There's elections coming in a couple of weeks here in Hong Kong. As I understnad it these are for the District Councils. No one is quite sure what these councils actually do other than provide jobs for would-be politicians. It also let's the otherwise autocratic Government trumpted how "democratic" they are.

There's posters all along the various roadways of Hong Way with various look-a-like candidates. No word on policies or the like. Just photos with that politician smirk that looks like someone has shoved something sharp and jagged up the wrong orifice.

To help those new to HK politics (like myself) there are three main political groupings:

1. Those who wish the Glorious Motherland would fully subsume Hong Kong in its firm grasp and never let go. To these people there is nothing the CCP can do wrong. The main party is called the Democratic Party for the Betterment of Hong Kong. Not only can they mangle English with a word like "betterment", they also re-inforce my view of never trusting a part or country with Democrat or Democracy in the name.
2. Those who like Tung Che-Waa and his cronies are the devil incarnate. While mostly accurate the only policies they seem to have are to automatically oppose anything and everything the Government does.
3. Everyone else. This runs the full gamut from local nutcases to city-wide nutcases.

As to who to vote for, well that's easy. Given all the campaigning is in Cantonese I'll just exercise my democratic right to not care.