Section Types of LegCo Meetings

Source: R/legco_section_type.R

A data frame containing possible types of sections in LegCo meetings. For use to look up the meaning of a section code returned by the API.

legco_section_type

Format

A dataframe with 51 rows and 3 variables:

  • SectionCode: Unique code(s) for each section type

  • NameEng: English name of the section

  • NameChi: Chinese name of the section

Details

This data frame is a formatted offline copy of the Sections data endpoint of the Hansard Database.

Functions

Functions of the Hansard database:

  • hansard: Hansard files

  • legco_section_type: Section code

  • subjects: Subjects speakers: Speakers in the council, including members, government officials and secretariat staff

  • rundown: Rundown (Paragraphs in hansard)

  • questions: Questions raised by members

  • bills: Bills

  • motions: Motions

  • petitions: Petitions

  • addresses: Addresses made by members or government officials when presenting papers to the Council

  • statements: Statements made by government officials

  • voting_results: Results of votes in council meetings

  • summoning_bells: Instances of summoning bells being rung

See also

LegCo API documentation for the Hansard database: https://www.legco.gov.hk/en/open-legco/open-data/hansard-database.html

Examples

# Look up the meaning of section code "mbm"
x <- legco_section_type[legco_section_type$SectionCode == "mbm", ]