On Aug. 31, the Standing Committee of China's National People’s Congress (NPC) voted on the method for selecting Hong Kong’s next Chief Executive in 2017. The new law specifies that Hongkong will be granted universal suffrage, but candidates must be selected by a Beijing-controlled nominating committee and the number of candidates will be limited to 2 or 3. Despite strong public opinion opposed to this decision, former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa at a press conference on Sept. 3 publicly supported the NPC decision. Tung Chee-hwa described it as "real democracy" because it allows one vote per person.