. There may or may not be a lot to crow about as we enter the Year of the Rooster. The bird is said to be a symbol of fortune, luck, fidelity and protection. Later in the show, we’ll be talking about news, you know the news that is produced by people who crow a lot about being hard boiled in attitude, who often ruffles feathers, and at times get themselves (or others) in a stew. Okay, enough of the chicken talk. I’m talking about journalism, and specifically online journalism, which is facing an uphill struggle when it comes to government access.
The nomination period for the Chief Executive election opens in about two weeks’ time. Four of the publicly declared candidates, Carrie Lam, John Tsang, Woo Kwok-hing and Regina Ip have been busy campaigning. We’ve heard less from the fifth candidate Wu Sai-chuen. And as usual, it’s a fractious business not just for the candidates but also for the democratic camp, currently out of the race but busy debating whether to go for a “lesser evil” candidate or put up their own candidate or indeed whether to embark on a process of “public nomination”. With me in the studio are Joseph Cheng of Power of Democracy, and Dennis Kwok, legislator and Convenor of 300+ to talk about that.