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1. News - Hong Kong - POLITICS

   Pan-democrats plan flood of filibusters

   Posted Jan 11th 2013, 07:42pm by Lai Ying-kit

   ... News Hong Kong Filibustering Lai Ying-kit Another mammoth filibuster is looming up again after pan-democrats on Friday revealed their plan to raise a vast number – some 270,000 – amendments to stall a proposal to block filibusters in the Legislative Council’s finance committee. The move is to counter pro-government lawmaker Ip Kwok-him’s proposal to limit legislators ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1125708/pan-democrats-plan-flood-filibusters
2. News - Hong Kong

   Budget vote to go ahead after Legco chief ends filibuster

   Posted May 14th 2013, 03:20pm

   ... News Hong Kong budget filibuster The marathon debate on the budget bill finally ended after Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing cut off a filibuster on Tuesday afternoon. The budget bill and some 710 amendments will now be put to a vote after legislators return from a break later on Tuesday. The almost two-week-long filibuster was launched by four radical lawmakers ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1237565/budget-vote-go-ahead-after-legco-chief-ends-filibuster
3. News - Hong Kong

   No rule to follow to end filibusters in HK's Legislative Council

   Posted May 21st 2013, 12:00am by JOSHUA BUT AND TONY CHEUNG

   ... News Hong Kong Legislative Council Filibuster Joshua But and Tony Cheung The filibuster has been part of the Hong Kong political scene for more than a decade, but despite the stalling tactic being used three times in the past year, the Legislative Council's rules of procedure show little sign of catching up. Last week, when attempts to filibuster the budget bill were ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1242168/no-rule-follow-end-filibusters-hks-legislative-council
4. News - Hong Kong

   Lawmakers agree to speed up filibuster campaign

   Posted May 03rd 2013, 04:25pm by Tony Cheung

   ... News Hong Kong budget bill filibuster Tony Cheung tony.cheung@scmp.com Four radical lawmakers met with Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing on Friday and agreed to shorten their filibuster campaign on the budget bill by making fewer speeches and quorum calls. The four People Power and League of Social Democrats lawmakers denied backing down from the campaign, saying the move ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1229251/lawmakers-agree-speed-filibuster-campaign
5. News - Hong Kong

   Police to probe Legco building 'lift pranks' during quorum call

   Posted May 04th 2013, 12:00am by Colleen Lee

   ... and Yiu Si-wing entered it. Leung, a driving force behind the filibustering, said he did not know who was involved. The police said they would "investigate the case fairly ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1229537/police-probe-legco-building-lift-pranks-during-quorum-call
6. News - Hong Kong

   Legco head calls meeting on budget filibustering

   Posted Apr 30th 2013, 12:00am by Colleen Lee, JOSHUA BUT, Tony Cheung

   ... amendments is expected to focus on the possibility of halting the debate, some lawmakers said yesterday as the filibuster entered its fourth day with the chief executive's salary under scrutiny. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1226294/legco-head-calls-meeting-budget-filibustering
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   With filibuster, lawmakers play politics at others' expense

   Posted Apr 27th 2013, 12:00am by JEFFREY LAM

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Yaan earthquake Legco Filibuster Jeffrey Lam Jeffrey Lam says it's unconscionable for radical lawmakers to be holding up Legco business to the detriment of people's lives, just to make a point Radical lawmakers should stop their overdose of filibuster tactics, given that the harm they've done has already had a big impact on the government ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1224030/filibuster-lawmakers-play-politics-others-expense
8. News - Hong Kong - POLITICS

   Lift pranks, filibusters all in a day's work at Legco

   Posted Apr 26th 2013, 12:00am by Tony Cheung, Colleen Lee

   ... filibustering. The plenary session could have been put off to next week, but three legislators who were held up in the lifts made it to the chamber each time to meet the quorum for the debate to go on. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1223134/lift-pranks-filibusters-all-days-work-legco
9. News - Hong Kong - POLITICS

   Tsang's deadline ends filibuster and bill delay

   Posted May 17th 2013, 12:00am by JOSHUA BUT

   ... News Hong Kong Filibuster Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Joshua But joshua.but@scmp.com After 55 hours spent debating 17 of 710 amendments, Legco president says enough is enough and acts to speed up discussions to approve budget All 710 amendments to the budget bill - mostly filed by four radical pan-democrats as part of a filibuster - were vetoed in the Legislative Council last night ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1239164/tsangs-deadline-ends-filibuster-and-bill-delay
10. News - Hong Kong - POLITICS

    Finance chief agrees to bid to end Legco logjam

    Posted May 07th 2013, 12:00am by JOSHUA BUT, Tony Cheung

    ... News Hong Kong John Tsang Chun-Wah Filibustering Joshua But and Tony Cheung Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah will meet four lawmakers this week to convince them to stop a week-long filibuster that has blocked the passage of the budget bill. But the government would not yield to any of the four legislators' demands, which include a universal HK$10,000 cash handout ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1231845/john-tsang-meet-filibuster-lawmakers-week

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