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(16 Sep 1995) Cant/Eng/Nat Hong Kong is getting ready for Sunday's Legislative Council elections - the colony's last and most democratic elections under British rule. Beijing has said it will abolish the existing system of government when it takes over in 1997. Nonetheless is it trying to ensure a China-friendly Council by backing certain candidates. But with such a short time to go and so many uncertainties ahead, many Hong Kong people feel it is futile to vote at all. About four (m) million people in Hong Kong are eligible to vote - but only about half of them are expected to do so. Democracy is a relatively new concept to the population of Hong Kong, so candidates are having to work hard to persuade voters it's a worthwhile exercise. Beijing's support of pro-China candidates in the election has made some voters even more sceptical about the legitimacy of the process. SOUNDBITE: "China has certainly been, through its agents in Hong Kong, the New China News Agency has actually set up a unit monitoring the election and for example when there are a number of pro-China candidates contesting the same seat it will be resolved by the NCNA people so there will only be one candidate and our opponents have no problem with funding because Beijing is very much behind it." SUPER CAPTION: Martin Lee, Leader Democratic Party The people of Hong Kong have never had full democracy before and are taking time to catch on to the idea of voting. Christine Loh, an independent candidate for a Legislative Council seat, feels that it is Britain's fault but she says it's not too late to put that right - even if China is about to take over. SOUNDBITE: "The problem with colonialism is that it disempowers people. People are not sure therefore what the vote is worth. They see people that they elect to the legislature also as relatively disempowered because we can't form the government, so for the future years to come, together we've got to create a form of representative government where the people's representatives will have a real role in running the government." SUPER CAPTION: Christine Loh, Legislative Council Member, Independent Loh says it is not a foregone conclusion that China will rule Hong Kong from Beijing. SOUNDBITE: "China has proposed that they want to liquidate the three tiers of government as the first act of the sovereign power in 1997. Well, I think they better think very carefully about this because to get rid of the people's representative is going to be a very big deal." SUPER CAPTION: Christine Loh, Legislative Council Member, Independent Researchers at Hong Kong University have been monitoring opinion in Hong Kong as well as China's attitude to this election. SOUNDBITE: "I think China is watching very, very closely at the election. They are eager to know the result because they are preparing for the final transition - they are going to set up a preparatory committee next year. So I think if the Legislative Council election turn out to be a landslide victory for the Democratic Party I think they will not be on friendly terms with China, so China will take a different strategy against Legislative Council in future." SUPER CAPTION: Robert Chung Ting-yiu, Hong Kong University But do people think voting now will make any impact on their future? VOXPOPS: (Cantonese) "It's quite important. I don't think it's important itself, but it may affect the shape of the government after 1997. It's not important to me personally." "I believe there is not much democracy in China and there is unlikely to be democracy in Hong Kong either." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...