Today (June 17), the Legislative Council will begin the debate on the proposed political reform package. At this critical juncture of the run-up to a legislative vote, members of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) were joined by other pro-establishment lawmakers and members of the public at the Legislative Council’s designated protest area in a final bid to muster support for the reform proposals. They also called on pan-democratic lawmakers, who have expressed opposition to the proposed package, to take into account Hong Kong’s long-term interest by adopting a rational and pragmatic mind-set when casting their votes.