28 Jul 2012

The Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) has pulled out of two constituencies in the Legco election amid concern infighting could kill the pan-democratic camp's chances of...

21 Jul 2012

Civic Party lawmaker Tanya Chan says she is appalled that her party colleague Paul Zimmerman is gathering nominations in an attempt to take her on for a Legislative Council seat.

7 Jun 2012

The chief executive's use of luxury hotel suites on official trips was unacceptable, and so was his recent apology for it, according to a majority of Hongkongers who responded to two recent...

25 Apr 2012

Compromise talks among the pan-democratic camp on tactics for contesting the five 'super seats' in September's Legislative Council election are likely to prove futile, a veteran lawmaker says....

12 Apr 2012

With elections for new 'super lawmaker' elections looming in September, pan-democrats are jockeying for position in what could either be an opportunity for co-operation or rivalry in getting...

The rift in the fractious pan-democratic camp is poised to deepen after a war of words between the bloc's would-be candidates for chief executive in a televised debate yesterday.

Both are veteran lawmakers committed to democratic reforms but the two contenders for the pan-democrats' chief executive nomination - to run in a race they cannot win - say they are very different...

The race for the chief executive post has shifted into a higher gear following the election of the members for the Election Committee.

Friction between radicals and moderates in the pan-democratic camp is set to deepen in the wake of its disappointing showing in the district council polls.

A record turnout of 1.2 million people voted yesterday in the most hotly contested district council elections in the city's history.

The city's oldest pan-democratic group faces a make-or-break battle in Sunday's district council elections in Sham Shui Po, as internal rivalry threatens to split the democrat vote.

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