{
  "id": 15087504,
  "title": "Growing number of ex-officials enter race for Hong Kong Election Committee seats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/growing-number-of-ex-officials-enter-race-for-hong-kong-election",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T01:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3371204/growing-number-ex-officials-enter-race-hong-kong-election-committee-seats"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A growing number of former senior government officials have joined the race for seats on Hong Kong’s Election Committee, a trend observers say will enhance the prestige and legitimacy of the body tasked with choosing the city’s next leader. As the two-week nomination period draws to a close next Tuesday, the Registration and Electoral Office had received 1,115 nominations for 982 elected seats on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Growing number of ex-officials enter race for Hong Kong Election Committee seats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/growing-number-of-ex-officials-enter-race-for-hong-kong-election-15088144",
        "published": "2026-10-17T01:00:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}