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Upcoming local elections The city is holding district council elections on 24 November with the pro-Beijing camp bracing for heavy defeats. Since this summer's pro-democracy protests kicked off, voter registration has soared and the pro-democracy camp is fielding candidates in every constituency for the first time. But there are also concerns the elections could be called off given the spiraling violence. On Wednesday, one of the city's most stridently pro-Beijing politicians was wounded in a knife attack by a man who pretended to be a supporter. That assault came three days after a Mandarin-speaking man shouting pro-Beijing slogans knifed at least three pro-democracy protesters and bit off the ear of a local district councilor. Pro-democracy lawmakers called for demonstrators not to give the government an excuse to cancel the elections because of the violence. "The district council election is a de facto referendum, in which all Hong Kong people can respond to the social problems, the unjust governance and the police brutality triggered by the extradition bill," lawmaker Tanya Chan said on Saturday. But further unrest seems likely given that the protest movement is largely organized online by activists who favor confrontations with the police who are themselves responding with increasingly hardcore tactics as each month passes. Activists have vowed to hit the streets again on Sunday and hold a general strike on Monday. 6 KATIPUNEROS : SA BAGONG PANAHON
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