The Pulse：Ronny Tong's resignation & by-election, studio interview with Audrey Eu, Chairman of Civ

The government’s proposals for the 2017 Chief Executive elections have been defeated, so what next?
Some people, particularly among the young, believe it’s time to look again at the Basic Law, and what’s going to happen after 2047 when, as matters stand the “one country two systems” principle comes to an end. But first, it’s been a week of tears and recriminations for Beijing loyalists in Legco for whom the term “walk of shame” has a new meaning.
Some were even said to have received a dressing down from the Liaison Office after the bungled vote that gave the democrats a hands down victory in the constitutional reform debate. And this brings us back to the Basic Law which clearly states that the Central Government is not supposed to be directing the work of the legislature – a provision of the law that seems to have faded away. But it not only pro-establishment lawmakers who have been casualties this week.
In theory at least, the “Basic Law” underpins the ways in which Deng Xiaoping’s formulation of “one country two systems” is supposed to work. But opinion polls show that Hongkongers are growing more doubtful that this promise of tow systems is still being observed. Many – especially in the younger generation – are questioning both the Basic Law itself, and what is going to happen after 2047.