China News
| 9 months ago
The fifth Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been successfully formed as the 70 seats have been all filled following the smooth completion of the election, the city's Registration and Electoral Office announced on...
The Daily Telegraph
| 9 months ago
Kong's democrats have retained their critical legislative veto over constitutional amendments after an election dominated by mass protests over perceived interference from mainland China. The final official count after Sunday's vote showed democratic...
SF Gate
| 9 months ago
Pro-democratic parties in Hong Kong were edged out by well-funded, pro-Beijing rivals in key legislative elections, but they kept their veto power over any constitutional changes proposed by the government. The two sides finished nearly even in...
Taiwan News
| 9 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-09-10 12:30 PM Hong Kong Democratic Party Chairman Albert Ho will offer the resignation as leader after his party only won 4 out of 35 seats in the legislative...
Channel NewsAsia
| 9 months ago
The leader of Hong Kong's Democratic Party resigned Monday after the party performed poorly in weekend legislative elections, despite a high turnout and strong support for full democracy. The results give the pro-democracy camp the "critical minority"...
Al Jazeera English
| 9 months ago
22 Pro-Beijing and pro-establishment parties appear to have held their ground in Sunday's election [Reuters] Results in Hong Kong's legislative council election show pro-democracy candidates with a narrow lead but not doing as well as they had hoped.
MarketWatch
| 9 months ago
For a government to make not one, but two major policy U-turns in a matter of days suggests it has a serious problem. Hong Kong's new administration finds itself in a tight spot caught between growing popular protest at accelerated integration with...
