legco_section_type: Section Types of LegCo Meetings

In legco: R Bindings for the Hong Kong Legislative Council API

Description

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.

Usage

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/odata/english/hansard-db.html

Examples

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

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